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Compost Heap  Got an encouraging e-mail from the Terminal Earth folks: after an initial reading they're holding onto Fragment. Yes, it still may get the boot if loads of awesome come their way, but it's nice to know it's getting considered. On a pause with Inari Overdrive to get some shorts out. Redirected Yaris to F&SF (had the draft and envelope all ready). Cut another 400 words off the Fragmented (originally written during the sex-and-death phase, about 15 years pre-emo, but could snuggle quite comfortably in that atmosphere) story and sent it off to the Terminal Earth. Also reworking the Resort so that the original version acts as a recorded message to earth so there's a "in" to all the alien details. Hit the 50k. A relaxed NaNo this year, and I'd say it has another 50k to finish up. On the upside, it won't need as much editing as previous ventures. So, Chimera goes on back-burner. Inari Overdrive fits the setting I currently occupy (and enthusiastically cannibalize). This week, I'm reviving a fantasy short, mailing off the Space Pirate tale (ouch, postage). What started out as wild writerly abandon, is actually shaping into something I'll want to polish. Beyond expectation, a coherent plot emergeth. I might even pre-empt Chimera in favor of it, since living in Japan lends itself to Inari Overdrive's setting. Very woot. Current mood:  amused.Current music: Imogen Heap (Nano soundtrack). The G4 gave up the ghost. I saved everything except the Dramatica Pro program. But that no longer depresses me because... I have the sweetest little new 12" Mac Book to accompany me to the cafe, loaded up with Scrivener and WriteOrDie. Seems I don't have to get used to writing at home. I wanna take it everywhere and get used to writing on the subway, on the train, during my 10-minute breaks between classes... Maybe I can get one of those Game boy bicycle-mounts they got here and write on our monster rides. For all my foot-dragging, I'm all flush with shopper's rush. Such a good little consumer am I! 38k, but emerging from the slump. Let's see what I can do in the last half of the month. I'd like to more than double that number, but we'll see if the story has that much left to it. Current music: Imogen Heap (Nano soundtrack). Inari Overdrive is turning out to be lots of fun. I'm not as gung-ho this year to fill every second with it. The computer problems at the onset put a bit of a damper on the start. I lost the use of Scrivener and Dramatis Pro on my laptop--and the version of DP that I had doesn't work on my desk top anymore. So, at the cafe, my venue of choice, I'm down to Textedit or Word. No frills. I'm climbing back on that horse, but the rain diminishes the allure of cafe outings. Excuses, excuses. I just have to get better at writing at home. There are just too many distractions at home, and I get cranky at every one of them, from unwashed dishes to husband, who has been nothing but wonderful and supportive. (It's remarkable he still wants to live with me during November.) Current mood:  mixed.Current music: Imogen Heap (again). 15k on Inari Overdrive. It's still a party. It helps that I can stay at SB for a six-hour stretch with M in Toronto. Scrivener is awesome. I'll be picking that up in December. Imogen Heap is still reigning soundtrack. NaNo day one has Inari Overdrive at 6330 words. Not a bad Sunday at the cafe. It started out rocky and restless because I was having trouble committing to sentence 1, page 1. So, I worked by way through a throw-away prologue to jump start me into the narrative. Even through that, my editor-oni had me squirming with discomfort. It was too hot, I kept rewriting sentences instead of plowing ahead, thinking maybe I should go home and use the internet for Write or Die (and now that I'm home I see Dr. Wicked has a desktop version, so I can take it on my next cafe internet escapes). I worried about prepping tomorrow's classes, cleaning house... It's amazing how many excuses come up when you're sitting down to do what you love. With the rain, though, I really had no excuse but to wrap myself in words. Took a break midway for a two-hour yoga which made the second session much smoother. I'm writing it all on Scrivener. I used DramaPro in the week running up to the first to brainstorm. So far, I'm writing linearly. I just downloaded Write or Die for nights when I can't hit the cafe. So many happy tools. Imogen Heap has just become NaNo 2009's soundtrack. Current mood:  creative.Current music: Imogen Heap. Unlike any other NaNo, I'm actually going to go in with a plan, an outline, the characters lined up and ready. On top of that, I'll attempt to start at page 1 and go from there. We'll see how long the latter lasts. I'm the queen of jigsaw writing, which makes the editing process about 200 times longer than the creative process--and that much more labor-intensive. So, the percolating idea is emerging as a cyberpunk urban fantasy which takes advantage of my current surroundings (ahh, so much to cannibalize). Current mood: amused.Current music: Vast. Another afternoon, one more run through on the space pirate tale. I have to stop or I'll be revising forever. It's fine! Except the title. I'm still not crazy about it. But, darnit, I'm printing it out tomorrow. |
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