Cover of the book:
Here's my DPS:
I know you can't read that. I may type it up later.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Open Hearts
Jane Seymour (yes the JS from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) has used part of an essay I wrote in her new book, Open Hearts. It's a cute little book about love. It includes her artwork as well as personal experiences of her own and others (me!). Her new open hearts jewelry collection and paintings really speaks to my sentiments-love can be painful and grand, but through it all you need to remain true to yourself. Great Valentine's gift, if you still need something.
Cover of the book:
Here's my DPS:
I know you can't read that. I may type it up later.
Cover of the book:
Here's my DPS:
I know you can't read that. I may type it up later.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Water quotes
If I do keep the water thing going, these are two possible quotes to use as an epigraph at the beginning of my book. Thought?
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.” ~Lau Tzu
“Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.” ~Lau Tzu
“Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Manuscript frustration
The good news is my book will be great, one day. The bad news is I don't know how to get it there.
I am now completely panicked about my manuscript. It is pretty much done in terms of writing. I still have a few revisions I'd like to make. But turning it into a book is another story. I knew this was my main problem, but I thought class would help me figure out where to go with it. Class just made me more confused.
I need to come up with sections for the book. The obvious thing may be chronological or by "themes" (marriage, divorce, siblings, old boyfriends, etc). I don't like either of these options. Probably b/c they are both obvious. And I don't like the tone that theme sections creates. It's far too much about marriage/divorce and not enough about finding a peaceful relationship.
So what to do? I think of Laux, she has two sections Smoke and Fire. Or Olds has a book with different seemingly unrelated things, blood, tin, straw, as the titles of her sections. I think something like this will work. But what.
The title is currently "To Understand Water." My inclination is to have a set of water words as my section breaks. Bay, river, storm, evaporate. I don't know that I like any of these words, but it gives you an idea of what I'm talking about. The question is do I separate my poems and then label them or come up with labels and then put the poems where they belong.
Or is water totally the wrong way to go and I need to figure out something else. I think I will rearrange it like this and see what Kendra says next week. She'll probably be more help one-on-one.
I am now completely panicked about my manuscript. It is pretty much done in terms of writing. I still have a few revisions I'd like to make. But turning it into a book is another story. I knew this was my main problem, but I thought class would help me figure out where to go with it. Class just made me more confused.
I need to come up with sections for the book. The obvious thing may be chronological or by "themes" (marriage, divorce, siblings, old boyfriends, etc). I don't like either of these options. Probably b/c they are both obvious. And I don't like the tone that theme sections creates. It's far too much about marriage/divorce and not enough about finding a peaceful relationship.
So what to do? I think of Laux, she has two sections Smoke and Fire. Or Olds has a book with different seemingly unrelated things, blood, tin, straw, as the titles of her sections. I think something like this will work. But what.
The title is currently "To Understand Water." My inclination is to have a set of water words as my section breaks. Bay, river, storm, evaporate. I don't know that I like any of these words, but it gives you an idea of what I'm talking about. The question is do I separate my poems and then label them or come up with labels and then put the poems where they belong.
Or is water totally the wrong way to go and I need to figure out something else. I think I will rearrange it like this and see what Kendra says next week. She'll probably be more help one-on-one.
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