Things I have not finished this summer: -The novel I swore up and down I would finish. I made excellent progress, but in the end, the last third (the ending, if you will) remained elusive. New goal: ASAP. Novels can be uncooperative and there are times when research slows things down to a dead stop. […]
REACHING YOUR CRUSHING DAILY PAGE COUNT WHEN YOU HAVE UNBRIDLED AMBITION TO FINISH YOUR MANUSCRIPT
Goal: 8-10 p a day until m.s. is finished. Schedule: Write one page. Look up six vaguely related things on internet. Use one fact to complete one sentence. Write two pages. Discard three pages. Twirl in office chair three times. Furiously write four pages, hitting keys so hard dogs start to look worried. Feel so […]
The Paperback Is Waiting For You!
I’m sharing this w/o the Amazon link because I’m currently boycotting in the spirit of national resentment, if not strong logic. But I am most grateful to Stephan Nance for this lovely review of The Fashion Committee! As I’ve mentioned a few times (cough, cough) the book is just out in paperback and I’d be […]
Ahem. Note to Book Club
Hello! If you invited me to your book club located somewhere near Victoria (Saanich? Sidney?) for June 11, I have lost all the information, including your contact info. Please email me at andfurthermore@shaw.ca! Thank you. Susan Juby Currently residing in Disorganization Central
Talk, talk, talk
For the past couple of years I’ve been lucky to get to talk about some of my favourite reads with the incomparable Shelagh Rogers on CBC’s The Next Chapter. Here are a few of the interviews. On audiobooks and why they are the greatest. On feminism and why it is important. And great. More great […]