I am here and I’m not, running through my lists of work, obligations, and projects. I’m a little disorganized right now.
I have four manuscripts, three written by Pinay poets, that I have agreed to read and respond to.
I am finishing up Diwata edits; it’s all just cleaning up stuff now. I nailed the one poem I was afraid I couldn’t. I am grateful for the feedback here on my End Notes. Working with the BOA editors has been fabulous; those of you who for whatever reasons dislike or prefer to avoid editorial input, I can only ask you to reconsider. I understand that a good editor does not try to make your writing/voice into someone else’s. I see how a good editor works to understand your motivations and vision, and then engages with you and your manuscript in order to sharpen, clarify, amplify. I take this to heart as I read the above mentioned four manuscripts, and as I have taken on two guest editor projects, both for Spring 2010.
