My First Published Byline Apparently, this was my first published byline, which appeared in the Enosburg Standard somewhere around 1967-68. I'm the dejected chubby girl in full Girl Scout regalia in the back row. Worth Preserving? I've often wondered as I consider cleaning out an overstuffed closet whether one's juvenilia is an important enough record … Continue reading Juvenilia: “They Felt Like Clapping Hands & Jumping Up & Down”
Publication: “Leaving the Farm” (Failed Novel Redux)
Picking the Bones I have written two failed novels. The first one I didn't finish; the second one I did. Three years ago, I wrote a blog post about it: "Failed Novel, Anyone?" As I noted in that post, the whole of the novel was less than the sum of its parts, the parts being … Continue reading Publication: “Leaving the Farm” (Failed Novel Redux)
Juvenalia: “They Felt Like Clapping Hands & Jumping Up & Down”
Apparently, this was my first published byline, which appeared in the Enosburg Standard somewhere around 1967-68. I'm the dejected chubby girl in full Girl Scout regalia in the back row. I've often wondered as I consider cleaning out an overstuffed closet whether one's juvenalia is an important enough record of a writer's development to preserve. … Continue reading Juvenalia: “They Felt Like Clapping Hands & Jumping Up & Down”
Elizabeth Gauffreau 