THE DAY
Wow, has it really been five days since I’ve visited? What have I been doing?
Writing and thinking and outlining and writing and . . .
As books come together and plot threads become evident, things change. They always do. It’s really amazing to see how different this book is from what I’d envisioned or started days ago. I’m not saying this is all easy or welcome. Actually, today, a Facebook friend posted something right on:
“You have to surrender to your mediocrity, and just write. Because it’s hard, really hard, to write even a crappy book. But it’s better to write a book that kind of sucks rather than no book at all, as you wait around to magically become Faulkner.”
Yesterday, I was beating myself upside down and sideways because I only managed to outline the next chapter. But it WAS writing. (See how I’m still justifying it?)
When this many days go by and I have only 6000 words to show for it all, I start to wonder just what I’m doing. Then I think–stop, shut up, just write.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Stay Dead (started 5/05; Days 1-4, false start)
Day 1: 1000 Day 23-26: 9450 Day 51-52: 4500
Day 2: 1200 Day 27: (novella) 2000 Day 53-57: 6000
Day 3: 1800 Day 28: 2500
Day 4: 1350 Day 29-32: 8850
Day 5: 1000 Day 33: 3400
Day 6: 2000 LONDON HIATUS (13 days)
Day 7-10: ~4500 Day 34: 3000
Day 11-12: ~5000 Day 35-39: 9,800
Day 13: 1600 Day 40-43: 10,500
Day 14: 2300 Day 44: 2000
Day 15-17: 4450 Day 45-47: 6000
Day 18-19: 4500 Day 48: 4000
Day 20-22: 5220 Day 49-50: 3500
Blog Post:440
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What I’m Watching:
The Last Ship is still quite entertaining, although I saw this last big shocker coming. (It is the only way the next season can run, but I gotta say: the series only REALLY works when Chandler’s in charge. (And I still miss Rachel Scott.) Then saw an episode of Stranger Things, which is still only . . . it’s okay. I’m still not RIVETED. But it’s good clean fun. Maybe I need my TV to be uncomplicated for a bit.
Oh, and got to the end of Season 6 WHO and now back at the beginning of the reboot, just about fifteen minutes into “Rose.”
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What I’m Reading:
Boy, I’m kind of all over the place. The Dead Zone was just deadly. Firestarter is . . . okay. I need something new to read and probably not something close to what I’m writing. I keep saying mystery, so go find one!
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What I’m Listening to:
Amazingly, the DNC, in fits and starts. Not at the moment. Really, there’s nothing they can say either that will sway me one way or the other. I have to admit, though, that Corey Booker gave a great speech.
And folks who don’t find it concerning that Putin may have helped release those DNC emails? Be worried; this is a guy who wants Trump.
