Okay So it Works
Okay, so it works. Here's the plan. At least once a week touching base. I'm currently in the process of "releasing" my pieces out to the world. Taking a batch of these babies and throwing them out to publications and journals. Maybe one will stick to the wall, but it's mainly just to set up a process of letting go of these pieces. The thinking is that if I can let go of them enough to send them out to a journal, then they're ready for the book.
I just finished "Claire Brought Baseballs" and sent it out for her to read. It's a piece I really like, probably the most upbeat piece in the book, kinda warm n fuzzy, and about -- of all things -- baseball. I've never been one that bought into that whole American pasttime "Field of Dreams' magic of baseball crap. However, this is a different take on it.
I've also just finished "Visiting with the Locals" which is just the opposite in tone. That piece is probably going to get me in trouble with the ex-inlaws and probable the ex. Though to tell you the truth, it's transcended the basic story and become something I really want to talk about. It's grown from telling an interesting story full of irony, to being about how these people have to live, to being about what's happending to this next generation.
I visited the "ex" last weekend. Brought his truck down from Atlanta to Orlando then over to Tampa. ARGH!!! going down was the trip from hell. Tire blew out in the middle of no-where S.GA at 1am, then then that spare blew out about 3am in no-where N.FL. The only sleep I got that night was a couple of naps by the interstate waiting for the repair truck.
It was tempting to bring a copy of the book, but still too early. He gets to see a galley proof. I just want it to be a little more concrete before he sees it, if it still looks like too much of a draft, that's going to open a whole can of worms.
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