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[Jun. 23rd, 2004|09:29 pm] |
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| | "Neko no Kimochi" - Ohtani Ikue (Tenkuu no Escaflowne) | ] |
That is to say, yay cable connection! Now my roommates and I can sit in front of our computers and be anti-social, and this house can become even quieter in the evenings. :P
The living is good. :D I don't feel so much like it's a temporary place anymore; but there is still that bit of "GYEEE NEW STUFF" feeling whenever I do something domestic. XD;; We've managed to eat well so far, partially in thanks to the ungodly amounts of food given to us from various parental units. Also, Ann knows how to cook some. (As does Myra, but she's working full time and can't do it during the week -- so I guess that makes Ann the housewife and Myra the man of the house. ^_^;;) And, I've been getting tips on basic meat and veggie preparation from my mother. And, we've found some cheap little Asian groceries downtown, so we can get stir-fry ingredients and lychee and all sorts of good stuff. When the rest of y'all come back, we can have a big-ass Asian meal. :D (It'll give us a healthy channel for all our the Asian Mother energy being bottled up in here. XD)
Also good is the fact that Ann's cats have not established vendettas against us -- I had a slight fear that, if they resented the move and/or the intruders on their owner, Myra and I would find 'presents' in our beds or something. ^_^;; But Sebastian, like all male cats I know, is an absolute attention whore (and I indulge him because I am weak -_-;;). Madeline Pryor, however, is a *lady*, and does not indulge in undignified demonstrations of affection ... but she doesn't hate me, for which I am glad (though the irony *would* have been amusing). I am getting cat hair all over my clothes, though, because I can't resist Sebastian wanting to cuddle on my lap. :P Also, Elizabeth Wales, the owner of the (obviously enough) Wales Literary Agency where I'm interning, has a big fluffy manx named Leo who both makes friends and sheds indiscriminately. (Unfortunately, I wasn't thinking and wore dark jeans to work today, so of course Leo decided he had to say "HIIII I LOVE YOOOOUUUU" by hugging my leg. ^_^;;) So, basically -- lots of cats, lots of cuddling, *lots* of fur everywhere.
Speaking of the internship -- so far, I love it. I spend one day a week (five hours) just reading -- reading queries and evaluating submissions. Of course, since I get the unsolicited stuff, it's not always great; but by the time you reach the stage of actually submitting writing for professional publication, you can be sure that the writers actually care about their work, so at least it won't be that bad. I wish I had amazing and profound insights for all of you as to how to win a literary agency's attention and get published, but I'm afraid a lot of it is what we've all heard before: research what the agency is looking for (i.e., do they even take genre fiction), make sure your query/submission is formatted correctly (SASEs!!), and remember that a literary agency only takes on so many projects a year. Elizabeth said she takes on 10 to 12 new projects annually, and I believe Wales is one of the largest, or at least more well-known, agencies in Seattle/Washington in general. And Seattle, from what I know, is second only to L.A. and New York for publishers, so ...
Oh -- there is this one piece of advice I wasn't aware of: if you're sending a large manila envelope, tape over the brads. They tend to tear up mailmen's fingers when they reach into the mail piles, so it's a helpful little thing to do. ^_^ |
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