While reading about her far-flung experiences with simians, Leila came to the part where a monkey on Gibraltar reached into her bag and ran off with her husband’s ashes. An alarmed silence came over the room. Then she read the next sentence: “He would have loved it.”
Writers are drawn to social media for reasons other than self-promotion. A world of prompt, supportive responses is irresistible to people who deal with editors.
The rejection began: “This is an admirably well-written piece…” making me feel like the slow sixth-grader who gets a pat on the head for exceeding expectations.
I began my travel writing course on Wednesday and halfway through the class it occurred to me that there is no subject I would rather talk about – and that I almost never do so outside the classroom. The lament, no doubt, of much of the professorial community.
A new report claims that even a small amount of exercise will help you fend off the blues. If you’re a writer, a small amount of writing will do the same.
I googled “misery memoir” and the fourth result was “misery memoir literary agents.”