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Man, this Sucks. Oh, Well. (And Other Thoughts About Letting Go)

Man, this Sucks. Oh, Well. (And Other Thoughts About Letting Go)

October 17, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, non-fiction, obsessions, religion, writing, zen practice

Heard back from another small press yesterday. A little part of me always falls when I don’t get what I dearly, dearly, dearly want (and we are not just talking about books here). And this is of course why I…

Let’s Start Here

Let’s Start Here

October 15, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, interviews, non-fiction, writing, zen practice

Wow. Ten days since I posted. Sorry, you 336 Unique Visitors from last week! I promise to make it up to you. Thing is, I have three drafts in the pile. It’s been that kind of ten days. At the…

Moving Right Along

Moving Right Along

September 25, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, non-fiction, uncategorized, writing, zen practice

So I heard back from Coffeehouse Press today. Not interested. It’s ok. I really doubted they would take it, but my friend knows someone there, so hey, what the heck! I am trying to keep myself gathered as I continue…

Joko Revisited

Joko Revisited

September 19, 2012 · by Bethany · in fear, insecurity, non-fiction, obsessions, religion, uncategorized, writing, zen practice

  I had the good fortune of spending last weekend at the monastery. It was the 2nd annual senior’s retreat, which means that the 20 or so people who  have gone through the process of becoming empowered as senior students…

Alice Adeline Cooke, in her mugshot, after being convicted of bigamy and theft. Nice!

Look! A Real Person!

July 10, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, non-fiction, obsessions, uncategorized, writing

  I love human beings. Not necessarily individual ones, like to talk to, in person, but to watch, to admire, to experience, say, on a subway car full of them. Or to look at pictures of them, in their lives….

Alrighty, then

Alrighty, then

June 19, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, non-fiction, writing

    As I describe in my first post, I was hypnotized a couple months ago to quit smoking. I was (am?) a very  light smoker, but attached to it nonetheless. Well, what started as one drag, turned into one…

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ABOUT ME
My name is Bethany Saltman. I am 50 years old.

From as far back as I can remember, I have been searching for my place in the world. When my husband worked in a nursing home, there was an old lady there who used to repeat, "Is this my chair? Is this my chair?" I can relate to that lady.

My website is bethanysaltman.com, and my email is bethanysaltman@gmail.com.

ABOUT THIS SITUATION
I started this blog because I was so deeply fatigued by waiting for word on Non-Fiction Book Proposal #3 that, for the first time in my life, I needed something to do.

And because I was so over the hope that if I did this, or that, or the other thing just right, and schmoozed the perfect contact, crafted the most riveting pitch, delivered the juiciest proposal, then, then.....

I finally decided to just write what I want to write.

So that's the situation.

Eatables

  • 101 Cookbooks
  • Peekamoose

Go-tos

  • Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple
  • Zen Mountain Monastery

Readables

  • A Public Space
  • Arts and Letters Daily
  • Brain Pickings
  • Corinne Purtill
  • http://www.spoonwiz.com/
  • Maud Newton
  • McSweeney's
  • My column. Flowers Fall: Field Notes from a Buddhist Mom's Experimental Life
  • n + 1
  • Rachel Zucker

Relate-ables

  • Annie Dwyer Internicola
  • Corinne Purtill
  • Heather King
  • Leanne Shapton
  • Lisa Catherine Harper
  • Rachel Zucker

Things That Intrigue Me

  • Who Were They?

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