Bit of Ivory

I am so upset. In the English major, you have to take a major author in the 300-level. They always offer Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer, and they have a revolving class that studies different authors every year. I don’t really like Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer all that much, but Shakespeare is more interesting to me […]

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I’m getting slightly irritated. No word yet from Carleton97. I don’t know if she’s even looked at my story, let alone how long it will take for her to beta it so it can be posted. I mean, come on, how hard is it to drop me a short e-mail? The thing is, I really […]

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I’m in. I don’t know how soon it will be posted, as I haven’t officially heard from my beta-reader (Carleton97) yet. But I am a Sugar Quill author! Oh, and I just can’t help but pass on this little tidbit, as I practically hyperventilated when I read it. The relevant quote? The latest Harry Potter […]

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Ohmigosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!!! I am SOOO excited. No, I didn’t get into SQ (at least not that I know of, yet– I’ll keep you posted). No, it’s this wonderful, beautiful interview with J.K. Rowling in which we get snippets such as this: There’s a lot of book done – that’s all […]

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I’m just trying to convince myself that not hearing from Sugar Quill yet is a good thing. I know that’s what everyone keeps telling me, but I can’t help but feel nervous. I just want to know, one way or the other. Every time I think “I got in, no problem,” I say, “but what […]

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So, haven’t heard from SQ yet. Here’s what it said on the “Ask Madam Pince” page: September 14, 2002. We received stories form 87 new authors! Is this an omen? Unfortunately, the Sugar Quill beta-reading team is ill-equipped to actually handle 87 submissions in one month. We’ve added three new beta-readers (welcome Juliane, Arianrhod, and […]

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I. Can’t. Believe. It. My dad let me drive the Prius. From Murray. To Provo. By myself. Of course, it took a little bit of finagling (promising to park far away where at least one side of the car is unexposed to another car to minimize the possibility of dings, explaining how soon I’d be […]

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I just submitted Look to Your Dreams to the Sugar Quill. They’re sorting on Sunday. Wish me luck.

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At about this time last year, I was watching my TV in the living room of my apartment, gaping in horror as the second tower fell. My roommate had woken me up about a half-hour before, saying, “Emily, I think World War Three just started.” I wanted to believe it was all a horrible joke; […]

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So I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when a guy from Provo contacted me on Yahoo! Messenger. I’ve only just recently begun logging on the Y!M, because Trillian supports it. Anyway, he asked for a pic, and I told him I don’t have any online. Then I remembered– there’s pic of me […]

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