There's a lot of emotional effort in sending a book off on a pitch. Not limited to the sheer anxiety surrounding sending it off. But I've got to throw it out there if I want someone to pick it up.
And I do want someone to pick it up.
This is the one thing I'm good at, and I should get paid to do it.
I'll get on with the offerings first. Then I try to get brave.
Wish me luck.
I think I have finally made all the stopgap functions for Pseuducku and, if it all works, I will have a HTML version to put up on the development log. Finally, an interactive experience... but not much of one.
Gotta acknowledge my limits, you know.
I have added gel pads to my super foot-friendly shoes, and I think it's made a difference. So too has swapping the side I use my cane on until my other heel stopped whinging about things.
I
Read more »I'm not afraid of getting hurt, but I admit, I'm also well aware I'm not strong. Nevertheless, I refuse to stand here and do nothing. -- DaniAndShali
Bravery is not the lack of fear. It is being afraid and acting anyway. It is facing down injustice knowing that it could hurt to stand up for the downtrodden.
She was an outcast, eking out an existence on the sketchier side of the village. He was meant to be fetching medicine for his auntie.
Read more »Today, as well as working on bread, I am going to work on a writeblr intro for Tumblr and then drop a few nice messages into Niel Gaiman and Diane Duane's Tumblr inboxes.
I actually have to focus on my autism and my queer cred since that's how I use my niche. I carve it out, I own it, and then I fill it with flashing neon lights so that other peeps can find me.
I also should get in contact with
Read more »I'm a coward, and I am well aware of this fact. Many things terrify me. But, you have made a grave error. One thing I am not afraid of is death. -- Anon Guest
"Unlock it or die," said the brigand, knife at Mort's throat.
"Kill me. You won't be able to unlock it even when I'm dead," said Mort. The Hellkin courier seemed cooler than ice under the threat of death. "The only way to open it is when it arrives
Read more »I may be a coward, but I will not let that define me. -- RecklessPrudence
My name is Val, and I'm afraid. Every day, every minute, all I can think of is the worst possible consequences that result from my actions. You might call it anxiety. I don't think it's anything as mild as that. I have a mechanical clock as an alarm, because what if the power fails in the night and all the electronic stuff doesn't work? I sterilise my
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