My manuscript came back from copyediting. (The Short, Sad Life of Tooley Graham; spring 2010).
Ruby is napping and I finally have time to tackle it.
The flowers are from my garden.
The tablecloth is the Western States one that I bought on eBay even though I already had the exact same one - because I am such a ding dong brain.
The Post-It note on the Oprah Magazine (Oh, come on....I need a break once in a while) says: r-u-u-u-m-m-m.
That's the sound that a bullfrog makes.
In the first draft, I had ribbit.
But bullfrogs don't go ribbit.
But I didn't know how to describe the sound they make.
So I did a little research.
And the research taught me that they go r-u-u-u-m-m-m.
The reason I wrote it on a Post-It note is so I would remember how many "u's" and how many "m's" I put in there.
See what hard work writing is?
4 comments:
I think you should put some of that ruuummm in a tall glass of lemonade and chill out like Ruby!
I know that a lot of times writing probably is difficult, but spending time sitting on this lovely porch with that darling dog deciding what sound a frog makes -- well, I have to tell you that this doesn't appear to one of those difficult times. :)
Karen: Good point. hahaha
So Kirby has been a positive influence on your writing life for a very long time.
;)
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