Dear Readers, I’m attempting to publish my third book. I wrote the initial manuscript last year and finished the first draft this past summer. I am hoping to find a publisher. I solicited 120 agents this summer and have received 20 rejections and have not heard from the others, which…
2 CommentsMonth: December 2016
The demolition party went like this: Only enter through the back door at the top of the fire escape. Everyone bring their own drinks. Then they bring a little more for the house. A hammer, nail puller, or sledge was price of entry. That and a costume. It didn’t matter…
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This is my 300th website entry. I’ve been at it for seven years, or 33.33 posts a year. If we take into consideration that the average length of a blog post/essay here is 1,200 words, the total is 360,000 words, the equivalent of three modern novels or five to six…
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I’m mercurial when it comes to my hair, mostly because the length of my hair used to matter a lot. I like it short, really short. I like it long, really long. What I don’t like is maintaining a particular look. it’s tedious and boring, and just not a part…
One CommentFrancis was a disagreeable character who lived in the room next to mine at the top of the winery and drink technology apprentice school. We shared a small bathroom and shower stall at the end of the hallway of four rooms. Our rooms were only about 8’ by 10’, big…
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