Editing “Commander Annie” for Argyll

I did a full editing pass tonight on the titular novella from my collection, “Commander Annie and Other Adventures,” upcoming from Argyll Productions, and that story is still so close to my heart.

The main character is hard-edged, prickly, & so heart-breakingly lovable.

“Commander Annie” is me when I was twelve, flaws and all, and re-reading the journey I wrote for her… it takes me down into one of the deepest wounds from my childhood, and then pulls me back up from it.

I can’t wait for people to be able to read this story.

Not Yours to Know

One of the most powerful tools I’ve learned in life is the ability to separate the feelings I have while arguing with hostile men from the feelings they like to tell me I’m having.

If you’re a woman and a hostile man arguing with you makes guesses about your feelings (a REALLY COMMON tactic) then it doesn’t matter if some of the guesses are vaguely close to right. Dude’s still guessing, and he doesn’t have any business doing so.