BBC Channel 4 seems to take issue with sharing videos----silly folks----but whatev because you should see this clip on dealing with rejection. The bit about "sucking out your eyes" was particularly funny to me. I'm getting ready to send more stories out into the world of literary journals. Either a story will be rejected (likely!) …
My Narrow View Is Sharp Enough to Stab Him in the Eye
I spend a stupid amount of time worrying if my writing is good enough. But apparently what I needed was a good old-fashioned sexist attack to make me know my writing is a damn well just fine. Have you seen the article about VS Naipaul? NPR picked up the story from The Guardian. And Naipaul …
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Maybe Keep Going
This may be the end. Well, of the whole National Blog Post Month is over for me. Whew. I tried this a couple of years ago and it may be a couple more years hence before I do it again. Maybe! You never know. In the meantime, I'll be hanging out at the roller rink …
No Maybe about This Baby
I may be excited. No. Definitely. I have story and my art published over at Scheherezade's Bequest! Please take a look. The online journal has lots of great stories and links. Wahoo! And as always, I'm putting up some of my other stories over at The Imaginary Lake. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged and …
Maybe You Should Fret
Maybe I fret too much. Sure. Fret. Sounds like a knot to me. A knot I can't possibly undo. If no one says anything about my stories, I think the stories are bad. Or at least failures. Or boring. Or something generally not nice. If someone says something nice, I think awesome and OMG I'll …
Maybe You’re a Winner!
I may be jumping up and down in a panic. There is going to be a contest over at Story-a-Day. An author is going to judge stories written for the challenge----one story per writer. So, you know I'm staring at what I've written wondering which story to choose. It isn't life or death or anything...but …
Maybe Not Everywhere
This may be a lame excuse, but I'm in Waco. Waco! And I've got to be at a roller rink tomorrow morning and the next at 5 am. These are the joys of being a mom to a speed skater. I have trouble writing in hotel rooms. I can write in my home, in cafes, …
Maybe Not What You Thought
Maybe I'm not as neurotic as I think I am. I like to think I exaggerate. That is what writers do, right? Anyway, my bosses bought some of my art and put it up in the school. This semester I happen not to have any classes in that corner of the school, but it is …
Maybe Epic
This may be meaningless to you, but did you know that today was the 34th birthday of Star Wars? I was nine. I saw it in an old theater with balconies. I went with my dad, his second wife, and her youngest daughter. My father and I loved it. My step-sister thought it was okay--but …
Maybe the Stars Know
You may belittle horoscopes. As well you probably should because there is no sensible reason to think anything light years away can guide you anywhere in the tiny swath of land that is your life. All the same, I like my horoscope--and I don't see why you have to believe something to enjoy it. Here …
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