Sarah Long Writes

Category: Randomosity

  • The Search Begins

    A few months ago I made a promise to myself to move to Los Angeles by spring of next year. Publishers, friends and freedom have  become much too enticing for me to stay away from. So I’m beginning what should be an interesting search for an in-house writing or editing job. Hilariously impossible, I know.…

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  • Merry Or Happy?

    This year I’ve begun to notice a serious surge in the gap between those who wish each other a “Happy Holidays” and those who prefer “Merry Christmas.” They get quite touchy over it. As a sales associate at a popular chocolate shop which will remain unnamed so I can keep my job (hooray for corporate…

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  • If The Mayan Prophecy Is True…

      I predict the apocalypse will start with angry holiday shoppers. They’ll get sick of of standing in line. They’ll no longer have patience with other people. Before long, they’ll turn rabid and begin lunging at retail workers. The poor employees will only have one desperate method of self-defense: their bar-code scanners. There’s a problem…

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  • So Today’s Been…

    I didn’t want to wake up this morning. Usually when the alarm sounds, I’m out of bed within minutes and ready to start the day. But instead, I rolled over and fell asleep again, relishing my warm sheets and the escape of unconsciousness. Forty minutes later I finally rolled out (literally- I fell on the…

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  • Something Inspirational

    So a good friend of mine named Linda Costello came across an article written by Emma Straub, a blogger who recently published her first book entitled Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures. It turned out to be unexpectedly inspiring: On Being A Late Bloomer: Success Doesn’t Happen Overnight (I finally figured out how to do links!!…

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  • Denied.

    So I finally  heard back from the literary agent I’d pitched to in October. Here’s the gist: “Thank you for sharing LIGHT with me and I apologize for the length of time it has taken me to respond… While I really love the Victorian setting with the paranormal twist, I regret to say that I…

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  • … Andd I’m Alive Again

    Sorry for the weeks of silence, but this whole NaNoWriMo thing has had me furiously consumed. Thankfully, I’ve just completed the 50,000-word requirement and am officially a Nano 2012 winner!! I got a cute little badge and everything 🙂 Sooo I’m pretty excited about this little achievement 🙂 And very happy to be getting back…

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  • NaNoWriMo Has Eaten My Life Away

    So I’m just over a week in to my first ever NaNoWriMo challenge. It’s been going surprisingly smoothly so far- I’m actually a little ahead of my word count goal for the week 🙂 That being said, though, I’ve been basically living and breathing this book. Though I don’t mind that at all, I have…

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  • So This Just Made Me Feel Much, Much Better :)

    adlibb3d.wordpress.com just nominated me for the Compassionate Communicator Award,  my first blog award everrr!! So of course I’m super excited and honored. To be honest, I’d been having a pretty rough week. Logging into WordPress and seeing this awesome nomination helped sooo much, so thank you adlibb3d 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyway, to accept the award, I’m…

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  • Eagerly Awaiting The Most Awesome Weekend Ever…

    The Writer’s Digest West conference is happening this weekend 🙂 I’m composing a list of agents to sell my book to, printing out copies of my synopsis and memorizing my pitch, all of which is both super exciting and absolutely terrifying. I feel like over the past few months I’ve put so much hope into…

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