"Oh, Sarah, you just made my day with this post - I'm sitting here spitting out my coffee, I'm laughing so hard.
Can't wait for Julia's Child. I would be first in line at a book signing for that one, cookies or no cookies.…"
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Suzanne Barston commented on the blog post 'Blurb is a Verb: In Which I am Saved by Cookies. And a Publicist.'
Suzanne Barston commented on the blog post 'The Great Competition for the Saddest Story Ever Told'
"Don't know how I missed this post when you first wrote it, but just wanted to say thank you. I'm in the process of writing a hybrid social issue/memoir hybrid right now (first draft due to the publisher in March and I'm barely a…"
Suzanne Barston commented on the group 'Mother Writer!'
"YAYYYYYY SARAH! I am so freaking happy for you. Cannot wait to read it!"
Brooke Linville replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"Hey Suz-
Did you ever hear back?"
Susan Bearman replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"Breathe. Enjoy. Congratulations. This is all good."
Rebecca Rasmussen replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"I promise you: it will all work out :) xoxox"
Suzanne Barston replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate all the comments.
::taking deep breaths and trying to focus on the positive::"
Debbie Pokornik replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"Okay...I don't really know much about this since my book was self-published and as long as my credit card was out they would do whatever I asked...but I do know about the law of attraction and can recognize a person in need of some reassurance…"
Rebecca Rasmussen replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"I am going to talk you down: no, you did not lose the deal by asking for some better terms and a bit more money. My agent did the same thing with my novel, which sold to Crown/Random House, and I had to wait about a week to hear back that the editor…"
Kelley Harrell replied to the discussion 'Please talk me down from the ledge' in the group Mother Writer!
"I've been in the same position for 6 months. Hearing nothing is the hardest part, and it happens even with an agent. Welcome to the ledge.
{{you}}"
Suzanne Barston added a discussion to the group Mother Writer!
Please talk me down from the ledge
My agent called 2 weeks ago (smack in the middle of BEA, so I understand that may have complicated things) to let me know someone had made an offer on my non-fiction proposal. It was a low-money offer from an academic publisher, but a GREAT editor who I would be honored to work with, and I think would really champion my book (which is on a controversial subject) - plus she made an offer within 3 weeks of receiving the proposal, as opposed to all the other editors who had received it 5 months…See More
Suzanne Barston replied to the discussion 'How do you write about what you know, without telling too much?' in the group Mother Writer!
"Wow, what an excellent and timely question. There was a piece last year in the Wall Street Journal about this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514404574588013890887366.html.
I'm working on a book now that is a memoir/pop…"
Suzanne Barston commented on the blog post 'Whose Fault is it When the Manuscript Fails to Sell?'
"Erin, this is all excellent advice. Thank you.
I think it's because I spent most of my life as an actress first/writer second, but the nature of the agent/client relationship in show business is not usually as much of a power struggle. Here in…"
Suzanne Barston commented on the blog post 'The Agent: What Just Happened?'
"Aw crap. :( I know my agent had my non-fiction proposal out with HS and Workman, so this doesn't bode well for me. I was really digging the HS website and hoping for a bite from them... they just seemed so on top of new media and the current…"
Suzanne Barston commented on the group 'Mother Writer!'
"Deborah - Read and commented. :) Great post."
Suzanne Barston commented on the blog post 'She Writes (More) on Fridays: Through the Maternal Looking Glass'
"It's a good question, and one that would keep me up at night, were I not so bloody exhausted from taking care of a toddler and making deadlines and blogging and cleaning and trying to be a tolerable wife and daughter and friend and and…"
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- Who I am:
- www.therecoveringactress.com
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- BizMe.biz, Helpguide.org, YogaFlavoredLife.com
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Journalism
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 9:30pm on December 13, 2009,
Brooke Linville said… - Hey lady! I like places to leave comments. It's a disease!
- At 8:29am on September 18, 2009,
Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos said… - Hi Suzanne,
Yes, I'm happy to report that Silent Sorority is now available - you can check it out here. I'm slammed at the moment with some deadlines but I'll drop you an email next week to learn more about your project.
- At 8:11am on August 13, 2009,
Jen McInerney said… - Hi!
Jillian was also not very good at entertaining herself, until more recently. But the naps are like a gift! And she's been napping longer lately, which is fabulous. What a difference.
Yeah, I had hoped to have an agent before the baby came, but it just didn't happen (a couple of "bites," but no takers). So back to revisions, which are definitely helping. Hopefully I'll have better luck this time around. Have you started shopping your proposal?
I'm going to try to add you as a friend...we'll see if this works!
- At 5:07pm on August 11, 2009, Jen McInerney said…
- Hi, Suzanne,
I started to reply on the Mother Writer page, but thought maybe it would be more "polite" to just write directly to you. Isn't eight months fun? My daughter, Jillian, is so interactive and so fascinated by everything (and constantly putting everything in her mouth -- two teeth so far!). That's so great that you're carving out time for writing. What are you working on? I'm in the revision stage of a novel...
- At 3:47pm on August 10, 2009,
Jennifer Niesslein said… - Welcome, Suzanne!
- At 6:39am on August 10, 2009,
Jessica Gullion said… - Greetings! Welcome to the Health and Medical Writers group! So far it's been pretty quite -- feel free to jump start some discussion. I look forward to chatting with you.
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