Seredipitous Trip to the Bookstore
May 23, 2002
7:11 a.m.
The last few mornings, I've been reworking "Just Business," the short story I finished through draft last month. I had a little breakthrough this morning, and I think it's going to be better.   I had a few minutes to kill yesterday just before lunch, so I finally made it into the tiny used bookstore that's on the main drag in downtown Columbus. Like any other used bookstore, there's lots of good stuff there. This time, though, I saw a copy of an early edition of Writers of the Future. Interested, I picked it up, and browsed long enough to see it included Nick DiChario's "The Winterberry," which, like my own "The Disappearance of Josie Andrew" a few years later, was a published finalist. I've heard people talk about this story for years, and so I picked the volume up and took it home. Embedded in this volume is a "how to" piece by Lois McMaster Bujold wherein she describes her thoughts on how to get published, and how to have a career. It really struck me last night as I read it. I'm thinking a lot about it as I look forward. Makes me wonder if this piece was the cosmic reason I actually picked the book up... Oh, yeah. Nick's story? It was every bit as good as it's been advertised. Have a great day.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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