You Know it’s a Literary Novel When…
by Lynn Daniels on Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 9:19 am
(shamelessly lifted from Lisa Kleypas’ keynote speech at the 2007 RWA National conference)
- …it has no plot.
- …the main character probably has no name.
- …the main character is probably dead.
- …the main relationship isn’t really a relationship, but a symbol for something else.
- …the ending is completely unsatisfying.
- …the book took six years to write.
- …the cover is beige with a motif of an empty swingset.
- …you use punctuation in interesting ways and you can make all the grammatical errors you want and the copy editor never gets to fix them because it’s all part of your ironic style.
- …there are sex scenes, but the woman’s orgasm is never described.
- …it seems bent on convincing us our problems will never really be resolved and everything is ambiguous and if you are happy or you think you will be happy someday you are lying to yourself.
Need a Kick in the Butt?
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 8:15 am
Last week, my RWA Conference CDs arrived. I love it when my CDs arrive. It’s like Christmas. I get excited. Giddy, even. And I can’t wait to bust into the envelope. Can’t wait to crack open the case. Yank the CDs out and pop them into Frankie. And listen to the workshops I missed because I once again couldn’t take the time away from my family to attend the Big Show.
It wasn’t until yesterday that I could sit down and start listening to those workshops. Having motivation problems? Try listen to a couple publisher spotlights.
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