because my writing has never won anything before* and this is better than nothing! also, i dream about nutella.
*yep, my last literary award includes being a finalist for the (hampton roads) peninsula spelling bee in 1994. yep.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
and one day, life will be as badass as ever...if i keep my motivation.
usually after a busy weekend, i want to do anything but sit down and work at writing. strangely, i'm feeling ready to get down to business. i'm thinking about my query letter to agents for my book. i'm thinking about the revisions to my book, which i'll be working on during the next workshop starting next week.
i'm even thinking about the next reading which isn't even happening until january. after talking about it with my boyfriend, i'm going to take a shot at reading my australia stories. i've balked from doing this solely because there's a lot of dialogue in those stories. dialogue with aussies. which means i'd have to read with an accent. ugh. i'm no actress, but i can pull off the accent. the problem is performing in front of people. it terrifies me. but john made a good point. if i'm trying to sell this book, it's likely that i'm going to have to read it in front of people. i should try to make it entertaining. i think i can do that. if i still feel this way come january...well, we shall see.
another point of motivation is my honorable mention win for best nonfiction writing in the conference. i didn't feel it was my best work because the submission was restricted to 2000 words, and the story i submitted was originally 3000+ words. editing was a pain in the arse. but i'm glad somebody still liked it enough. no monetary award but i get in next year's conference for free. and who knows, maybe by then i will have a book deal, be in a great writing program, and life will be as badass as ever. POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE THINKING.
i'm even thinking about the next reading which isn't even happening until january. after talking about it with my boyfriend, i'm going to take a shot at reading my australia stories. i've balked from doing this solely because there's a lot of dialogue in those stories. dialogue with aussies. which means i'd have to read with an accent. ugh. i'm no actress, but i can pull off the accent. the problem is performing in front of people. it terrifies me. but john made a good point. if i'm trying to sell this book, it's likely that i'm going to have to read it in front of people. i should try to make it entertaining. i think i can do that. if i still feel this way come january...well, we shall see.
another point of motivation is my honorable mention win for best nonfiction writing in the conference. i didn't feel it was my best work because the submission was restricted to 2000 words, and the story i submitted was originally 3000+ words. editing was a pain in the arse. but i'm glad somebody still liked it enough. no monetary award but i get in next year's conference for free. and who knows, maybe by then i will have a book deal, be in a great writing program, and life will be as badass as ever. POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE THINKING.
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