May 25th 2009
Anniversaries, and Other Celebrations
Today is my sixth wedding anniversary.
Okay, that isn’t really important, for all you readers of the SFNovelists blog. But it *is* important to me, as an author. Just as my husband and I need to (get to!) decide how to celebrate our romantice-life-together landmark, I need to (get to!) decide how to celebrate the various accomplishments in my writing life.
Sometimes, my husband and I decide not to have a formal celebration. We tell each other how happy we are to be together, but we don’t need a big night out, we don’t need elaborate gifts, we don’t need glitz and glamour to confirm the rightness of our decision.
Other times, though, we want a little extra oomph. We make reservations at our favorite steakhouse. We find the perfect cards (he finds the perfect ones more often than I do.) We exchange gifts that capture just the right flair of sentimentality.
Similarly, I celebrate writing accomplishments in a variety of ways. Sometimes, I treat myself to a favorite meal, or an expensive book, or a treasured new pen. Sometimes, I splurge on clothes (which I justify by saying I’ll wear them to a reading) or with a pedicure (which I justify by, um, necessity. Yeah, that’s right.)
Other writing accomplishments, though, don’t get celebrated in the same way. Sometimes, typing “The End” on a manuscript is sufficient celebration, in and of itself. Sometimes, launching the next project, which has waited impatiently for my attention, is a pure joy.
If you’re a writer, what do you do to celebrate your writing accomplishments? If you’re a reader, what do you do to celebrate your reading accomplishments (yes, finishing MOBY DICK deserves a celebration – and I type that as a lover of Melville!)?
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Mindy Klasky
Mindy Klasky is the author of eleven novels, including WHEN GOOD WISHES GO BAD and HOW NOT TO MAKE A WISH in the As You Wish Series. She also wrote GIRL'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT, SORCERY AND THE SINGLE GIRL, and MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL, about a librarian who finds out she's a witch. Mindy also wrote the award-winning, best-selling Glasswrights series and the stand-alone fantasy novel, SEASON OF SACRIFICE. Visit site.
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1. karen wester newton on May 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Congratulations, Mindy! May you and Mark have many more happy years together.
Oddly, I am more self indulgent about failure than success. Doing well in contests and getting an agent made me happy in and of itself, but rejection letters always induced a need for consolation by NOT cooking or doing dishes.
OK, I guess really, pretty much any excuse not to cook or do dishes will work.
2. Tom Gallier on May 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I’ve never celebrated a writing accomplishment. I might grin like an idiot for a week (no might about it, I do) when I sell something. I’ve written so many short stories and novels that I don’t do much more than sign with relief when I type THE END nowadays. I feel very accomplished, but it is then on to the next new shiny.
But I should celebrate. Especially since in the past few years I’ve written and written, with almost no thought to selling. I have quite an inventory that I should do something with, besides sitting in the dark and stroke my computer while murmurring, “Yes, I love you, my pretties.”