Make up a title for this. Be creative.
I’ve written two posts and then deleted the drafts because they weren’t quite right, weren’t really things I felt like discussing here…or they seemed preachy without any real point. I haven’t been blogging much because really, there’s only so many times that you can hear “I’m working on X story, I had problems with X story, I fixed them / I moved on to Y story when I got stuck.” So I’ve only been blogging when I feel I have something worth saying, and for the past week most of what I’ve had to say about writing, querying, etc. has been things I prefer to keep to myself. So…I guess, just for the sake of posting once this week, I’ll just pop on a vague status update in listy-list form:
- Haven’t missed a day on the 1k a day challenge yet.
- Discovered this may not be the best for my writing process, as forcing it is a good way to kill a story. Live and learn. Hitting the goal of 1,000 words doesn’t make them stink any less when all those words are trash. Eau de Literary Roadkill.
- Revived NIHILISM in story form. Go ahead and groan, Sihaya and Indikaze. SHINJI THE ANGSTBUNNY LIVES.
- Started watching Sita Sings the Blues, which has amazing animation and music.
- Got a few more partial requests on SHADOW’S BREATH.
- Got a few rejections, too. Either nice personal notes saying it’s a good story, I’m a good writer, but it’s not for them…or the usual “dear author” form letters. Onward and upward.
- Told my doubts they can kiss my shiny metal ass, and figured I can try to write a better story while waiting to see if an agent will pick up SHADOW’S BREATH.
- …though I also finished chapter one of SHADOW’S VOICE. Not working on that seriously, though. Sell SB first, then worry about the sequel. Although Roman is now popping up in my dreams. In Cabo. With the Kingpin. Yes, from Marvel comics. You really don’t want to know.
- Got really sick of hearing a thousand contradictory, argumentative predictions on the future of publishing. Also, the Apple tablet. Sweet honking baby jesus.
- Made some shiny new writer friends on Twitter. The large majority of them are batshit insane. That’s okay. I fit right in.
- Got a few good nibbles on editorial jobs; response so far has been positive. Looking good. And behaving myself in public while I try to get a foot in the door. Which means I probably shouldn’t be calling people batshit insane.
- Took a stab at writing a classic romance novel.
- Failed spectacularly and hilariously. I’m a little rusty on what goes where when there’s a woman involved.
- Realized drab, blow-by-blow lists like this are dull as hell.
- Signed off.
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They are not dull, it’s funny
YAYAYAYAYAY Nihilism! I really want to know what happeeeeeeens! xD *trying very hard not to fangirl about a certain character 8D*
Yay also for partial requests and editing jobs
Keep us updated on how that goes!
…Vex will be in chapter two, darlin’. I’m almost done with chapter one. It’s a little different than what you remember; to make it more mainstream, some of the characters have become female and it’s a more hetero-oriented story (though there’s still gay subtext in certain areas). But Vex is still there in all his crazy, nutty, freaktabular glory.
I’ll e-mail you to let you know how things go. Generally considered not a good idea / unprofessional to talk about that stuff in public if the answer’s a “no.” Now if it’s a yes, you know I’ll be wiggling all over the place.
Daw’ angstbunny. ^_^
When it comes to forced writing, I think that it’s not so much about producing stuff as it is about endurance training.
That’s what I tell myself after I look over the output and cry.
And the angstbunny is ever-so-angsty. He’s Shinji Kato now instead of his old name, but ohhhhhhh is the angst dripping.
Yeah, with the forced writing, the aim is more to discipline yourself into writing every day – and once you get used to making it part of your daily routine, it’ll start getting better and you’ll be able to turn on the good stuff on command.
~eyes the stuff he’s written in the last week~ …or at least, that’s what I’m desperately hoping.
You realize that I *have* to see this romance novel now, right?
Women are built sorta like men, you know…but the parts are inside out, if that helps.
~snorts~ Like hell. It was embarrassing enough sending you SB; I’m not sending you my bad attempt at het android porn.
…y’know, last time I ventured into the land of woman, I’m pretty sure I remember it being a bit more complicated than “Oh, okay, it’s just inside out”…