Forward Momentum

I just got off the phone with the case manager for the insurance company. We're through a couple of the hoops. We'll see what happens next. I have a good feeling about the Oral Motor/Speech Therapy services getting reinstated without a lengthy appeal process.

Things are quiet around here. I took Caitlin to the playground yesterday. My little girl loves to swing. I was the same way at her age. I think we were both meant to fly. :)

rarelylynne is down in Champaign/Urbana again today. I think she's burning more Dan Brown books. She's still giddy about her ride in the fire truck on Tuesday.

Lynne was hopping around the house last night after reading agentxpndble's Torchsong con report. Carole Barrowman apparently mentioned that she had contributed an essay to Chicks Dig Time Lords during her Q & A. It finally dawned on Lynne that she's co-editing a book that will probably end up on a shelf in John Barrowman's house. Between that and seeing the cover art for Special Collections 2.0, Lynne was a mighty ball of squee.

I actually managed to get my final rewrites done on a short story while Caitlin watched an endless supply of Hannah Montana episodes. Lynne needs to do a quick copy edit, but it's otherwise finished. I'm sending it to Asimov's first. I'm expecting a rejection, but you never know.

The Secret Handshake

kellymccullough wrote some smart things today about building a writing career. The gist is that there is no "secret handshake" for success. It really comes down to two things: write a very good story and be a professional.

The professional part seems like a no-brainer, but there are plenty of writers out there who behave like total asses and then seem surprised that nobody wants to work with them.