2007-01-24, 04:12 PM — one of those days
I am monumentally bored with everything today. Not sure what the deal is with that. Just everything -- everything I have tried to do has bored me.
So instead I shall link to this, which kept me highly amused for a while. Jane Yolen's comment on that front page made me laugh out loud.
And let that be a warning to anyone who would ever piss off scifi and fantasy writers. Formidible people, my friends, and many of them brilliant writers. If you dig a bit you'll find more out about the story, which I found really fascinating.
I also kind of want to get a copy of Atlanta Nights from lulu.com for a couple of reasons -- the cause is worthy, and I'm given to understand that it is full of chapters of What Not To Do when writing a novel. Or writing anything, period. Which might be useful. Furthermore, the last chapter was run through a text generator, then spellcheck and grammarcheck, and printed as is. Hee hee!
2007-01-18, 01:17 PM — out of focus
I think part of what I'm lacking in my life is focus right now. Not something to focus on. There are plenty of things I could focus on. Plenty of things I do focus on really hard for about fifteen minutes to an hour at a time.
I was just reading Amy Kim Ganter's blog and thinking about how I had purchased pencils and "how to draw" books and I still haven't gotten around to drawing more than one face. I just can't focus on it long enough. I'd love to learn how to draw manga. But I've got no focus.
Same with writing. Nanowrimo gives me focus. It makes me write, whether I want to or not. And I get some good stuff out of it, too. And a feeling of satisfaction and self-worth. But ask me if I've written anything substantial -- really, anything at all -- in the last month? Um, no.
Anyway. Maybe going back to school will help. Maybe working full time again will help. Maybe having a house will help. All these things might help. But I think I probably need to take a little more control myself, rather than hoping my circumstances will help me sort it out.
Grumble grumble. I should go focus on... lunch, or something.
2006-12-24, 01:44 PM — merry holiday!
Happy holidays everyone! In the spirit of the season, I give you this little gift:
http://www.official-linerider.com/
And all I want for Christmas is two feet of snow.