It Begins

Begun research on my next big (book-sized) project, to be written after I finish You Know Me, Etc. Here's what I know about it so far:

• It's a memoir
• Focused on my brother's story, but must also tell my family's story to do so
• How my brother changed my outlook on life, authority, and family and shaped me as a person
• Statistics, odds, and risk play at least a minor role, possibly major

For now, I think of it by its dedication, "For him, of course."

New Cliterature Issue ~ RULES

The summer volume of Cliterature went live last night. RULES is huge! Sixteen contributors, and the manuscript is almost 50 pages. Makes me glad I made the decision to make it just online, because printing it could have bankrupted me. But I can do it as big as I want on the Internet, just have to put in a bit of extra work. 

I contributed a piece of my own, "How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust, and Other Things I Learned in My Twenties."

Chapter Four and a Font

Finished writing Chapter Four of You Know Me, Etc. last week. This summer marks the third year I've put into this novel. Much longer than anything I've ever attempted before. I had a working draft of my first novel in under a year. And there's still so much further to go, a total of fifteen chapters. It took me so long to prepare and research and lay out the plot. Now I'm aiming to be done with a first draft by spring of 2011, and that seems so long away. 

Today I chose a font for the new Cliterature logo: Berlin Sans FB Demi. I put in two hours deciding on it. I hope it's worth it.

Tee Hee!

Cliterature received 69 poetry, prose, criticism, and artwork submissions for the summer issue, RULES. Can't help but take that as a promising sign!

First 100

Reached a milestone! First 100 pages of You Know Me, Etc!

Poetic Nonstalgia

This morning before work I dug out my copy of The Cauldron, the lit mag from my undergrad institution, so I could re-read the poem that had won the Divine Crow Award in 2005. I miss being able to write poetry, and seeing my poem and knowing that is lost to me was akin I imagine a parent feels if they lose a child.

Referencing Myself

Some words of mine appeared on Three Dames With a Clue.

http://threedameswithaclue.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/lynn-brewer-authentic-expression/