For real. I got a plane to catch tomorrow.
THE DAY
Spent most of the day either thinking about or actively writing and then tearing apart and rewriting the new plot, characters, and direction. This much is true: writers spend most of their time writing or thinking about writing. In my case, it meant repositioning and reimagining: coming up with new settings, new names, the whole nine yards.
So that process is slow. It just is. Once you get the characters set, you hope the outline goes a little better. But I’m not there yet. Plus, I keep having to take time to research this and that. Slows you down.
I have also discovered this, yet again: far more frequently than not, people here with whom you’ve set up an appointment do not show and do not call. I give that kind of nonsense two tries before I move on. The problem is that moving on isn’t necessarily better. For whatever reason, people don’t return calls here or show up. It’s kind of mind-boggling. (In one case, I understand. I might lie low if I thoroughly screwed the pooch on a job, too. But then don’t expect me to a) call you again or b) recommend you to anyone else.) But this is frustrating. I had a very reliable cadre of folks I could call back in Wisconsin. Here . . . not so much, and finding them is tough to begin with.
Anyway, being the responsible person that I am, I made sure to be where I said I would be at the right time, even though it was inconvenient. The other person? Not so much. So, thanks; I love wasting my time.
Then worked on the talk, packed, practiced the talk. Taking the computer and hope to get some work done. Long plane rides tomorrow.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Dark Side of the Moon
Day 1: 4326 Day 11: 2500 Day 21: 1800 Day 31: 745
Day 2: 2085 Day 12: 500 Day 22: 0 Day 32: 0
Day 3: 3011 Day 13: 1000 Day 23: 2700 Day 33: 4000
Day 4: 2652. Day 14: 3700 Day 24: 3500 Day 34: 2800
Day 5: 3210 Day 15: 5630 Day 25: 1500 Day 35: 4500
Day 6: 3450 Day 16: 1060 Day 26: 0 Day 36: 4800
Day 7: 0 Day 17: 130 Day 27: 0 Day 37: 0
Day 8: 2756 Day 18: 0 Day 28: 380 Day 38: 450
Day 9: 4580 Day 19: 3000 Day 29: 390 Day 39: 1000
Day 10: 2670 Day 20: 2600 Day 30: 380 Day 40: 2500
Day 41: 2600 Day 51: 1000 Day 63: 4800 Day 73: 1500 (edit)
*Day 42: 830 Day 52: 1600 Day 64: 3300 Day 74: 250 (sick)
Day 43: 3600 Day 53: 2600 Day 65: 2500 Day 75: 3000 (edit)
Day 44: 5000 Day 54: 3600 Day 66: 1200 (edit) Day 76: 2500 (edit)
Day 45: 2600 Day 55: 3200 Day 67: 1000 (edit) Day 77: 2500 (edit)
Day 46: 3000 Day 56: 4000 Day 68: 3000 (edit) Day 78: 2000 (edit)
Day 47: 2800 Day 57: 1200 Day 69: 1000 (edit) Day 79: 2000 (edit)
Day 48: 2500 Day 58-60: 0 Day 70: 1000 (edit) Day 80: 4300 (edit)
Day 49: 1000 Day 61: 3500 Day 71: 1500 (edit) Day 81: 1000 (edit)
Day 50: 4600 Day 62: 3000 Day 72: 2500 (edit) Day 82: 2000 (edit)
Day 83: 1500 (edit) Day 96*: 800 (outline)
Day 84: 2700 (edit) 900 (talk)
Day 85: 1500 (edit) Day 97: 1000 (outline)
Day 86: 0 (travel)
Day 87: 0 (travel)
Day 88: 0 (travel)
Day 89: 2500 (edit)
Day 90: 2400
Day 91: 1300
Day 92: 2200
Day 93: 1300
Day 94: 0 (dang taxes)
Day 95: 0 (dang brain on
overdrive)
Blog Post: 560
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What I’m Watching:
Nothing. Swam.
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What I’m Reading:
Rez Life; Nine Years Under; Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice by Robert Mayer; Winter Study by Nevada Barr (I’ve read this before, but I wanted a bit of a refresher. That–and I need to sit somewhere quiet and reconstruct all the hikes I’ve done.)
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What I’m Listening to:
Bernie Saunders can’t become president. He just can’t. The accent’s going to kill me.
Trump was his usual insufferable I’m so wonderful, everybody loves me self on CNN.
And people are actually looking for reasons to like Cruz and thinking that, maybe, he’s not so bad. Compared to Trump, Cruz scares me more–because I think he believes what he says.
