I am reading my story, "Indigo in Absentia", at the launch of Southerly – Little Disturbances in Sydney in a couple of weeks. It was lovely to have this piece accepted for Southerly‘s special short story issue, and even nicer to be asked to read it at the launch. I like reading my work aloud [...]
19 November 2008
Categories: Writing & Publishing . Tags: little disturbances, readings, southerly, writing . Author: kirstynmcdermott . Comments: 8 Comments
"The poet A. Wilber Stevens once sent a manuscript to the editor of a literary magazine whom he knew slightly. When his self-addressed return envelope came back to him he opened it and out fell a little pile of ashes." An anecdote from Rotten Rejections (Andre Bernard, ed.) one of my very favourite pick-me-up books. [...]
11 November 2008
Categories: Writing & Publishing . Tags: procrastination, rejection letters . Author: kirstynmcdermott . Comments: Leave a Comment
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11 November 2008
Categories: Writing & Publishing . Tags: procrastination . Author: kirstynmcdermott . Comments: 6 Comments
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Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer living in Melbourne. Mostly. 
