I loved this Cati! I need to go to more writing events. Please send me a list of ones I should target next year. You are one of my role models in terms of writing and publishing. Thanks for writing this piece.
Thank you, Jackie! Honestly, I don't have a list. I just take things as they come. If you can make it to LitLit in June you should. I think Mark sent out a call?
That's so odd about the code! I wonder why that is? I haven't had that happen. Yes, Viet was super engaging and funny. I haven't actually read anything of his but his memoir Man of Two Faces is moving to the top of my TBR list after that event.
I loved this Cati! I need to go to more writing events. Please send me a list of ones I should target next year. You are one of my role models in terms of writing and publishing. Thanks for writing this piece.
Thank you, Jackie! Honestly, I don't have a list. I just take things as they come. If you can make it to LitLit in June you should. I think Mark sent out a call?
I heard Viet Thanh Nguyen last May at the Santa Fe Literary festival. He was the best speaker I heard there, and I’m a great fan of his work.
(I find it annoying to have to enter a code to leave a comment on Substack.)
That's so odd about the code! I wonder why that is? I haven't had that happen. Yes, Viet was super engaging and funny. I haven't actually read anything of his but his memoir Man of Two Faces is moving to the top of my TBR list after that event.
Love this! You show resilience and determination. Thank you for the inspiration today.
I just read a Substack about a woman who submitted her essay to thirty venues before it was published (and by a solid one—The Offing). Keep going.
»A reminder for me to try The Offing! Thanks, Vic.
I somehow missed this and would have gone had I known about it. I love going to writing events. Oh well, next time ❤️.
Bummer! Hopefully they’ll do it again next year. It’s brand-new.
You are looking pretty vibrant there! Perfect. That smile says you had a good time.
I did! And I met some very nice writers there. It was great to talk to students.
Cati, please share your contribution to Muse from back in the day. Would love to get to know young Cati, I think we would have been good friends!
I think so too! <3 Okay. It doesn't look like I can put an image in the comments so I'll include it in my next Substack.