by The Weed | Dec 19, 2014 | The Weed
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...
by The Weed | Dec 18, 2014 | The Weed
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...
by The Weed | Dec 17, 2014 | The Weed
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…”...
by The Weed | Dec 15, 2014 | The Weed
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,...
by The Weed | Dec 13, 2014 | The Weed
In its earliest iteration, this blog was a writing blog. Actually, no, scratch that. In the earliest iteration, this blog was about ADHD. But even then, the whole idea was writing. The year before, I’d written my first novel. I knew I needed to build a...
by The Weed | Dec 12, 2014 | The Weed
Hi! Here’s my day so far: I woke up at the crack of dawn, by which I mean to say 8:32am. I rolled over and tried to sleep while my daughters were screaming about getting their hair done. At 8:53, Tessa came in and climbed in bed with me. She made me play...