The ink is my pen is frozen and so are the keys on my keyboard. Really! It's true! Okay. Really, nothing is wrong with the ink or the keyboard. The problem is in my head. One or two of you may know that a while ago an agent asked to see some pages of my …
Category: writing
Be Careful What You Wish For
When I was 8, I asked God to help my dad find a wife. Dad did find a wife. And she proceeded to turn our lives upside down with her madness and cruelty. When I was in high school, I tried to make this deal with God, "I don't care if I can't get a …
The Unreal
Have you seen this documentary? Henry Darger wrote a novel more than 15,000 pages long. He created hundreds of paintings and drawings. No one knew until he was dead. He wasn't a man to go on tour or network. He created his own world and didn't have to care about book signings, fan pages, reviews, …
Hey Blog, You’ll Never Publish in this Industry Again.
Rejection hurts. Sure. No surprise there. But rejection doesn't annoy me. People throwing their cigarette butts on the ground annoy me. Students who don't do any work and then insist on moving up to the next level annoy me. Absurd rules annoy me. And publishing is filled with absurd rules. I understand rules of politeness. …
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This is a sign by the side of the road.
When I was 17, I applied to college far away from home. I didn't discuss my choices with my parents. "I want," I told my mother, "to decide for myself--that way I can take the credit if I succeed and I can't blame you if I fail." I don't remember anyone except for my mother …
The Reading World
La-di-da-la-di-di. In a teeny-tiny way I'm publishing something. No agent! Just wordpress. Ah wordpress, letting the rabble speak. Anyway, I've fussed with my fiction blog--The Imaginary Lake--and added a few fairy tales from last year's Story-a-Day challenge. Read something if you've a mind to. And that is all for now, lovely reading world.
Book fairies.
Book fairies flutter over your book and turn it into a bestseller. * Today a woman suggested I self-publish my novel. This woman doesn't really know me, and she's never read my blog and she's never read a word I've written, but she is an encouraging person her comment made me laugh because, well, that's …
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These are a few of the rejections I've received over the years. A few were addressed to me, though many were addressed to Dear Author. Due to the current status of the publishing industry--and the selectivity that the market now demands, we regret that we cannot consider your material at this time. I can't decide …
Dear Author,
Dear Author: Thank you for your submission. It was kind of you to think of us, but we are sorry we are unable to offer to see more of your work. We thank you for the opportunity to consider your materials and we wish you the best of luck elsewhere. Sincerely, ----Inc. I've been in …
My Book-shaped Heart Wants to Live in a Publishing House.
I published by book--by hand. A handmade book takes hours to put together, and it isn't cheap. I love making them though. I made three, but I can't make any more. I can't afford it because who is going to pay that kind of money for a book by an unknown writer when they don't …
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Marta Bacon 