This weekend I saw a dear friend of mine who had just finished reading my manuscript (Update: The Silence of Trees is with my agent, who is shopping it around to the next round of publishers), and she shared with me an observation that no one has ever brought to my attention:
TSOT has a lot of coffee in it.
This made me laugh, AND take pause. It was certainly not intentional, but once I thought about it, I could see that coffee was often present: the ritual of a morning cup, the luxury of coffee during WWII, the comfort of coffee with a dear friend, and so on.
How very interesting and not altogether surprising.
"After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm."
– Diane Ackerman
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Valya Dudycz Lupescu is a writer and the founding editor of Conclave: A Journal of Character. Her novel. The Silence of Trees (Wolfsword Press, 2010) was selected as a Semifinalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and since being published (both in print and ebook), has been a Kindle Bestseller, breaking into the Top 100. Valya holds an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has taught at several Chicago-area universities. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the historic Cliff Dwellers Club and is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Writers Association. Valya teaches workshops around the city and online and helps to facilitate a monthly gathering of writers and artists called the Chicago Creative Coop.
February 23, 2010 at 3:18 am
Oh, it’s GREAT! I’m glad to hear that your agent is taking another crack at it. It’s a wonderful story.
Too much coffee? LOL. Mine has too much smoking, I’ve been told. Everyone is lighting up, puffing and looking for the next smoke. Ha! Never smoked in my life, so I have no idea…
Okay… what is TSOT? (probably when you tell me, I’ll slap my forehead.)
PS. Oh, that was STUPID! It’s the title of your book. DUH… I’ve been like that for the past two weeks. Bear with me.
February 23, 2010 at 3:21 am
My novel would be TWOP. Hmmm….
February 23, 2010 at 3:32 am
LOL Yes, it’s the title. No worries, that’s the kind of week I’ve been having as well.
February 26, 2010 at 12:33 am
I love the picture you attached to the post. I can’t wait to read this book.
February 27, 2010 at 12:04 am
I love that! I’m having coffee as I type!