THEY RECOGNIZED HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD<\/span>: Over the weekend I finished the first round of edits on my novel. The working title is New Wineskins<\/span>. It is 64,618 words long (about 108 pp in 12-pt Times New Roman) and is the achingly sincerist story of a transgendered Yale student who becomes unintentionally pregnant. It is Catholic\u2013mackerels snapping left and right\u2013and desperately undergraduate. There\u2019s lots of discussion of feminism also. Despite these facts, I think it\u2019s pretty awesome.<\/p>\n I realize that the target audience for this novel may consist of: me. But I hope that\u2019s not true! I really, really, really need extra eyes for this, so please PLEASE email me at eve_tushnet@yahoo.com if you want to read the draft. I promise it sucks less than at least 80% of the bestseller list, no lie. Also I think people who have edited my stuff before will tell you that I take criticism well. I\u2019ve been astonished at how gentle people think they have to be w\/fiction criticism, when journalism is basically about your editor telling you precisely where and how you suck. (And sometimes being wrong, but not mostly.)<\/p>\n Also, if you a) think a friend might be interested in the draft (esp a transgendered friend or a friend who has been pregnant), PLEASE PLEASE TELL THEM\u2013I would really love as many different perspectives on my handling of Other People\u2019s Experiences as possible and I am working hard to make sure that I have readers who will be able to tell me when I\u2019m being an ass,<\/p>\n and b) relatedly, if you or your friend are not sure you can look at the novel until you know more about it, EMAIL ME and I will answer any questions. E.g. I totally know that people might need to know where the protagonist ends up in terms of gender and\/or religious identity before they can settle in to reading the draft.<\/p>\n And finally, if you ask for the draft, I do NOT expect you to read it or comment. I mean, I really, really hope you do! That\u2019s why I\u2019m asking. But if you get bored, or get distracted, or don\u2019t have anything to say except :\/, or whatever, THAT IS OKAY. Asking me for the draft is NOT a commitment of any kind, to any action.<\/p>\n So yeah. No pressure, just a potentially-awesome novel which needs your help to be made less stupid.<\/p>\n If you feel like circulating this plea to more readers, I will think you are cool and also say a prayer for you. To\u2026 hm\u2026 let\u2019s say St. Francis de Sales, the patron of journalists.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THEY RECOGNIZED HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD: Over the weekend I finished the first round of edits on my novel. The working title is New Wineskins. It is 64,618 words long (about 108 pp in 12-pt Times New Roman) and is the achingly sincerist story of a transgendered Yale student who becomes unintentionally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n