Why Von, Why?! I want to end the scene Von, why are you not co-operating? Gah, Von, just Gah! I don't know what you're going to do next, do you? Shake her? She won't let you near her. Talk to her? well that's worked out sooooooo well so far hasn't it? Just Gah! You can't talk to them, she's crazy and you can't talk to her demons. Oh, you want to be ( Read more... )

I got my very first rejection letter! It’s for my bird-spring poem and it makes me feel like a real writer. Seriously it makes me ridiculously happy to have a rejection letter, I didn’t expect the poem to be accepted to tell you the truth and I was hoping mostly for feedback on what to work on and I got it. The Fiddlehead was very nice about it ( Read more... )

Sorry, I've had something to post since Sunday but I also had a paper due Tuesday, I finished the paper and was too lazy to post (even though I was done before 5pm Monday) then I had a headache after school Tuesday and I was too lazy again yesterday and now I have two points to post that would have been two posts and I've rambled on and on about ( Read more... )

I know, I haven't updated in a while, I'm just figuring out how to write a picture book manuscript without pictures and waiting for my sister to finish her sketches and two finished drawings. I haven't worked much on anything else as I have a linguistics midterm tomorrow, EDIT discussion due tonight (every thursday night) and a  lab every monday ( Read more... )

So, I think I chose one after looking through some options: Kids Can Press, they published Scaredy Squirrel and Chester by Melanie Watt and Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois. Now, the issue is submitting for publication. They don't want original art work unless the author is a professional illustrator:

Please do not send original artwork with your ( Read more... )

So, with Civilized Raptor being illustrated I decided to look into publishing. It is complicated, somehow I thought it would be a matter of completing the story and sending it in to publishers. No, no of course it's not that simple. I ended up at my local library asking a librarian. She was actually very helpful and encouraging, she found some ( Read more... )

I mailed it! Wish me luck

I'm sending in a poem to The Fiddlehead to be reviewed for publication. It's a short poem called "Sing Me a Song". I put it in the envelope with the cover letter and self addressed envelope and stamped it and went out to mail it only to discover none of the mailboxes around here have slots big enough for the brown envelopes. And then my sister's ( Read more... )

Yah, this whole post is a spoiler, sorry.[Spoiler (click to open)]It's notes for how Carwyn feels when Davita comes under the curse and the whole Lower Kingdom is lost ( Read more... )

What's this? A second post in one day? Why yes, yes it is :)

( Civilized Raptor ahead )