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You know you want it!
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel is coming soon. I haven't seen it yet, but it has poetry by my friend Peg Duthie in it, and she is made of awesome. Therefore, you clearly want this book. You want it, you crave it, you must have it!
I am a dork.
That's why I sometimes get the urge to do Snoopy dances upon receiving rejections. But this was one of the nicest I've ever gotten! I'm definitely moving these folks up in my rotation. This story is now out to its 22nd market. People say nice things about it, but no...
Woe is me!
Pity me, for I am a World of Warcrack widow.
Not bad.
Amount of actual words on paper I'm getting down: Almost none. Amount of figuring out what this story needs to work: Ginormous. That's not what I sat down to do tonight, but I'll take it. I'll definitely take it.
Dude, get some help.
Dear Jerk in the Red Pickup, I admit it. I'm unsettled. Not so much by the fact that you tailgated us for over five miles, but that you did so ranting and huddling up in the corner of the cab with your fist over your forehead, hunching and swaying. If you really...
*hardens heart*
The hurricane story is a short story, not a novel. Scenes that aren't about the sisters probably need to go. *wibbles lower lip, throws some cut scenes into a separate file* Highest word count: 11,000 words. Current word count: 6348 words. Ouch!
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.