My reading at the seminar went well. I didn’t stumble too much with the French, which is good since the words are mine and were written directly in French. Glad I didn’t block up. All positive feedback. I was hoping for some negative because, as long as it isn’t spiteful, it’s helpful. When comments started going, everyone was talking at once, people were trying to figure out the main character. Why did she do this? What made her this way? I got a comparison to Hitchcock, to Rosemary’s Baby. Pretty damn pleased, I have to say. When it came time for negative comments, our seminar clown made a word play joke. So not even really negative. I wasn’t allowed to say anything so I mimed hitting a baDOOM-TCHiiii on a drum kit. It was pretty wild to share my fiction with 30 near-strangers and not have any negative feedback, though. A first for me. Of course, since I am F.I.N.E., it won’t go to my head.
Yes, I just made an Aerosmith reference. I will probably never win a Booker or a Pulitzer just because of that. That is, if I ever get published.
A month to the next session. No theme. Thinking I’ll try something based in London since I’ll be there next week. Knowing me, I’ll have an idea for something Booker Prize-ish and end up writing about the ghosts of British rock stars.
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