Hi! I’m Nan Lundeen’s Moos. We have been very busy, she and I, rewriting and editing our handbook, Moo of Writing: How to Milk Your Potential. She asked me if I’m familiar with the concept of eternity. I was not until she explained that’s how long this end process is taking. We started the final rewrite/edit in August of 2013. The Spartanburg Chapter of the SC Writers Workshop critiqued it chapter by chapter. Whew! Then, the Moo critique group in Greer critiqued the rewrite chapter by chapter. Then her friend, Mary Ellen Lives, critiqued the whole book again. In between, Nan published her book, Black Dirt Days: Poems as Memoir (after tons and tons of proofing and correcting). Nan’s husband, Ron DeKett, read Moo rewrites until the cows came home! We were getting mighty tired of the process. Good thing I’m a laid-back cow and able to nap while Nan works. She woke me yesterday to tell me she’s sent the final-final-final-revised-revised-revised ms. to John Adam Wickliffe, our computer guru, who designs, paginates, and does all sorts of useful stuff to get it off to CreateSpace, our print-on-demand publisher. Goodness only knows how many proofs from CreateSpace Nan will read before she finally launches this handbook at Joe’s Place in Greenville. I’ll keep you posted. Oh, and she says thanks very, very, very much to all the critiquers! Please leave us a comment. Adamy Damaris Diaz of Artistik Dreamlife, our talented administrator of this site, has changed the rules so folks can comment without registering. We’d all like to know if that works. Moo.
Congratulations, Nan!
Thanks, Christine. My hope is the handbook proves to be helpful to writers.
Anxious to get my hands on your udderly amazing Moo of Writing.
Your comment mooooooves me, Bertice.
I think I’d enjoy being one of your relaxed cows. Since I’m not, I can’t wait until The Moo of Writing is available. Congrats on nearing the end of this journey. I was happy to be a little part of the process.
Thank you for all your help and encouragement. I can’t wait to try the Moo of Writing process again, myself. With all this editing and rewriting, I haven’t relaxed and created anything new for too long. As I was rewriting, I was thinking what fun it would be to take my own advice. 🙂
Can’t wait to get my copy of your book, Nan. So glad things are ‘mooving’ along! Congratulations on seeing your dream come to fruition.
Pat, you are one talented writer. Maybe Moo of Writing will coax a story or two out of you!
Nan,
So proud of you and all you have and will continue to accomplish. I am thrilled you are almost done! I know it has been a long road. Excellent job. Can’t wait to get my copy. Congratulations, friend.
Thank you, Sheila. And thanks for the helpful critiques!
Congratulations, Nan! Sounds like a lot of work, but I’m sure the final product will be well worth it.
That’s exactly what I keep telling myself, Peggy. It will be worth it. I hope writers find it self-affirming.
Nan, I’m so excited that your cows are finally coming home! Congratulations!!!
Thanks, Carolyn. My idea for the book actually originated in the 1990s, so those cows have traveled a long path to publication.
Wow! This is wonderful news. Considering how good the book was to begin with I can only imagine how fantastic it is now. I really it need it, too. I’m stuck in my own rewrite whirlpool. It will be nice to spin out and write something new. Congratulations on this milestone.
Mel, “rewrite whirlpool” is an apt description. Let’s make a pact to spin out. I wish I could split my focus between rewriting and creating something new. Are you able to do that?
Way to go Nan! What an exhausting amount of work but worth it in the end. Congratulations!
Yes, Suzanne, tedious at times, but I work on my laptop in a cozy chair covered with a quilt my grandmother made for me when I was a kid, so it’s a lovely escape.
Nan and crew, rewrite? I’m not familiar with this idea. Can somebody bring me up to speed?
Not all of us can be extemporaneously brilliant! 🙂
Way to go, Nan! I look forward to reading your book. Kudos to the fine support staff you have as well. I’m sure the finished product will be a testament to your hard work. Cheers!
April, thank you for your faith in me.
I am contented as a cow that the hard work of getting your book to press is almost done. And now for the GLORY! So proud of you and happy for you, sweet Nan.
And where would I be without your grammatical expertise?