Weekend reading report:
Dysfunctional family memoir – pass
Abused farm animals – pass
Hooker mother-in-law – pass
Multi-generational saga – pass
Client’s second novel – Ten huge steps forward from first book which was great. Thrilling when that happens. Some writers seem to write the same book over and over, so watching a writer spread her wings is hugely exciting and encouraging for a long-term career.
Two revised chapters from new client – Better than I had hoped for. Again, swoon. So many writers say that they are taking your edits, but many return with a slightly altered manuscript. When someone figures out a way to take your notes and go beyond your expectations, then the whole process gets energized.
Weekend Movie Report:
A Serious Man: Kafka meets Woody Allen by way of the Coen Brothers. I have always wanted to be a Coen brother. Please see this movie, esp if you’re from a shtetl, as I am.
Weekend Shopping Report:
Went to buy a computer with the huge pay day I got for my revision. (I’m a firm believer in only buying new computer equipment with money you make from writing.) Couldn’t decide. The kid who helped me had the most profound case of chapped lips.
Two packages of Printworks Multipurpose 750 sheets of printer paper from Target. I still can’t read on screen (so if you were thinking of getting me a Nook for Xmas, I’m afraid it’s back to the drawing board).
Ugg moccasins. (A treat I gave myself for a ginormous sale this week. I know, quite the come down from my Prada’s but so comfy.) I call them my Fuck Me Mocs.
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Betsy Lerner 
LOL! I bought an identical pair of slippers this week, but I call them Magic Mocs. They aren’t gorgeous, but they’re warm.
Hurray for writers who appreciate good advice!
Always funny. No matter what the topic.
I cannot get “A Serious Man” out of my mind. A quiet masterpiece. Every frame. Every performance. Woof, those brothers…
Those are my kind of shoes. Sexy!
I always enjoy hearing about other’s writing success. What, you don’t believe me? No, really, I do. I hope to make my agent swoon one day!
Congrats to your clients.
Reading on screen gives me a headache. But I still do it all day because…well, I love the internet. 🙂
Those Uggs look a helluva lot more comfortable than the high high heels in the post down below, so yeah, I can see why they’d scream ‘come fuck me’, because with the other ones, my feet would hurt like shit and I’d be irritated beyond words if I even heard…hey honey, wanna….
I have those shoes! I bought them in San Francisco on my trip there, they are THE most comfortable shoes ever! I wish I had bought a second pair, because I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find them here!