CN: Mentions of mental illness, ableism, disability symptoms, and toxic environments As a person who manages a chronic pain and fatigue disability, I’ve had to constantly “push through” my discomfort in order to have any semblance of a life. Sometimes I have aids like my mobility device to make things much easier on me, but …
Continue reading The freedom that comes from saying, “I can’t.”
Whew! Who knew getting a book ready for publication was such hard work? Oh yeah, probably all of you.
Let's all shout it together, shall we? One, two, three: OH THE FREAKIN' HUMANITY, NOT A SYNOPSIS!!!
To date I have written the crappy first draft, got a slightly less crappy second draft beta-read, created an even better third draft after putting myself through editing boot camp, then read that draft out loud and came up with a decent fourth draft, and now I've just finished editing the fifth draft. I feel like I've been drafted.
So, it's been about 15 minutes since I submitted queries and chapters for my first novel, Life in the 'Cosm. OK, it's been just under a month. Now comes the gap when I wait for rejection or acceptance of my writing. Is it just me, or is this waiting thing hard?
OK, OK, I did it again. I lost my poop. I took my eyes off the pleasure of writing and started fretting about how to publish--who would accept me, how would people regard me if I self-published, and on and on and on. This is what I call The Dark Vacuum of Joylessness. I just get sucked …
I got my first grey hair at 17, so I don't associate it with age. But I think looks terrible long. However, I'm going to grow it (with minor trims) until I'm ready to send my first query letter. I'll take a photo at the beginning of each month until then! …
Cait Gordon—author and editor 