Post #6–The best possible news.
I was in my office between sessions when I got the agent’s first response: I just started it today and am already impressed. More to come very soon. I can’t describe the sensation that little email created… two sentences, that meant so much. He had read...Post #5–A draft in the agent’s hands
The work was beautiful. It felt synchronistic. We were both immediately engaged–we got home from that trip and felt ready to pounce on the project. We didn’t tell each other what we were doing–there was little-to-no prep work–we just sat down...Post #4: Memoir
Isn’t the thought of a (then) 32-year-old writing a memoir hilarious? That’s what I thought. I spent the next few days saying things like “Sorry, Lolly, I can’t come and help with dinner right now. I’m too busy writing my memoirs…”...Post #3–Timeline
So, here’s the sequence of events, kind of. 2009–I wrote a novel. It about killed me. Queried, got a positive response, but realized I hadn’t edited the manuscript and that I’d queried prematurely. (For the record, it still sits, unedited,...Over 5 Million Served
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