It is done. The send button has been pressed. The second round of edits on my Emily Dickinson novel are finito, in the bag, out of my hair. Now I just have to wait and see what my Penguin editors made of them. I do believe that the novel is now cleaner and that it makes more sense too. It's a good feeling.
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Emily Dickinson's Gingerbread
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Emily consumes my days and has done for well over a year. If I am not
baking her cakes, I am reading another biography, or getting a tattoo inspired by her. When I started this whole thing, I was afraid. It felt audacious. Now, the nearer it gets to being a real thing - a book - the more right it feels. No matter what happens, I have connected with Emily in a profound way and that's what makes me happiest of all. I can't wait to go back to Amherst in August and breathe her air again. For now, it is sighs of relief that I met another deadline. Phew!
It's also back to promoting
The Closet of Savage Mementos (not that I ever stopped!) and thinking and
talking about short stories at the Dublin Writers Festival.
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| My Emily inspired tattoo - got it done yesterday in anticipation of pressing the send button today |
