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Timothy Desmond commented on the blog post 'Hitting Bottom'
"This is all real familiar. At some point - rewriting is good - but at another point one has to stop being whiplashed by agents or editors. As an example I was sending out, and getting exactly opposite and contradictory observations from…"
Dec 31, 2011
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Dec 31, 2011
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Hitting Bottom

I gave up on my debut novel sometime over the summer. I'd written, re-written, queried agents, gotten requests for fulls, but no offers of representation, only scant comments alluding to how nicely it was written (Then, why don't you want it? Arrrghhh!) and brief, sometimes confusing, allusions to what wasn't working. I cut scenes I felt were dragging it down, added scenes to expand on subplots, tightened sentences, and still I had this sinking feeling it wasn't good enough. But like any…See More
Dec 31, 2011
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Still Crazy

Last night, I was at a party with some people I hadn't seen in awhile, which means I had to answer the oft-repeated question, "How's the book coming?" This question isn't so easy to answer anymore. First of all, which book? The one I thought was "finished"? The one I just started? The one I have notes for, but am saving until the other two are done? Plus, I wrote three essays this month and put some short stories into a collection to send out to contests.All of this should make me feel a bit…See More
Oct 29, 2011
Marcy Campbell posted a status
"Finally rolling on book #2."
Aug 26, 2011
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Happy New Year!

It's August, and my preschooler is suddenly concerned with all things Christmas. She's checking out books about Santa at the library and requesting a nightly viewing of "Frosty the Snowman." This prompted me to bemoan the fact that we struggle every year to send out Christmas cards. My husband's reply:  "We should do them in the summer when we have more time." After we both had a good laugh, I said, "Why don't we?"So, we've just written our "update letter" and ordered photo cards with the idea…See More
Aug 24, 2011
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The Romantics

So, I'm proud to say that in the past week, I've actually created a new folder on my laptop with the title of my work-in-progress. I then proceeded to type "Chapter One" and wrote an opening paragraph that I am totally in love with, plus a pretty decent first scene introducing my protagonist (and a couple of her colorful co-workers). I've been dying to move this novel beyond the notes stage, so I'm feeling very upbeat right now. How did it happen? One word: Scheduling.Hubby has a flexible…See More
May 24, 2011
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Trusting Your Gut

So, I'm still writing in my closet and convinced that this is definitely the place for me. This summer, when I have more time, I plan to turn this space into something fabulous. Even now, with badly scuffed walls, diaper boxes on the floor, and my husband's shirts hanging over my shoulder, this space is inspiring. Today, I'm peering over the top of my computer out the window to see a gentle rain spattering the brick street in front of our house and, finally, after a long, hard winter (it snowed…See More
Apr 12, 2011
Marcy Campbell commented on the blog post 'Thinking Inside the Box'
"I'm glad I inspired you, LaWaughn! It's interesting how our spaces change as our families grow. With a 2 & 4 year old right now, I'm at the stage that finds it impossible to find a space of my own...hence, the closet!"
Feb 24, 2011
Marcy Campbell commented on the blog post 'Thinking Inside the Box'
"Thanks, Cathy! If I do manage to turn the closet into an office, I'll have to post photos."
Feb 24, 2011
Rev. LaWaughn Rouse commented on the blog post 'Thinking Inside the Box'
"Inside the box new way to look at things. Space is important to me as well. I'm looking around my large house and now that its just my husband and I (dogs) I didn't realize it was this big. When the children were here (four children, two…"
Feb 24, 2011
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Thinking Inside the Box

I’m writing this morning with my laptop balanced on a nightstand stolen from my daughter’s room. A chair hauled up from the kitchen fits in from of it, with just half an inch to spare. The nightstand is so wide, I have to straddle it. My back is against the wall. My husband’s clothes are brushing my left arm. You see, I’m in a closet in our bedroom. It’s approximately six feet long by three feet wide, not a tiny closet by any means, but not very large, not the kind of place most people would…See More
Feb 24, 2011
Marcy Campbell posted a blog post

Quit Putting 'Writer' in Air Quotes!

I surprised myself last weekend. I met someone new who asked what I did, and I said, with no hesitation, "I'm a writer." She said "Wow!" and our conversation continued down other paths. Normally, there would be follow-up questions, such as: "Who do you write for? What do you write? Might I have read any of it? What kind of money do you make?" Maybe it was the immediacy and self-assured tone of my answer, "I'm a writer," that cut off these questions before they began. I kind of doubt it. I think…See More
Jan 13, 2011
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My 2011 Book Club and Why We Loved "The Help"

I've recently taken over as secretary of my book club and am in the process of gathering recommendations for our 2011 reading list.  We'll have a meeting soon to vote on our picks, but the list will be small this year, only five books.  We'll supplement with interesting articles from the New Yorker, Atlantic, etc. for another five meeetings.  Two meetings will be purely social, one of which includes our families. The other involves lots of cookies and wine. (Who am I kidding? They all involve…See More
Jan 5, 2011
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Evolution and Editing

We all had fun watching Christine O’Donnell’s failed bid for the Senate. I particularly enjoyed her comments on evolution stated during one of her appearances on Bill Maher’s show. She wanted to know why we aren’t seeing monkeys evolving today. Maher makes the observation that she really thinks evolution is something we can observe happening right before our eyes. It made me think of one of those flip books I had as a kid. Turn the pages, and something morphs into something else.In any case,…See More
Nov 11, 2010

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www.marcycampbell.blogspot.com
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Poets' and Writers' League of Greater Cleveland

Marcy Campbell's Blog

Hitting Bottom

Posted on December 31, 2011 at 9:17am 1 Comment

I gave up on my debut novel sometime over the summer. I'd written, re-written, queried agents, gotten requests for fulls, but no offers of representation, only scant comments alluding to how nicely it was written (Then, why don't you want it? Arrrghhh!) and brief, sometimes confusing, allusions to what wasn't…
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Still Crazy

Posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:51am 1 Comment

Last night, I was at a party with some people I hadn't seen in awhile, which means I had to answer the oft-repeated question, "How's the book coming?" This question isn't so easy to answer anymore. First of all, which book? The one I thought was "finished"? The one I just started? The one I have notes for, but am saving until the other two are done? Plus, I wrote three essays this…
Continue

Happy New Year!

Posted on August 24, 2011 at 7:30am 0 Comments

It's August, and my preschooler is suddenly concerned with all things Christmas. She's checking out books about Santa at the library and requesting a nightly viewing of "Frosty the Snowman." This prompted me to bemoan the fact that we struggle every year to send out Christmas cards. My husband's reply:  "We…
Continue

The Romantics

Posted on May 24, 2011 at 7:27am 0 Comments

So, I'm proud to say that in the past week, I've actually created a new folder on my laptop with the title of my work-in-progress. I then proceeded to type "Chapter One" and wrote an opening paragraph that I am totally in love with, plus a pretty decent first scene introducing my protagonist (and a couple of her colorful co-workers).…
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At 2:08pm on November 1, 2011, Cathy Kozak said…
I've been on FB for about 3 months and have to say it is precisely this same problem that has me running for the hills!
At 11:32am on October 30, 2011, Cathy Kozak said…
Do you have a facebook page?
At 12:04pm on November 2, 2009, E Victoria Flynn said…
Hello Marcy,

Welcome to Mother Writer! and She Writes. Please feel free to stop in an introduce yourself. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I look forward to hearing from you.

--Victoria
 
 
 

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