Monday, March 15, 2010
Words to work by
When I am stuck on one project, I remember a line from a conference: “What else are you working on?” Picture books are so easy and so hard to write and the stack of impersonal rejections is staggering. If I put all my hopes and dreams on the Magic Dragonfly and she flits from one slush pile to the next for several years (decades?) waiting will be an exercise in frustration. I get enough exercise! So I keep tweaking Victor Javalina and Danny Lion and Tuk-tuk the Lemming. More than that I keep asking myself: what else am I working on? This week is was the Bush Dancers in the Outback! Tomorrow – what else?
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Just looked at the time stamp - it is actually 6:54 in this Daylight zone...
ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting that you have all these different stories you can take comfort in. Variety is good!
ReplyDelete"A library is an act of faith."--Victor Hugo
ReplyDeleteThis evening I will curl up to read everyone's manuscript. I will miss Tuk Tuk, but I'm excited to read Dancers in the Outback. I'm sure I will learn something I don't know.
ReplyDeleteAll of your ideas are wonderful and they will flit into the hands of the right person someday soon.
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