I thought some might be interested in hearing more about my book project, so here goes. A few months ago, I received a letter from an academic in California who was editing an anthology of essays on ecofeminism. He had read my dissertation (which shows a certain amount of initiative, since it is not published [...]
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Book, Soup
Posted in Books, food, publishing on July 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Oh Well
Posted in publishing on January 16, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I assume that I failed to make the cut in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. They have posted the excerpts from the novels that have advanced to the next round, and mine was not among them. I have been reading the discussion board that Amazon has up for contestants, and it looks like most [...]
Food, Sex
Posted in publishing, writing on December 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Here is the article on food writing. I hope Martha’s people don’t read it or I’m in trouble.
O Blogosphere, Help Me!
Posted in publishing on October 1, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I entered my manuscript in a contest, because at this point, I am willing to dance naked on national TV to get my novel published. This is the contest: The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. If I win, I get published and a $25,000 advance. Plus a big screen plasma TV–seriously. [...]
The Race of Rejection ™ Continues
Posted in publishing on September 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I hate to do this to Litlove, especially since she’s been unwell lately. However, it must be said: She is in serious danger of getting completely humiliated in the Race of Rejection™. As Regular Readers® may remember, Litlove and I are in a fierce competition to determine who can first compile twenty rejections from publishers [...]
Agents=4; Hobgoblin=0
Posted in publishing on August 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I actually received THREE rejections today! Is that a record? Probably not, but it does sound nicely ink-stained and wretched, doesn’t it? One of them was an e-mail rejection, so I am only metaphorically ink-stained, I guess. I am not just winning the Race of Rejections (tm, all rights reserved, etc.) with Litlove, I am [...]
