It was a balmy Friday night in New York City. The rain was coming down in a thin oily mist. The streets were reflective giving over to the noise of passing traffic. My romantic sensibilities were heightened by the elegant way the night sparkled. My boots splashed up water onto the back of my work trousers. The wool coat kept me warm against the occasional gust of icy wind racing up the Park Slope hill. It's beautiful on this mild winter night. I enjoyed the feel of the thin film of water on my face and smiled into the darkness. Romantic sensibilities indeed. You'd think someone was in love or something. Ah! Just in love with a solitary walk in the rain, enjoying the dark quiet night. Lovely!
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Saturday, December 6, 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Quick writing update
As promised, I finished Clara Betta last night. Hoorah! Doing a little snoopy dance around my room. I have to give a big shout out to my very good friend Christine for all the wonderful feedback. Her words of encouragement and the fact that she read almost every single version of this story has been a huge help in this process!! Of course, big thank yous to all the other readers Tamara, Patrick and William. All the feedback helped me cross the finish line on this project fairly quickly. :-) Yep, that's a smiley face. I am sending it out this afternoon to a literary magazine I scoped out a couple of months ago. Hopefully, it's a good fit. We shall see. Wish me luck.
I also have a decent draft of the piece that I'll read on Wednesday. I'm all fluttery nerves about this one and I have to remember to breathe otherwise i'm going to rush through this piece like a bat out of hell. Hehehe. Seriously! I just have to get the accent down so that will be my homework for the next three nights. Teek Spanish Ax-cent. Eek!
Okay, all for now.
Peace,
L~
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I also have a decent draft of the piece that I'll read on Wednesday. I'm all fluttery nerves about this one and I have to remember to breathe otherwise i'm going to rush through this piece like a bat out of hell. Hehehe. Seriously! I just have to get the accent down so that will be my homework for the next three nights. Teek Spanish Ax-cent. Eek!
Okay, all for now.
Peace,
L~
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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Burying the Lead
It's amazing how quickly the days go by during the holiday season. We are almost at the end of November. Here are some tidbits on what's gone on + Upcoming Event at Nuyorican Poets Cafe:
Me and my mother cooked a feast for Thanksgiving. We roasted a turkey that was so tender that the meat slid off the bone. Hoorah! And to think most everyone who sat at the table swore up and down that they didn't like turkey...we made believers out of them. An 11.3 lb turkey was stripped down to bones in record time. hehehe. No leftovers from that bird. It was fun to watch. Lots of spirited talk and laughter. I'm usually such a grump during the holidays and this year I really enjoyed being around my family. Not being in pain really helped matters.
My 6 year old and 9 year old niece stayed the night and slept in my bed which meant I slept very little / not at all that night. At what point do two skinny minis turn into elbows / knees / kicking monsters. Anyway, I spent most of Friday in a bit of a zombie state from lack of sleep.
Once they left I curled up into a ball on my bed and watched a long French film called Violette. A film about the writer Violette LeDuc who Simone de Beauvoir took under her wing and encouraged to write. What an amazing film. I love films that depict writers. And of course this woman LeDuc raged and howled at the difficulties in her life but she continued to write.
After watching this film, I woke up, ran some much needed errands, came back home, procrastinated a bit and then went to work on the writing. Spent some time writing up the monologue that I'm presenting at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe this coming Wednesday, Dec 3rd. It's in conjunction with the book launch by Applause books. I have a rough, first draft-two pages. It's resting now. I have to practice the thick Spanish accent and I have to write the intro to put the piece in context. Okay, I know I've been crap about promoting upcoming events in a timely manner. For some reason I was having an especially hard time making up my mind about showing up to this event...one night last week being unable to sleep, I finally made up my mind to just do it. I don't know what the hemming and hawing was all about but I'll be there with bells on.
Next I have to finish up Clara Betta. Just took a dinner break and decided to write this much needed blog entry before I go back to Clara.
Tomorrow I will give the monologue a once over--make edits/changes/deletions as necessary then ...practice, practice, practice the dialect until I have it down. Make changes as they come to me. That's the plan and I'm sticking to it.
Who wants a drink?! I do, I do. That'll have to wait 'til the work is done. * sigh *
Peace,
L~
All artwork, photos, and text © Copyright 2008-2014 Liliana Almendarez unless indicated otherwise. All Rights Reserved. Any downloading, copying or use of images on this website is strictly prohibited without express written consent by Liliana Almendarez.
Me and my mother cooked a feast for Thanksgiving. We roasted a turkey that was so tender that the meat slid off the bone. Hoorah! And to think most everyone who sat at the table swore up and down that they didn't like turkey...we made believers out of them. An 11.3 lb turkey was stripped down to bones in record time. hehehe. No leftovers from that bird. It was fun to watch. Lots of spirited talk and laughter. I'm usually such a grump during the holidays and this year I really enjoyed being around my family. Not being in pain really helped matters.
My 6 year old and 9 year old niece stayed the night and slept in my bed which meant I slept very little / not at all that night. At what point do two skinny minis turn into elbows / knees / kicking monsters. Anyway, I spent most of Friday in a bit of a zombie state from lack of sleep.
Once they left I curled up into a ball on my bed and watched a long French film called Violette. A film about the writer Violette LeDuc who Simone de Beauvoir took under her wing and encouraged to write. What an amazing film. I love films that depict writers. And of course this woman LeDuc raged and howled at the difficulties in her life but she continued to write.
After watching this film, I woke up, ran some much needed errands, came back home, procrastinated a bit and then went to work on the writing. Spent some time writing up the monologue that I'm presenting at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe this coming Wednesday, Dec 3rd. It's in conjunction with the book launch by Applause books. I have a rough, first draft-two pages. It's resting now. I have to practice the thick Spanish accent and I have to write the intro to put the piece in context. Okay, I know I've been crap about promoting upcoming events in a timely manner. For some reason I was having an especially hard time making up my mind about showing up to this event...one night last week being unable to sleep, I finally made up my mind to just do it. I don't know what the hemming and hawing was all about but I'll be there with bells on.
Next I have to finish up Clara Betta. Just took a dinner break and decided to write this much needed blog entry before I go back to Clara.
Tomorrow I will give the monologue a once over--make edits/changes/deletions as necessary then ...practice, practice, practice the dialect until I have it down. Make changes as they come to me. That's the plan and I'm sticking to it.
Who wants a drink?! I do, I do. That'll have to wait 'til the work is done. * sigh *
Peace,
L~
All artwork, photos, and text © Copyright 2008-2014 Liliana Almendarez unless indicated otherwise. All Rights Reserved. Any downloading, copying or use of images on this website is strictly prohibited without express written consent by Liliana Almendarez.
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