Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • Mood: busy

State of the Author Address, January 2008

Here is a summary of my wordsmithing accomplishments during the year of 2007…

Poems Written: 202+
Poems Published: 46

Stories Written: 5 (including a novelette)
Stories Submitted to Market: 15
Stories Sold: 2

Nonfiction Pieces Written: 55+
Nonfiction Pieces Published: 53+

Book Proposals Written: 1
Book Proposals Submitted to Market: 1
Books Written: 0
Books Sold: 0

The big news, of course, is the publication of my first book: Composing Magic: How to Create Magical Spells, Rituals, Blessings, Chants, and Prayers (New Page Books, July 2007). It introduces many tools and techniques forwriting, and describes different types of magical and spiritual writing.

I met my 2007 goal of having poems published in 100 markets; Coyote Wild became #100 with "What You Should Call Us."

My poem "Beach Climbing" was nominated for the Rhysling Award.
My poem "One Ship Tall" won the 2007 Science Fiction Poetry Association contest.
My poem "Her Sheltering Wings" and story "Ngati and the Listeners" have been selected for A Time To...Vol. II: The Best of The Lorelei Signal 2007 anthology.
My story "Frustration" appeared in Cicada magazine. I know, nobody's bookstore stocked it.

I was named "Teacher of the Year" at the Grey School of Wizardry. It seems that my educational approach is working.

I started this blog in May 2007. The account upgrade was a late birthday present from janetmiles. I've gotten a lot of use out of it!

I also started a freelance editing business with a friend of mine. If you've been wishing that you could get professional feedback and polishing for your writing, but couldn't find a source -- well, here's one.

It's funny how I never realize how much I've accomplished until I pile it all up to tell somebody about it. This always happens at the end of the year. I think I've been falling behind, and then I look at the summary and ... holy cow. That's quite a lot of stuff. So if you've noticed that I tag a majority of these posts with "Mood = Busy" ... I'm not kidding.
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  • 6 comments

Excellent work :)

Anonymous

January 2 2008, 01:45:52 UTC 13 years ago

I don't know where you find time to do it all. I'm sorry I never found any quotes around campus for your editing business to use. I did keep an eye out (and to be fair, I did warn you it wasn't likely).

See you Sunday

Brianna
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Re: Excellent work :)

ysabetwordsmith

January 2 2008, 02:06:04 UTC 13 years ago

Well, this is my dayjob. I spend most of my waking hours at the computer, working. That's where the time goes.

I've got some other ideas on where to hang flyers for ACE Editing, just need to find time to go there.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday! Will you be able to come to the Year-and-a-Day Class after Common Grounds?