followup
It worked! I opened "The Duke of Riverside" and read, and . . . in the words of a French designer we met in Paris, Marie Chaumette, a delightful woman with whom we exchanged parallel tales of creative angst: Ça ne pue presque pas! (It hardly stinks at all).
It was all those good wishes coming from all of you, I am sure of it. What a swell birthday it was! (Did everyone see my awesome card from yaoi_in_exile? The handmade ones are always the best.)
My director also approved my latest Klezmer Nutcracker draft (phew!!!!). I go to further revise the short story now - it's about 6,000 words (also phew!!, as the anthology I'm submitting to is asking for shorter works).
Here are some much better photos of me & conteurlisa's cake, taken by the divine sarahwriter, who was visiting from Boston so that we could meet to workshop her play . . . .
It was all those good wishes coming from all of you, I am sure of it. What a swell birthday it was! (Did everyone see my awesome card from yaoi_in_exile? The handmade ones are always the best.)
My director also approved my latest Klezmer Nutcracker draft (phew!!!!). I go to further revise the short story now - it's about 6,000 words (also phew!!, as the anthology I'm submitting to is asking for shorter works).
Here are some much better photos of me & conteurlisa's cake, taken by the divine sarahwriter, who was visiting from Boston so that we could meet to workshop her play . . . .