MIXED ANIMAL is on the loose again . . .

Mods---if you think this should be in the Lounge only,
no problem. I just wanted anybody who might not see it
over there to maybe see it here.

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I've withdrawn my novel MIXED ANIMAL from MacAdam/Cage
& ended my association with that publishing house.

The action speaks for itself, the decision was a long time
in coming, I could not be more certain that it is the right
thing to do for my book, my writing, and my spirit,
and I am at utter peace with it.

So, MIXED ANIMAL is on the prowl again for a (healthy) publisher.

I won't go into details here on the many reasons behind this
decision about Mixed Animal and MacAdam/Cage, except to say
that, in life as in fiction, all is not what it seems.

As I move on and seek what I believe I desire in this world,
I understand more clearly that the purpose is not the achievement
of desire, but what is gathered along the way.

Wisdom is less thrilling but more important than getting
a book published. And wisdom only comes from going
through the grinder of adverse experience.

Does that mean I am beyond wanting to get my book published?
Oh hell no.

I just finished & submitted a long short story I love,
the first short story I've written in many moons,
& I'll now hurl myself headlong, lock stock & barrel
back into my ghost novel.

I want to be happy today and to treat myself and the people
in my life with respect and not let what I want get in the
way of what is good for me.

P.S. The Mixed Animal, born Oscar, is also on the hunt
for a new name again.

further efforts!

:toast:

Only a matter of time, I believe.

:)

Hitler

Not his politics, but the way he struts around
on the balcony.

Where it alls begun . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815

but when I first read the thread it was like new to me. Just like some in the thread, I thought you may have been serious at first but it became clearer after that. A barkolator? :rofl:

Which is why I was the 2nd recommend.

:hi:

I still want a picture!

Digital ones, too.

Hi, Mary!

I thought about you guys the other day when somebody here brought up the memory of early meetups on a Howard Dean thread. Hope you're doing well!

:hi: :yourock: :patriot: :fistbump: :kick:

:)

Just returning to :kick:

too, one time for Sunday.

Oscar will find his way. I don't wonder about him. I don't wonder about you.

... although I do sometimes wonder about me.

:hi:

(In all seriousness, that thread was about the best piece of creative writing I've ever seen. And I've read a lot of Chilton's manuals.)

the "I wonder about you".

was just featured in an OP in GD yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9496965

I also love the "wonder about" bit, which closes the book now.

I'm happy you enjoyed it.

You need to drop that name, too?

I love the name, it's right for him, but I just wish
it didnt have the other connotations. I go back & forth.
Buzz is good, then Buzzy for nickname or whatever. And
he was named by Uncle Leonard, the hermit/misanthrope
who "created" him and who got inspiration at a bluff
underlooking the Northern Lights, and the Lights are
said by some to give off a buzzing sound. So it's right
in many ways. And of course you'd like it, Bro!

things have to be right for Oscar. He would not have it any other way.

:)

A Most Unusual Creature. You could name him Amuc. :-)

UFO Unidentified Furry Object.


Good luck with your publisher search A-S.

Amok, Amuc, Amuck. Hmmm.

I think it was voted to be the funniest thread evah on DU..I spent days laughing...Oscar should, well, win an Oscar!

:)

I support the right to self-determination for mixed animals.



:loveya:

Never thought of that!