This post isn’t solely an excuse to show cute seal pups. But, okay, here’s the goods:
The photo hails from the camera of The Betrayal author Pati Nagle, who recently attended a workshop on the Oregon coast. Observing the seal pup’s beached resignation, she opines:
Sometimes the business of writing makes me feel a lot like that pup. You finish a novel, and you have to try to find a home for it. Suddenly you’re in deep water, flailing around with no idea where to go. You get pushed around by forces beyond your control. Editors and agents are extremely busy people, and you have to try to get their attention for your baby. And the sea is very, very big.
But, Pati suggests, working with other writers is a great way not to feel like that seal pup. See her advice to young writers at The Mad Genius Club.
I feel a story about selkies coming on…