I did it. I closed my eyes, held my breath, and hit "send" on my very first query letter for All's Fair, with Eric sitting there cheering me on.

This one was a gift. My 140-character pitch was an honorable mention in Shelley Watters' Twitter Pitch Contest (that neat one I posted about), which earned me an invitation to query agent Suzie Townsend ( Read more... )

At 11 PM on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010, I officially completed the latest draft of All's Fair! It tops out at 70,672 words, which is only slightly over my target word count.

I'll send it off to Katie tomorrow, meet with her to debrief on Tuesday, and then revise revise revise.

But for now: Wine.

LONDON -- Brigitte, one of Germany's most popular glossy women's magazines, has banned models from its pages and will instead use only "real" women in its editorial pages, as a protest against society's obsession with stick-thin women.

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Maine approves gay marriage

AUGUSTA, Maine-Maine's governor has signed a bill making the state the fifth to allow gay marriage.

Gov. John Baldacci signed the legislation shortly after the Maine legislature passed it Wednesday.My home state, New Hampshire, is currently the only New England holdout besides Rhode Island. Since Maine signed the bill ( Read more... )

N.H. Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Lynch might still veto it, though. I'll stop following his fan page on Facebook if he does. -.-

I've officially completed all coursework/finals for my Bachelor of Arts degree!

Amazon Rank.

I'm sure most of you already know the deal.

The Suffolk Voice, my school's online student newspaper, is doing two weeks of Venture features and samples from the magazine to celebrate and publicize the Launch. Our poetry and prose-poetry samples are up today; it looks like fiction and memoir are coming next week.
A Sneak Peek at this Year's VentureCheck back for more, and I'll let you know ( Read more... )

The 2009 edition of Venture is finally in! It looks great, guys. If you'd like a copy, get in touch. ♥

( What is this Venture you speak of? )

Just moments ago, the Vermont State Senate voted with overwhelming support to pass S.115 - the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Vermont. 26 Senators (out of 30) cast their vote in support of marriage equality. This is a monumental victory for Vermont and for LGBT equality.

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