One of the tricks for beating procrastination is to have a lot on your to-do list. This way, if you're procrastinating on one thing, you can be busy accomplishing something else. This week I'm procrastinating on starting YA mystery 2, which must be turned in on Dec 1. I am all heeby jeeby about committing myself to 5 weeks of 1,500 words a day for the first draft in addition to the 5 classes I am teaching this term. So instead, I've been getting short stories out the door, and writing a grant proposal, and doing copyedits on book 1.
But I reached the lowest point of procrastination two days ago, when I cleaned the refrigerator. You know things are desperate when I'm cleaning the refrigerator.
Things could be worse. Truman Capote worked for 19 years on his unfinished novel Answered Prayers and then died. Ralph Ellison worked for 40 years on his second novel and then died. Writer's block or severe procrastination? You decide: It's All in My Head, by Jessica Winter.
Happy Friday to you, and may your weekend be most excellent! I hope you don't have to clean your refrigerator
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Weekend news
Spent most of the weekend at the fabulous UNF-FWA Writer's Conference. Thanks to all 127 attendees who came to my workshop on character arcs and my fabulous critique group of 9 fiction writers and those who bought my books. Excellent, excellent conference and it was great to be part of it for the second year in a row.
Very sad to hear about the SEAL deaths in Afghanistan, however - I can't even read the news stories without tearing up.
And very irate to read about the gay men married in Massachusetts 7 years ago, they've lived together 19 years, one of them an Australian citizen, the American suffering from AIDS, and now the federal government is trying to boot the Australian out of the country using the Defense of Marriage Act to say he can't have permanent residency. If the Australian leaves, who will take care of his husband? And if the husband goes with him to Australia, who will cover his extensive medical needs? So ridiculous. SF gay married couple loses immigration battle.
Very sad to hear about the SEAL deaths in Afghanistan, however - I can't even read the news stories without tearing up.
And very irate to read about the gay men married in Massachusetts 7 years ago, they've lived together 19 years, one of them an Australian citizen, the American suffering from AIDS, and now the federal government is trying to boot the Australian out of the country using the Defense of Marriage Act to say he can't have permanent residency. If the Australian leaves, who will take care of his husband? And if the husband goes with him to Australia, who will cover his extensive medical needs? So ridiculous. SF gay married couple loses immigration battle.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Happy Release Day!
Happy Release Day to this new anthology!
Very happy to be in it with Laird Barron, Rick Bowes, and other fine writers.
Very happy to be in it with Laird Barron, Rick Bowes, and other fine writers.
Read more about it indiebound.org
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