Guide to Good Critiquing

What I Really Want

The Two Paragraph Rule

Writers, Agents and Editors are people too
I know there’s been a lot of hubbub out there lately about how long it takes for writers to respond, agents to send out rejects or requests and editors to get back to you. I know where you’re coming from, I really do. But these are not programs and automatons. Today on Twitter I saw a post that really drove this home for me. HeatherWilson: Skipping a writer conference I’m supposed to teach at to go out with my friend who finished chemo. She has a double mastectomy next week. Some things are just more important than queries and partials and even books.

We’re all in this together

Link Salad for today (I’m writing)
Dogs News Week’s article on pit bulls (good article, horrible trolls in the comments) Extreme Right to Life Politics Colorado group seeks to place the start of life BEFORE cells become eggs (So um, a woman is aborting a child when she ovulates or takes birth control?) Hey Fatty! America’s Fat Hatred (So very true!) The Nature of Human Desire

So when do I get to vote if heterosexual couples should be able to marry?
Political post. Skip if you don’t want to hear it. As much as the electoral college has come under fire in the last, oh, nine or so years it’s there for a reason and the recent votes in California, Washington and Maine prove it. The votes are hairline, almost completely split at 50/50. See the thing is I don’t think the vote is speaking for the people. I think a very vocal minority has bullied the state and made it their obligation to try to determine the morality of the masses. So, this brings me to two points. One: Hey GLBT community, did you show up? Did you vote? Because a small slice of people can’t win this fight for you. Y

Reminder: Louisville Area Signing!!
I will be there, with copies of Rot!