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Award-winning storyteller, writer, and workshop wizard. Moth GrandSLAM champ. NPR/CBC/PBS contributor. Taught 150+ workshops for Second City, Clarion West, and Afghan Women’s Assoc. Work in Apex Mag, The Offing. Helps writers dig up stories that stick.
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*laughing and laughing*
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*laughing* I mean yes, but also it was 30 pages of italics...
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RIGHT? They both wore cravats. SO. MANY. CRAVATS.
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CORRECT
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was: "It's hard to read the italics." (2/2)
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WE ARE ALL SAM
SAM IS ALL OF US
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Another rejection! Whee! 7/100!
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RIGHT? I really appreciate that you're willing to share this kind of stuff.
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(Okay, now I'm laughing because while I was writing that ANOTHER form rejection came in. So! Revised numbers! 6/100!)
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trying to get 100 rejections in a row so I can go to Toronto's best sushi restaurant. Sound like fun? Why not start one of your own? And remember - if you're submitting your own work, someone, somewhere, is going to love what you have to say. (end)
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the photo? Listen, friends, this is a BEAVER TAIL ICE CREAM SANDWICH. If you aren't Canadian, just picture the most delicious fried dough in the universe, then put vanilla ice cream between to pieces of it. You can buy them in the store! I KNOW!) What's the Sushi Rejection Project? I'm (3/4)
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they were all form rejections, and partly because I'd had such a crazy run of yesses in the past few months. Today is one of those days when I don't feel much confidence in myself, or in my abilities as a writer. Silly, huh? A month ago I was on top of the moon. (Why do I look so happy in (2/4)
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Hooray, me too!
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RIGHT? *laughing*
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I mean, that's $10 USD. So for us Canadians, that works out to, like... $6,000 CAD?
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IT'S SO GOOD.
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I really love this one: jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2020/10/16/t...
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Aw, what a nice thing to say, thank you.
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*laughing*
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Jo, RIGHT? Yang Sui takes all the photos for this show and he is AMAZING. (Aw, thank you so much.)
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Linda, thank you.
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Oh wow, that's wonderful - I imagine you can relax now, really relax into being there.
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(And yes, it's bought crust and a can of pie filling. Of course it is.)
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hee hee hee hee