D.S. Courtney's Notebook

Sep 17, 2013 at 10:43pm

I'm writing and writing to revise the novel I had mistakenly thought was ready to go hunting for an agent. But, and I'm actually happy about this, a tenured professor of writing in the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence took an interest, looked at the work and thought the writing excellent, plenty of story etc. but overall needed more structure, suggested new beginning and many other things. This is fine but takes a ton of time. Oh, well!

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D.S. Courtney

Sep 12, 2013 at 12:46pm

What is this? Newbie. ASR rating?

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D.S. Courtney

Sep 11, 2013 at 11:49am

9/11. Every time I hear it, my heart falls low, plummettng only a little less than when I stood in my Easthampton,NY bedroom getting dressed for work with the Today show on. Such a clear, clear September day and such incredulity, disbelief, fear of what this meant, what might come next. The first hit, the second, like personal blows. Painful and tears flowed. I went out to look at the ocean that day, right after I found out my son was OK (He worked in nearby Wall Street and walked home for miles in the white ash.).The Atlantic Ocean was blue that day, calm with just low, rolling waves--peaceful sounding, when it should have been roiling with ten foot waves and angry crashes as they broke. and soft al

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~ Santa Sisco ~

Sep 10, 2013 at 3:38pm

Hi and welcome to W.Com.

Just thought I'd be first to write in your notebook!

Checkout "The Newbies Academy Group"

Regards,

Sisco.

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D.S. Courtney

Sep 4, 2013 at 2:11pm

Hi everybody, I joined yesterday and am looking forward to learning from reviews and being as much help as I can to others. I'm in the midst of at least the sixth revision of a novel--a tell-all about a fancy NY store. There's still time to incorpoate suggestions, so let'em come! I can only file excerpts but I'll try to pick the most interesting ones. Ciao

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