http://www.lauriejunkins.com the writing blog of Laurie Junkins Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:19:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I was last here, I have managed to become gainfully employed as a writer. For money. As in, I write stuff and send it to the editors at my new place of work, and then they give me money and publish my article immediately. It's brilliant. I wish I'd ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/09/hooray-for-money-money-is-good/ Yesterday my firstborn child left the nest. Or rather, I shoved him out (gently, of course.) He's only a senior in high school this year, but he'll be eighteen at the end of September, and he's more than ready to be on his own. He won't truly be on his ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/08/itsfall/ As it turns out, I was invited to write some snarky gossip posts for that company I was hoping to hear from (see prev. post.) It was a lot of fun, although I was writing about a show that hasn't premiered yet, so I had to do quite a bit ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/08/little-of-this-little-of-that/ Now that I have time to work on my manuscript, I find myself a little bit stuck. I'm not crying writer's block, mind you. I don't believe in writer's block...or rather, I do, but I also know that there's really no excuse for not writing through it, even if you ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/07/well-this-is-different/ I'm sure nobody reading this will be surprised when I say that, despite my best hopes, dreams, and intentions, there is no way I'm becoming a physicist. Not in this universe, anyway. I'm sure in another one I'm accepting a Nobel prize for theoretical physics even as I type this. ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/06/reality-strikes-back/ I'm not a person who can stand the status quo for very long. I have a long history of changing my life up dramatically and impulsively (which, remarkably, I've only regretted once, and got out of that specific situation relatively unscathed.)  Almost 3 years ago, I moved from a 20-acre ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/05/a-wild-hair/ Man, I'm beat.  Seriously.  AWP ended Saturday and today is Wednesday and I'm still recovering.  Last year was my first AWP, and I was nothing more than a wandering poet, looking to soak up information and get lots of ideas for new places to submit.  This year I'm an editor, ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/04/awp-roundup-and-other-thoughts/ We're full-bore into the Spring reading period for LA Review and I'm enjoying it more than I have for any previous issue. I think I'm hitting my stride in this job, and so many of the previous inefficiencies and hassles have been ironed out, leaving a streamlined process in place.  ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/03/submission-hints-you-havent-heard/ Yep, I've been neglecting you, dear blog readers. Given my mood, it's something of a miracle that I'm posting now, but I want to get the devil off my shoulder. The one who is whispering that if I don't post soon, I'm going to lose every reader I have and ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/02/learning-as-i-go/ It's currently about eleven degrees in New Jersey, and I am freezing to death. My house is 116 years old and has its original windows. Even with the storm windows (circa 1960s), the freezing air comes through the glass. Our furnace isn't keeping up and it's only 60 degrees in ... http://www.lauriejunkins.com/2010/01/creative-surge/