It was good yesterday to purge some self-doubt, take a deep breath and realign myself. I am not quite where I need to be, yet, but I think I am on the right path.
There is magic in writing. There has to be. A good piece needs to breath on it's own. I think I have captured that magic in one of my stories, and I am close on a couple others. Now, it is time work through the self-doubt and really find that magic in each piece, everything else can me worked through.
And I intend to do so. I have another group critique this Friday. I know I am going to take a printed version of Lulu, but I am also planning on taking one other work-in-progress. I just have to buckle down today and tomorrow and decide which one that is and get it as sparkly as I can.
I wasn't able to attend this years SCBWI conference in New York, it looks like it was a really good one. I read one of the blogs of a keynote speaker and really want to pass it on to you. The writer/illustrator Shaun Tan seems to embody magic. Enjoy.
From the SCBWI Team Blog- NY conference 2013
http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/shaun-tan-keynote-internal-migrations.html
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on 2/6/2013
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