Well! The Cubs game sucked for the Cubbies, but it was really, really, really cool if you were me. Hearing my husband’s song, having them introduce it and then say it was sent to them by “Joelle Anthony, a big Cubs fan” was sooooooo cool! I am a 25 year Cub fan which is pretty good, since I’m only hrrrump…Anyway, if anyone’s reading this and they want to see the video, let me know and I can email it to you. Our friend is a techno wizard and he video taped it and then made it into an emailable file!
And now on to SSKA. Can I just say I loved it? Okay. I loved it. Fogelin has such a way of evoking the South that you feel like you’re right there. She’s an incredibly visual writer. And that’s all I’ll say, except read it!
My list to read before I go on vacation includes three manuscripts from my workshop group, Bruce Coville’s FORTUNE’S JOURNEY, Fogelin’s THE BIG NOTHING, and at least one Valerie Hobbs book (if I like it, I have a second one to read). I picked up Hobbs’ books because she’s published by the publisher that I’ve been unofficially working with and I thought that would be good form. Plus, I’ve pretty much loved everything I’ve read that they published recently (which is not a lot…I mean, they’ve published plenty, but I haven’t gotten my hands on a lot of books…small town library).
And yes, that reading list is a bit ambitious since it’s not long before I fly, but you know what? I sent my revision out today and so I’m already on writer vacation!
Read well.
cheers,
Joelle
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