After the storm will come a sleep like oceans deep

[sovay]

So I don't actually think I want to talk about the ways in which yesterday worsened after my last post, but I am going to point out that once the storm proper started and the internet went down for twelve hours, when it came back up I found:

My poem "Anthemoessa on the Main Line" has been accepted by Moral Relativism Magazine. It's another one sparked by a line from ashlyme's bio, in this case "He haunts second-hand bookshops and canals, and has yet to meet a rusalka." The magazine is still reading for its fifth issue; the theme is "Loyalty and Lies." I was unable to read their guidelines without thinking immediately of Tacroy: "He lied for me for a whole day . . . And he was believed."

The accompanist from Sunday's concert came through with the offer of a paying gig. It will be in December and I will post further details as I know them. In the meantime, I am totally taking suggestions on Yiddish repertoire.

I was asked whether I've ever consulted as a fiction editor for a fee. To which the answer is pretty much: no, I just beta-read things my friends send me; but I am now wondering if that is something I could do.

B. sent me half a dozen pictures from Antalya and Termessos, including the half-statue of Herakles—now whole—that was just returned from the MFA last year.

So maybe I need more storms.

Comments

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Oh, well done on the sale (should I keep writing new bios?) and the gig offer. I've not heard of MRM before.

Tacroy from Chrestomanci, yes?

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

but I am now wondering if that is something I could do

I vote yes.

Congratulations on acceptances and gigs. I hope today is better.

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the poetry sale and the paying gig. I think your consulting as a paid fiction editor is a great idea.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the worse, but whoo-hah for the good! And yes, I think you should consult. I've always found the things you have to say really useful; to get paid for that would be amazing.

Re Yiddish songs, "Di Sapozkelekh" comes to mind, and "Shnirele, Perele".

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the good! And sorry for the less-than-good.

[selidor]

Poems selling like hotcakes is excellent news. You're on a roll.
May the fortune go on for house-hunting in the storm-washed city. (I am also housemate-hunting. I'd invite you to the place, but there is the inconvenient matter of an ocean...)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the acceptance and the gig! I'm glad the return of internet access brought you good things.

I've heard you sing "Shnirele, Perele" and it was wonderful. No useful advice as to further repertory, unfortunately.

I was unable to read their guidelines without thinking immediately of Tacroy: "He lied for me for a whole day . . . And he was believed."

Yes. That scene is a great favourite of mine.

I hope today has been a better day, or at least not such a bad one.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Tacroy <3 <3 <3 DWJ did that so beautifully, slipped in little tiny things that hit me like hammers when I read them.

When I was at Brandeis, my choir sang a gloriously creepy lullaby called Dremlen Feygl. Apparently there is a a version for soprano, keyboard and alto flute, as well as lyrics and translation. That second website also has a number of helpful links under the Songs link.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

So maybe I need more storms.

They are beautiful, equivocal, and cruel.

I rejoice in your good fortune, in things unfolding for you.

Nine

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about the ineffable worsening.

And pleased but intimidated that you are a person to whom the storm brings gifts - though I should have known.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

You have weathered it well, I'm happy to hear.

Congratulations on all the accomplishments. Oh, the singing sounds wonderful. And yes, if you've done all that beta reading I'm sure you could get paid for it. Hmm, a paying concert gig and an offer to pay for editing--it seems like a little extra money wants to come to you. :)