Category: All Things Publishing

Thank You But Knots

Sitting in literature classes, I recall being bored out of my mind, absolutely unappreciative, and sometimes mystified by what was considered Great and Literary. Some works I embraced wholeheartedly, forever welcoming insights I could only hope to experience in “real life”. Others? Well. I remember thinking the editor for T.S. Eliot’s poems did a sloppy job. And that my grade ten Shakespeare class was taught by an incoherent incompetent woman who probably was a frustrated aspiring writer who hated the sight of our blank faces. (I omitted the commas in honour of her.) Continue reading →

Publishing for Digital South ESL Readers?

Life has been mildly nutty the last few weeks. Between receiving an SMS from my sweetheart announcing the death of his grandmother during one of his business trips in January and weeks of my slowly losing energy and suspecting an ear infection which resulted in running to a primary care physician who prescribed antibiotics, I have temporarily lost that creative spark. It’ll return, but it’s being trumped by more pressing matters that scream for attention. Continue reading →

Oh, bread: Results

It was an exciting day, mostly because I was filled with an almost boundless energy this morning after weeks of painful, tiring brainmushies (now attributed to an ear infection). Also, there was an eighteen-hour old pile of dough eager to be folded and left to rise for another couple of hours before baking. Life can be this exciting. I promise.

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Revisionary

There’s something about revising a novel that isn’t feeling productive. Perhaps I just want it done and over, no more examination of what does or doesn’t work; let’s move on to the next one, please. Revisions are making me impatient and endlessly grumpy. Yet, editing the work of others thrills me. Continue reading →