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Ego Burn: July 2014
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Because writing is hard. Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Will the real Emily Saso please stand up? My mom emailed me today:. So of course I dropped everything and googled my own name, and here's. Harpur Palate would like to congratulate Emily Saso, winner of the Undergraduate Flash Fiction Contest. Her winning short story is posted up there. It's pretty good, which is a relief because, well, my name is. On it And her bio is there as well:. Is NYC Emily Saso the evil one, or am I? WTF is flash fiction anyways?
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Ego Burn: An unrequited love story
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Because writing is hard. Thursday, June 25, 2015. An unrequited love story. I've posted another one of my shorts on my web site. It's called Marie. And it's a sort-of-sweet, sort-of-sick love story. Who doesn't love those, right? Is a quick read because I originally wrote it for the. CBC short story contest. Which has a rather restrictive word limit. The original iteration of the story ( T. Did pretty well in that contest, making it as far as the long list. My reasoning is pretty simple: Life's too short.
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Ego Burn: April 2014
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Because writing is hard. Monday, April 14, 2014. Excel is a whatnow? I came across a blog through my agent’s blog. That's full of all sorts of goodies for writers. One of my favourite posts is about the process and — for lack of a better word — technique of revision. Check it out here. I don’t think I’ve used Excel as it’s meant to be used more than a dozen times. I remember my husband casually mentioning that it's just a big calculator. A while back, and I was all “Get the fu%$ out! I don't do anything ...
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Ego Burn: April 2015
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Because writing is hard. Sunday, April 19, 2015. Reverse slides and clitellums. I was looking through old blog posts the other day because no children no lawn care responsibilities = nothing to live for, and realized that I've never revealed what my novel is about on this blog, at least not formally. Sure, I've told you about all the agent rejections. I've endured, my new straws. My very rational fear of supervolcanoes. That time I spazzed out and turned my book into a TV pilot. And got a psychic. Take y...
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Ego Burn: My dad is going to hate it
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Because writing is hard. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. My dad is going to hate it. I visited my dad in Ottawa on the weekend and, as per tradition, we stood on our soapboxes and got into it: abortion, gay marriage, euthanasia. But soon the conversation turned to more serious matters: books. My father used to read literary fiction — Hemingway, Steinbeck, Updike, Salinger. In his later years, though, he switched to Christian novels almost exclusively because:. 2) He can relate to the values. Why, I asked. 1) Bad...
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Ego Burn: Criticism Survival Kit
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Because writing is hard. Thursday, July 23, 2015. I don't handle criticism as well as I would like, but I have found a system that works for me. H. Ere’s the blueprint:. 1 Go into shock. 4 Make bad joke. 6 Suck up to critic. 7 Go, essentially, catatonic. 8 Stare down at notebook. 11 Crawl into deep hole. 12 Claw at earthy walls. 14 Clean dirt from nails. 16 Go for long walk. 17 Talk about it with loving husband. 18 Talk about it with understanding friend. 19 Realize critic was right. Subscribe to: Post C...
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Ego Burn: December 2014
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Because writing is hard. Monday, December 1, 2014. The Actual Grady Twins' Dresses From The Shining. Or: The Real Reason I'll Never Bear Children. I went to see Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition. At TIFF yesterday. Aside from the gentleman whose dandruffy shoulder I was doomed to peer over for the duration of my tour - ( Can you just. If you don't mind scooching just a bit to. Excuse me, sir, but. Outta my way, old man! There were more than enough goodies to satisfy even the most fanatical fan. The Girl Wi...
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Ego Burn: July 2015
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Because writing is hard. Thursday, July 23, 2015. I don't handle criticism as well as I would like, but I have found a system that works for me. H. Ere’s the blueprint:. 1 Go into shock. 4 Make bad joke. 6 Suck up to critic. 7 Go, essentially, catatonic. 8 Stare down at notebook. 11 Crawl into deep hole. 12 Claw at earthy walls. 14 Clean dirt from nails. 16 Go for long walk. 17 Talk about it with loving husband. 18 Talk about it with understanding friend. 19 Realize critic was right. Friday, July 17, 2015.
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Ego Burn: June 2015
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Because writing is hard. Thursday, June 25, 2015. An unrequited love story. I've posted another one of my shorts on my web site. It's called Marie. And it's a sort-of-sweet, sort-of-sick love story. Who doesn't love those, right? Is a quick read because I originally wrote it for the. CBC short story contest. Which has a rather restrictive word limit. The original iteration of the story ( T. Did pretty well in that contest, making it as far as the long list. My reasoning is pretty simple: Life's too short.
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Ego Burn: June 2014
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Because writing is hard. Friday, June 13, 2014. I don't deserve capitalization. Oh horror of horrors. I just opened a word document from 2006 - way back when I first started toying with the idea of writing some sort of novel - and i found this phrase:. Like lightning unbound.". I was planning on using that! With my name on it! No offence to Lynn Connolly, of course:. I'm sure it's a fine novel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). September 24, 2016). Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. The Girl With Glass Feet.
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