Yesterday was the last official day of the workshop portion of the event. We critiqued three stories, including mine. I’m pretty relieved by my feedback and also realized that I have a pattern in the way I write stories.
I tend to trust the reader and don’t like hitting people over the head with things, so I don’t put down every plot detail or world building element that I think of. And then the first time I hand it to readers, I get to see which things I need to clarify and which things I can leave alone. In this particular story, I needed to clarify that my character’s allergy is a contact allergy and then almost all everything else makes sense.
As much as I want to sit down and go through the notes on my story and rewrite it RIGHT NOW, I’m not going to. I’m finishing the revisions on my novel.
Last night, Mom made dinner. Oh, yes people. We are living the high life here.
Mom’s fried chicken
Roasted vegetables
Tossed salad (made by Laurel Amberdine and Ellen Datlow)
Mom’s peach and apple cobbler
That’s right. Join Codex and you get to attend workshops where, not only is your story critiqued by a multiple-award winning editor, you also get my mother’s cobbler. Need I say more?
That is the perfect meal; and cobbler too?! Wow, you guys are living it up! And you all got some good advice on your work, you can’t ask for more than that.
It was a delicious meal. Thanks again for letting me and Samuel join you all for an evening!
We were delighted to have you. Next time, I hope you can stay longer.