Monday, July 14, 2008

Monday, July 14, 2008
Waxing Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Jupiter Retrograde
Neptune Retrograde
Hot, humid, rainy, dreary
Happy Bastille Day! (Um, happy?)

Resistance. That’s what I’ve been fighting with this article that’s due tomorrow. I don’t want to write it. However, I’m contracted to write it, so too damn bad for me, right?

I did some work on it yesterday, but not enough. I have day work AND a show today, so it’s not like there’s a whole lot of writing happening. Plus, there’s life stuff to deal with.

So I just better get over myself. I may be up very, very late tonight if I don’t get it together. And I had plenty of time to do it, but I procrastinated.

The past couple of years I’ve procrastinated every time I’ve been contracted by this particular company – I think that tells me something.

Plus, what I’ve written so far really sucks.

Acupuncture was terrific. My healer could tell who caused which of the knots, and broke most of them down. Yeah, I know, I need to practice detachment, which is something I’m no good at. I’m either completely immersed in something or I’m done.

This morning was about dealing with HEX BREAKER deadlines and cover art. I’m in discussions with the cover artist, who has some good ideas, but there’s an overall slant to the cover I think needs to happen later in the series, so we’re discussing it. Even if it turns out to be in a different direction than I’d prefer, if I want this to work and be a building block for future books, I have to run with whatever I end up with and say, “Hey, this is fun, come play”. Because the story IS fun, it is a little different, it’s not easily boxed. The more fun I can have with its distribution and marketing, the more fun the audience can have when they find it.

Off to the theatre for at least a 14 hour day.

Devon

Devon’s Bookstore:

5 in 10: Create 5 Short Stories in Ten Weeks by Devon Ellington. This ebooklet takes you from inspiration to writing to revision to marketing. By the end of ten weeks, you will have either 5 short stories or a good chunk of a novella complete. And it’s only 50 cents, USD. Here.

Writing Rituals: Ideas to Support Creativity by Cerridwen Iris Shea. This ebooklet contains several rituals to help you start writing, get you through writer’s block, and help send your work on its way. It’s only 39 cents USD. (Note: Cerridwen Iris Shea is one of the six names under which I publish). Here.

Full Circle: An Ars Concordia Anthology. Edited by Colin Galbraith. This is a collection of short stories, poems, and other pieces by a writers’ group of which I am a member. My story is “Pauvre Bob”, set at Arlington Race Track in Illinois. You can download it free here: