I'll read it, deb, but I have doubts about how helpful I can be.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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-t - Jul 01, 2006 8:09:01 am PDT #7663 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Jul 01, 2006 8:10:55 am PDT #7664 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Circle of Life
There’s a huge haul of rotten produce and empty bottles of cleaning product at the beginning. Maybe a vitamin bottle. Then the kitchen garbage gets simple: vegetable trimmings, meat scraps, egg shells. The bathroom wastebasket is just tissues, cotton balls, and Q-Tips. Ovulation tests make a significant layer when they appear – like the iridium strata that marks the extinction of the dinosaurs. The early detection pregnancy tests show up before the manufacturer’s recommendation. By the time the bloody pads start accumulating, the kitchen trash undergoes its metamorphosis to mostly wine bottles, candy wrappers, and pizza boxes.
-t - Jul 01, 2006 9:26:33 am PDT #7665 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
While I'm serial posting, i think I forgot to say BELA FLECK! AWESOME! I love his music, and he seems like such a nice guy and has the witty if laconic stage banter, he should be able to give you a good blurb, deb.
deborah grabien - Jul 01, 2006 9:50:21 am PDT #7666 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I looooove Bela. Blurb from him will be of the good. Also going to see John Renbourne in a couple of weeks (idol of mine), and will give him Matty and maybe one of my precious galleys of Cruel Sister. He already has FFoSM.
_t, which email addy for essay? I'll probably send it to the editor at the same I send it out; this is purely as a favour and I'm not going to sweat bullets over it. Nice straightforward little thing.
-t - Jul 01, 2006 9:52:01 am PDT #7667 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gmail, should be in my profile. Anything inparticular I should read for?
deborah grabien - Jul 01, 2006 9:57:45 am PDT #7668 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Just cohesiveness. Does it read without bumps, and does it hold together? The problem is, the editor was fairly unclear about what she wanted this to point to, other than the broad general "psychic experience happening to writers" thing.
victor infante - Jul 01, 2006 10:22:29 am PDT #7669 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
This just in:
Transitions between sections are hard.
That is all.
deborah grabien - Jul 01, 2006 5:41:24 pm PDT #7670 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Transitions between sections are hard.
Huh. How so?
Liese S. - Jul 01, 2006 6:19:16 pm PDT #7671 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Just popping in between wilderness camp and music festival, but damn, deb!
Also, Bela Fleck! That boy got chops.
victor infante - Jul 02, 2006 3:07:37 am PDT #7672 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Huh. How so?
Don't mind me. I was just writing my column and being whiny because I couldn't get one idea to transition to the next without feeling forced. I finally -- three cigarettes and some storming around the apartment later -- got it figured out.