Monthly Archives: May 2006

The End of One Thing and — well, you know…

I keep getting phone calls from people that end with, “If I don’t talk to you before…” etc., etc. That’s when you know something is ending, whether it’s the year, your job, or your stay at a particular locale. In my case, it’s the latter two. Ever since we first moved to Norfolk Danielle and …

25 May 2006 – 1:10 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Other | Comments (0)

The 20 Worst Literary Agents

Courtesy of Miss Snark * The Abacus Group Literary Agency * Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to “book doctor” Victor West of Pacific Literary Services) * Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.) * Barbara Bauer Literary Agency * Benedict & Associates (also d/b/a B.A. Literary Agency) * Sherwood Broome, …

25 May 2006 – 11:36 am | By tlitchfo | Posted in Publishing | Comments (2)

Disappointment

What is the worst possible thing that can happen upon finishing a book (i.e. a book you’re reading)? Disappointment. The Mezzanine, by Nicholson Baker has been recommended to me several times over the years, so finally I read it. It’s about a lunch hour. It’s about the mundane thoughts and happenings of one corporate lunch …

20 May 2006 – 7:20 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Books | Comments (0)

Reading

Without a writing project, I have more time to read. More and more, I do that reading online, reading blogs on publishing, reading book reviews, anything that will be helpful when the time comes to query lit agents. But I’m also reading short stories. I dabbled in short fiction writing for months before deciding to …

18 May 2006 – 12:01 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Writing | Comments (0)

Now what?

What does one do after he writes a novel. After two years of thinking about writing a novel and a year and a half actually writing it, I find myself with 70,000 words saved on various types of computer memory. So, after waiting a couple days, feeling good–feeling really good–I reformatted the text (double-spaced, easier …

16 May 2006 – 8:02 am | By tlitchfo | Posted in Writing | Comments (0)