It occurred to me I hadn’t done one of these in a while. Sorry about that. This installment is a simple one, but it came to mind because one of the students at the workshop was having difficulty with it. A poorly punctuated manuscript will be thrown out by an editor ASAP. No one will give you any leeway on this, so if you think you are shaky on your punctuation, make sure you know Read more…
When I got to the farm Shari said, “You have a choice tonight. Chocolate or Mr. Dees.” My prompt response: “I would like Mr. Dees, because I would like to canter tonight.” She agreed that was a better choice. So I rode Mr. Dees in the round pen and we did really well. This was the first horse I had ridden at the farm and the first time he gave me a lot of trouble Read more…
The new project that wants to be written is not being very polite to the current project. First it was nudging, now it’s elbowing the current project, trying to muscle it out of the way. But the more static it causes, the harder it is to stay focused on the current project. I did think I was going to be able to work on them both but you know the saying: if you want to Read more…