I won’t keep doing this, but I’d like to note I’ve put 1300 words on the page today. It’s nice because I hadn’t really produced anything for three days.
The words have gone into the new short I’m working on. I had the first part written a couple of months ago, and got some [...]
Entries from October 2008
It’s not a habit it’s cool
October 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: On Writing
Apple continues to abuse me
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments
My iPhone decided to “brick” itself today. Just stopped working, leaving only a crisp image of a USB cable and an iTunes icon frozen on my screen. Oddly enough, a friend at work had the same thing happen to his iPhone today. Nothing for it but to restore the factory settings…once I [...]
Tags: On Writing
Dying time is here
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments
And today I began again.
Moneymaker, Draft Five (sigh) began today. Surprisingly, it wasn’t as hopeless a moment as I’d thought. Normally I’m not one for word counts, but I did bang out a quick 570 words. The opening scene was the same, but some characters disappeared or merged or even changed genders. [...]
Tags: On Writing
Have to say it was a good day
October 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Today wasn’t working in a coal mine.
I saw a good friend get married, and she was really happy, and that kind of pure happiness is nice to see.
I didn’t get called by work (the un-fun kind of work that isn’t writing).
I finished the third draft of my VP short. Off it goes to my [...]
Tags: On Writing
Rejection
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
In which my rejection letters improve.
So I sent out a short story before VP that I thought was some of my best writing ever. In truth, it was my best writing ever. But after VP I knew what was wrong with the story.
It wasn’t a story.
Since VP I’ve been hoping I pulled [...]
Tags: On Writing