Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul/And sings the tune without the words/And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson There was this promise on the cool breeze that wakened me after a string of hot days and humid nights that it was going to be a glorious birthday. The sudden shift in [...]
Archive for August 2010
“FULL” DISCLOSURE
August 17, 2010TWEET, TWEET
August 9, 2010Entered the vast Twitterverse yesterday. Writer Dennis Cass made me do it. In a recent video, he’s a hapless author anxiously absorbing a host of tips from a social media guru who seems intent on bringing the clueless writer up to speed. Clearly, to the networking novice, it seems like light speed. The guy’s painfully [...]
PROCESS REPORT #4
August 2, 2010Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. Babe Ruth As noted in the first process report last November, it’s a stretch calling an accumulation of rejections progress. If I can use the word in the querying process at all, it’s with the awareness of an attitude shift from a few years [...]
