tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7757693533689310807..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Your life as a poem!--oops, closed!Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30772502961037324382016-10-29T17:15:00.372-04:002016-10-29T17:15:00.372-04:00Timeline?
More like zigzag.
Hopped more jobs than...Timeline? <br />More like zigzag.<br />Hopped more jobs than hopscotch.<br />Writer, always storyteller, but what else? <br />IT? <br />Baker?<br />Waitress?<br />Teacher?<br />Translator?<br /><br />Writer. But what else?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-87504156588748191792016-10-29T17:13:21.560-04:002016-10-29T17:13:21.560-04:00Diplobrat - 7 countries before age 12,
Reading - m...Diplobrat - 7 countries before age 12,<br />Reading - more worlds to explore,<br />Writing - better worlds to build,<br />High school misery - London adventure,<br />Musical discoveries - dangerous lifestyles,<br />University - safe haven - home,<br />Kitchen camaraderie - cinema leadership,<br />Australian escape - Berlin awakening,<br />Boyfriend - babies - home again,<br />House - job - family - security,<br />Redundancy - despair,<br />New workplaces - new bugbears,<br />But always, always, always writing,<br />Rewriting - changing history,<br />Making sense of past and future.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76793173484452919932016-10-29T17:09:15.230-04:002016-10-29T17:09:15.230-04:00Struggling to find
My rhythm
When the rest
Of the...Struggling to find<br />My rhythm <br />When the rest<br />Of the world<br />Sings <br />A slightly<br />Different song.Laura Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827474421798014522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45925871955493224992016-10-29T17:03:07.297-04:002016-10-29T17:03:07.297-04:00Dóttir
Sœur
Madre
Reader
Learner
Number Wrangler...Dóttir <br />Sœur<br />Madre <br />Reader<br />Learner<br />Number Wrangler <br />Chauffeur<br />F1 Driver<br />Personal Chef<br />Pediatrician<br />Psychologist<br />Cat Herder<br />Dragon<br />Hermit<br />She Who Must Be Obeyed<br />Professional Liar<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31394131318547318212016-10-29T16:34:20.709-04:002016-10-29T16:34:20.709-04:00Jersey girl
Boomer
Walter Farley’s Black Stallion
...Jersey girl<br />Boomer<br />Walter Farley’s Black Stallion<br />Wannabe jockey – tall<br />Moonshot observer <br />Wannabe astronaut—acrophobic<br />California girl <br />Wannabe mom & wife – barren & divorced<br />Amarna obsessed<br />Wannabe author—achievemephobic<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Debra Giuffridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230069368869757996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-23737037112274226042016-10-29T16:32:54.439-04:002016-10-29T16:32:54.439-04:00frequent mover
reader
woods-wanderer
theater
Shake...frequent mover<br />reader<br />woods-wanderer<br />theater<br />Shakespeare<br />truth-seeker<br />improvisor (on stage and off)<br />chemist<br />young wife<br />Catholic<br />wine seller<br />teacher (DD1)<br />knitwear designer (DD2)<br />university admin<br />Italy (DD3)<br />fiction (DD4)<br />science writer<br />novel editor<br />soon-to-be querierRachelErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510327163701754950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-79163189152645224012016-10-29T15:59:31.045-04:002016-10-29T15:59:31.045-04:00Nancy Drew
Valley of the Dolls
Diary of a Young Gi...Nancy Drew<br />Valley of the Dolls<br />Diary of a Young Girl<br />story-filled spiral notebooks<br />graduate school, Ph.D., tenure<br />first book, second book, agent, third book<br />Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165072684559960801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83816646912983387612016-10-29T15:27:14.754-04:002016-10-29T15:27:14.754-04:00"You're early, kid." (t = 0)
"Y..."You're early, kid." (t = 0)<br />"You're a Christian now, kid." (7)<br />"You got a deathwish, kid?" (15)<br />"You're a physicist now, kid." (21)<br />"Ball-and-chain, kid." (22)<br />"You almost done school yet, kid?" (25)abnormalalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666555569560028852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-12938996592553806342016-10-29T15:11:14.300-04:002016-10-29T15:11:14.300-04:00Odors
Hated –bus tires, mean teacher’s perfume
L...Odors <br /><br />Hated –bus tires, mean teacher’s perfume<br />Loved –grandma’s coffee, post-rain <br /><br />Hated –beer, formalin<br />Loved –new textbooks<br /><br />Hate –stagnant air<br />Love –kiddos, aftershave, coffee, post-rain<br />Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-27591773871800005822016-10-29T15:08:21.763-04:002016-10-29T15:08:21.763-04:00Love: Mary Shelly and her creation
Weird kid
Schoo...Love: Mary Shelly and her creation<br />Weird kid<br />School years: Writing=popularity<br />Side income: <br />Community journalist<br />Advertorials <br />Glossy magazine <br />Columnist;<br />Painting Company=roof overhead<br />Aspiring: lit fiction<br />Mark Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262292085318047939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-15629060714138243632016-10-29T15:01:56.228-04:002016-10-29T15:01:56.228-04:00The Motherland (Michigan)
Go Gators!
E.R.(Vet)
Bos...The Motherland (Michigan)<br />Go Gators!<br />E.R.(Vet)<br />Boston Terriers!<br />Green Acres (New Hampshire) <br />Stroopwafels!<br />Dr. Spock…<br />Lifestyle shock!<br />Janet Reid(er)<br />Writer!Just Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546035917149403735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-4949097273892055032016-10-29T14:32:28.439-04:002016-10-29T14:32:28.439-04:00Itzhak Perlman (on Sesame Street)
M.C. Escher, Ren...Itzhak Perlman (on Sesame Street)<br />M.C. Escher, Rene Magritte<br />Christopher Moore and Bill Bryson<br />But now, no one more than my sonNate Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690171790664252309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-18717743704776564902016-10-29T14:29:22.629-04:002016-10-29T14:29:22.629-04:00reader
writing
student librarian
University - anth...reader<br />writing<br />student librarian<br />University - anthropology<br />library technician<br />computer science student<br />drop-out<br />healing<br />revelation<br />technical writer<br />non-profit communications<br />healing again<br />still writingBJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45304671131526791542016-10-29T14:27:11.775-04:002016-10-29T14:27:11.775-04:00Invisible
Reader
Writer?
Student Teacher
Failed
T...Invisible<br />Reader<br />Writer?<br /><br />Student Teacher<br />Failed<br />Twice.<br /><br />Librarian<br />No books<br />All bureaucracy<br /><br />First novel...<br /><br />...Fifth novel<br /><br />Major burn out<br />New library job<br />Selector<br />Not a good fit<br />Youth Services Librarian<br />Fired<br /><br />Unemployed<br />"Fun"employed<br />Self-employed<br /><br />Freelance work<br />Eighth novel<br /><br />Next year...<br />Query trenches<br /><br />Writing for<br />The invisible<br />Karen McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640324898284007337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17273305017246088352016-10-29T14:22:52.203-04:002016-10-29T14:22:52.203-04:00Farm house, cats
Outhouse, rats
Sleeping porch,...Farm house, cats <br /><br />Outhouse, rats<br /><br />Sleeping porch, me<br /><br />Rooming house, me, TV<br /><br />Split level, husband<br /><br />Tudor, husband, cats <br /><br />Bungalow, cat, TV<br /><br />Mansion in the sky?Rena McClure Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192671907943907089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58415786347704907182016-10-29T14:21:53.018-04:002016-10-29T14:21:53.018-04:00Happy Midwesterner, DC Consultant
Publications!
W...Happy Midwesterner, DC Consultant <br />Publications!<br />Writer?<br />Husband! Russian adoptions!<br />Sandwich generation caregiver<br />Seventeen years!!?? <br />Manuscripts:<br />-queried, discouraged <br />-close, stuck<br />-speaks to me<br />The one? Finally?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999175415765818941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-37563594041009634692016-10-29T14:17:56.127-04:002016-10-29T14:17:56.127-04:00All-time reader
Full time Mom
Double time NICU nur...All-time reader<br />Full time Mom<br />Double time NICU nurse<br />Part time Radiation Oncology nurse<br /><br />Quitting time, so<br /><br />Back burner writer pushed to<br />Front burner.<br /><br /><br />RosannaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399732751877180737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-21923279907396531762016-10-29T14:06:59.304-04:002016-10-29T14:06:59.304-04:00word lover
math hater
(perpetually haunted
by inve...word lover<br />math hater<br />(perpetually haunted<br />by inventory)<br /><br />playwright, director, actress (5)<br />improvised puppet play (7)<br /><br />English major<br />drama critic<br /><br />copy editor<br />copywriter<br />freelance writer<br /><br />postgraduate detours #1 and 2<br />(discovered math ability)<br /><br />journalist<br />poet<br />Owl Princess<br />tulip greeter<br />skunk sommelier<br />novelist<br /><br />author!<br /><br />still playing<br />with words<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Barbara Etlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190731838738606727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31162459901266943122016-10-29T14:04:54.718-04:002016-10-29T14:04:54.718-04:00Fairytales, romance, science fiction
Mysteries, th...Fairytales, romance, science fiction<br />Mysteries, thrillers, dark crime fiction<br /><br />No matter what I do, stories are there<br />It's why I have my own to shareSara Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566687976281880795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-21131889640940320892016-10-29T14:04:29.679-04:002016-10-29T14:04:29.679-04:00
A man of few words.
Except in November. Then,
Fif...<br />A man of few words.<br />Except in November. Then,<br />Fifty-thousand words.John Davis Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020019400599228492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56624052290244946512016-10-29T13:55:32.976-04:002016-10-29T13:55:32.976-04:00Desert born
Of Snowbird stock
Swampland reared
Ar...Desert born<br />Of Snowbird stock<br />Swampland reared<br /><br />Around the block<br />Too many times<br />Some up, some down<br /><br />Stories grew<br />From day one<br />Now they’re readyCraig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-18527238753279809082016-10-29T13:35:40.406-04:002016-10-29T13:35:40.406-04:00Girl Scout
HS: English
College: Art
Boston
Met the...Girl Scout<br />HS: English<br />College: Art<br />Boston<br />Met the Love of My Life<br />Paint & Parties<br />California<br />Civil Servant<br />Ceramist<br />Married the LoML (12 years later)<br />Garden Nut<br />AuthorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06611656982367077903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62506172248355237012016-10-29T13:03:23.457-04:002016-10-29T13:03:23.457-04:00third-world origins
first-world (second-class?) ci...third-world origins<br />first-world (second-class?) citizenship<br />thousandth cycle: failure/success<br /><br />forty-sixth birthday &#@%#<br />last hurrah?<br />second wind!<br /><br />third,seventh,fourteenth drafts,<br />eighteenth><br />first novel?<br />...Cecilia Ortiz Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799056302050264129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41942811049911004062016-10-29T12:54:53.669-04:002016-10-29T12:54:53.669-04:00Youngest of 5
Avid reader
English, German, French,...Youngest of 5<br />Avid reader<br />English, German, French, Russian<br /><br />Scholarship kid<br />Jobs galore<br />Spanish<br /><br />Medievalist<br />Teacher<br />Old English, Middle High German<br /><br />Wife<br />Mom<br />Love<br /><br />WriterEmilyRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992239649909118238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91650846327249232242016-10-29T12:31:24.541-04:002016-10-29T12:31:24.541-04:00Child, dreams of world travel
Musician/Hippie Suns...Child, dreams of world travel<br />Musician/Hippie Sunset Blvd<br />Scared, dreams push me on.<br />Love-Paris-Artist<br />60+ countries <br />2016, Machu Picchu<br />Writer - dreams<br />...published author?<br />LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.com