Saturday, January 8, 2011

Three wishes for the Creative Writing Genie

O, creative writing genie of the lamp. You have come to grant me three wishes? 

Shazam-a-lam-a-ding-dong!

You'll be happy to know that I've given this some thought--roughly four-and-a-half hours driving to Wilkes University and back--and here's what I wish for.

  1. I wish that one of the publishing gatekeepers I queried (agent/editor) would have an epiphany (a visit from three ghosts would be okay)--that people like to laugh when they read books--and, as a result, find potential in my comic novel about the opera guild.
  2. I wish that I could find enough time every day to finish three more novels and complete rewrites to another this year.
  3. I wish for more discernment, to know when to change my writing based on the feedback of others and when to listen to my own instincts.
How about all of you, dear readers? What would you ask of the CW Genie?

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