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It’s gone

For now, the manuscript has left my desktop for that of the editor.  In our virtual days, there doesn’t seem to be as much of a “moment” when a book gets sent as there used to be.  I did, however, observe a little moment of silence, and respect, after I hit “send.”
This afternoon I have [...]

Posted 06 October 2008 † V. § ‡ Comments (18) ° Also tagged: ,

Revision

I told The Husband this morning that revising feels like nothing less than psychological warfare.  “You put a comma in, you take a comma out and pretty soon you feel like you’ve done nothing but make the whole thing worse.  I’m at war with myself.  Don’t be surprised if you come home to find my [...]

Posted 15 September 2008 † V. § ‡ Comments (18) ° Also tagged:

Crossing the rubicon

Here was a phrase I often heard from my mother growing up:  “Well, I guess you’ll just have to cross that rubicon,” or, “There’s another rubicon to face.”  So large and proverbial did this rubicon become, I found myself smiling in Latin class one afternoon while reading about Caesar’s actual, decisive moment:
A man of strikingly [...]

Posted 10 September 2008 † V. § ‡ Comments (27) ° Also tagged: