Vivian McInerny

Thank you for mentioning it! I work with words of all sorts.

Overland: The journey was the destination We stood around a plaza in India, near the Old Delhi post office or visa office, some sort of public building with space out front where young travelers gathered.

Thousands of young travelers backpacked overland from Europe to India in late 1960-70s. I was 18, stupid, and extremely lucky. freshhttps://open.substack.com/pub/vivianmcinerny/p/overland-the-journey-was-the-destination?r=5eqlf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

First Mothers’ Day without a mom. No need to point out that I’m old. Fully aware. #mothersDay #mom

They tested me as a kid because I was a whiz at math and reading but still hadn’t learned the names of colors. They say I chose my crayons by smell. #fiction #write #writer #books

I see things in black and white. Shades of gray, actually. My world has a sepia print tone to it which may explain my old fashion views. I’m completely colorblind.
#fiction #firstWords

Do most authors get picked at conferences or referrals rather than cold call slush pile queries?

A mesmerizing process

Love them! A former colleague makes beautiful marbled ones in that old style using inks in water. I’m a sucker for limited edition or unique handmade books and love the cool graphic styles of your end paper samples.

Aerobic eating. Solid science

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Undeniably gorgeous. She could land a book contract from it.

First time at a library I swept the shelves like a greedy game show contestant — free books!A librarian helped my mom (& soon to be 6 kids) get Harold & Purple Crayon, Babar, Curious George, Madeline- classics. Still remember the excitement! Hope a kid feels that way about something I write 1 day

The Confessional door swung open

I check how many copies are out on loan. Needy unknown writer’s tip

Nice sounds. The Territory is in my brain now.

Been thinking of the many recent rewrites of myths, fairytales and classics. I have ideas.
Catcher in the Oats: It’s gluten free!
Charlotte’s World Wide Web: A spider creates a new form of communication. Some pig gets all the glory
Alice in Wonder: An aging Alice is forced to sell the land

Do you have a delivery side hustle?

Dylan Thomas: “I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six night when I was 12, or whether it snowed 12 days and 12 nights when I was six.” Editor: Google it.

The starter kits’ starter kit.

Just read North Woods and love how he played with different writing styles in each chapter romance, mystery, horror, detective, ballads, magical realism — he had fun playing. And wrote a good read.

I was 18 living in a tent in Rara, Nepal 1975 with three other Americans & a Brit and we exchanged books. Raised Catholic so Tolkien was like church with Hobbits and dragons

I always thought life would make sense one day. With the passing years I’d figure out what it all meant, and my wisdom would help ease the path for those coming up, as though I were an early explorer bushwhacking through time. Old now. Still swinging that machete.