Sunday Post
March 28, 2010
Here's this week's wrap up, kids...wherein I go through my Twitter and Facebook feeds to see what the hell I linked to that was nifty.
* A letter to those writers who, upon rejection, say "You will regret this!" And this is totally true. Even if a book goes on to be a best seller, that doesn't mean the agent (or editor) who rejected it will regret their decision. If you're going to be spending hundreds of hours of your time to represent a book (or thousands of dollars, if you're a publisher), you must love it. Rejecting a book doesn't necessarily mean the book is bad or won't sell elsewhere--it often means that the people just didn't love it enough. But your goal as a writer is to find people who will love your work, and if you put the time and effort into honing your craft--and do your research--eventually you'll find someone who loves it.
* A positive review of River posted at Blogcritics.
* Ten Things Read in Jennifer Love Hewitt's Book That Are Not Hallucinations. Quite possibly the greatest book review ever.
* Alien vs Pooh. (And for the record, there's some Predator in there too.)
* Maternal death and c-sections are on the rise in the US. Which is very scary. And related, an older article I only recently read: a Canadian study suggests home births with midwives are as safe as hospital births.
* No link, but we hired my minion to be official company minion at Mundania Press. Well, okay, so she's the "Executive Assistant." But I still call her the minion. She'll be taking care of all correspondence. I trained her for a few hours Friday, got her email set up, boss made the announcement...and everyone promptly welcomed her by sending a few dozen questions within hours. Poor, poor minion.
* I have a confession to make: I have a weakness for hidden object games. I can't help myself--every so often, I must play them. But I don't like a plain HOG, I like ones with mini-games and logic. Which is why I really enjoyed Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High. Now, this isn't high art. It's a silly game. But it was fun, so I'm rec'ing it.
* A wonderful song: "In Which Buffy Slays Edward".
We've all been having a vampire issue
This one can cause some damage even if he doesn't bite you
But it appears that Bella, once again, needs to be rescued
'Cause Edward Cullen
Gives me the wiggins
So Buffy, can you please just slay him?
Made of WIN.
Comments
#1 home births
Hi Skyla, I love your blogs BTW, and I just wanted to add my two cents about home births. I had six kids, two at home, and the ones at home were so much easier. Hospitals complicate the process, maybe partly to make more money, partly because they're in a hurry, and partly because they are the opposite of natural. Thanks for posting the link. No one seems to care about having children naturally any more, Janet
#2 Hi Janet! Thank you for your
Hi Janet! Thank you for your comments!
If my pregnancy, when I get to that point, is low risk, I am absolutely giving birth at home. I feel that it would be the least stressful and most comfortable for me, which would in turn be less stressful on the child. And if it's higher risk, I'll still have a midwife but do it in the hospital. That study on home births was fascinating to me. I've read one theory that the reason there are so many unnecessary medical interventions in hospitals is because OBGYNs, etc, are trained to deal with emergencies and not so much with how to deal with a totally normal birth.
Bottom line, I think women need options so they can make the choice that's right for them and their family. And that means more access to midwives and the ability to give birth where they and their medical professional feel is best. I feel *so* lucky that in my province home birth is legal and midwives are covered under health care.
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