I wouldn't literally eat a poisoned apple, but metaphorically I think I already have. The evil queen in disguise is my own psyche, and the apple is seeds of doubt fleshed out with insecurity, neurosis, and fear. Hard to believe anyone takes a bite of that. How long has it been since an agent asked …
Surfacing
Do you have the secret to organization and balance? I know about lists. I even make lists. Where do the lists go? I think they drown in the sea of nonsense that is my desk. Anyone can make a list. Look. I'll make one right now. (in insignificant order and incomplete) finish organizing desk do …
Belief
Have you ever seen something--a garden gate perhaps, a picture hanging on a cafe wall, an odd, unexpected object in an odd and expected place--that made you stop and look again. That stirred your heart, maybe your gut, a place deep within? I love connecting with a picture, a story, a random object. Imagine if …
String Theory Childhood
Have you heard the theory that there are countless parallel universes, that at particular moments in your life when one decision was made, another universe began with another you who lived the choice you didn't make. What moment in your childhood would change where you are now? Of course, perhaps it the small forgotten decision …
May is here. May is here. Life is stories, and life is fears…
I think the loveliest time of the year is the pub date, I do. Don't you? Course you do! Wait. What? (A gold star to whomever gets the reference in my blog post title.) I'm taking part in Story-a-Day May. Are you? I'll post the stories over at The Fairy Tale Asylum. At the end …
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The Plague
I'm going to move into my house, set up my work space, and presto! Magic will happen. I'll finish all my art projects and start preparing for my next show. I'll finally know how to write that synopsis. I'll be brilliant. I'll get published. Right? This house business has pushed and shoved over so many …
I’ve read a lo…
I've read a lot of words of wisdom on this synopsis business, but I don't know why I am so horrifically stuck. Hey, I've had a lot of fun writing a DSM for Writers, but that is a distraction. Obviously. So, my desperate act is to ask if anyone out there is a fast reader who likes …
Plum Art
A few years ago when I was asked to have my first art show in a coffee shop, I thought I'd go along with that crazy idea, and that would be that. I'd be able to say I'd had a show. A few years later and I'm Head of Art for Youth Tube at Plum …
A Book Straight Jacket
Okay. Huge thanks to everyone who commented on that last post (or sent a very helpful email). So, I've been trying and retrying to come up with the flap copy for a book that is written but not published. I was using the word synopsis, but it seems to be accurate, I should've just called …
Synopsiphobia Smackdown
So, an agent has asked for a synopsis that reads like a book jacket. I'm not to give too much away, but to sell the story. I feel the same way about a synopsis as I did about an outline in school. But anyway. Here is my dumb idea of the day. Let me rephrase …
Marta Bacon 