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1. stay married forever
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2. become a mother
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3. adopt a child
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4. publish a book of short stories
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5. Publish a novel
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6. Be a great lawyer
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7. serve the public interest
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8. own a house
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9. Invest in sustainable/socially responsible stocks
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10. learn to cook healthy vegetarian dishes
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11. inspire others
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12. pray more
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13. live long enough to read all the books I want to read
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14. Sing a duet with my husband
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15. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America!
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16. Learn about cheese
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17. learn about wine
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18. take dance classes (again!)
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19. write in spanish
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20. run a marathon
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21. Travel to Greece
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22. play in a Scrabble tournament
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publish a book of short stories (read all 3 entries…)

It’s going well. I’ve sent the full manuscript to an agent who called and gave me a very kind phone rejection and it’s been requested by and sent to two more. Have another request for a partial manuscript. It’s really exciting to get any interest at all from big agents who have had a lot of success with literary fiction collections. Now all I need is one to call and say they want to represent me :)

Sep 16, 2006, 02:08PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment

publish a book of short stories (read all 3 entries…)

It's finished! 3 years ago

...and trying to find a home. I finished up the collection (final word count: 52,500), edited it even more, and am now querying literary agents about it. Wish me luck!

If that doesn’t work out, there are a number of university presses that sponsor contests for short fiction collections where they publish the winner. At any rate, I can say I’ve written a book, and that’s a pretty terrific feeling.

Jul 13, 2006, 12:30PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments

publish a book of short stories (read all 3 entries…)

Finishing the manuscript this summer 3 years ago

I have a lot of stories written, almost 50,000 words worth, and now five of them have been published or will be. Feels great. So a goal for this summer is to get the manuscript of the story collection together and in finished shape so I can start researching how marketable story collections are, what agents handle them, etc.

May 08, 2006, 12:22PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment

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