October 3, 2009

  • Rock and Roll, Dog

    My husband has told my daughter this.

    E: "I want a snack."
    J: "What's the magic word?"
    E: "Rock and Roll, DOG!"

    Funny stuff.

    Life is going pretty well right now.  Part of me doesn't want to jinx it by talking about it.  Writing is good.  Family is good.  Life is good.

    A group of us in the MFA program (fiction writers) are starting our own genre writing group.  Since it's pounded into our heads, "DO NOT WRITE GENRE FOR CLASS" we're making our own group, dammit.  I joked that we should call ourselves The Inklettes.  Silly, I know.

    But, our first session is Thursday.  I sent in some work that I had started on aeons ago (in a world that I helped create with FadingSun).  It will be fun to explore those characters again.  I miss them terribly.  Other members:

    • Lisa: she writes lots of genre, reads lots of genre and is a walking, talking triva machine.  She is from New York.  Is mega Jewish and damn proud of it.  She's teaching me a lot about Jewish traditions and food (yum!) And there is this Jewish holiday where you have to try something new, so I had a fruit I'd never had before--it was a hybrid plum/apricot. 
    • Miriam: writes like a madwoman.  Love her work.  She met and married her sweetheart all in her first year of graduate school. 
    • Trai: first year student this year.  Awesome, awesome awesome.  She is inspiring us all.  She's already had some experience in the bus. (working for HBO and a few other studios).
    • Maya: Haven't met her yet.  She's not in the program, but is a local writer.

    I'm so excited for this.  I can't even begin to tell you guys.  This is an amazing part of my life.  I just feel it.

    Not much else going on--just a LOT OF WRITING.  That's a good thing.

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