The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
When I was young and stupid, I thought the only way to learn to write was to write. Okay, so I still think that. To a certain extent. But I’ve become a little more self-aware, and now I know that I can use all the help I can get. I’m a pretty bright girl. I […]
So remember how I was cussing out my muses for giving me teeny bits and pieces of Fidelis? Yeah.ย They’re at it again.ย Only this time they seem to be willing to give me lots–if I just abandon everything else I’ve been working on and follow them. Not this time.ย With Fi they led me
Need to get back in the habit of posting… Spent half the day at a training.ย Spent most of the night researching agents.ย Enough of this starts and spurts.ย I need a steady, day-by-day, keep querying, keep progressing… blarghle.
You know, a forum signature? If homosexuality is a disease, then we should all call in gay to work. “Nope, sorry, can’t come in today- still queer.” Love that. I’m editing Taro. Blargh.ย I love Taro, but do you have any idea how many times I’ve edited him? Onward.
It’s been difficult to do anything else since this new story hit me. Fi and his universe are so utterly fascinating… Also, I’d forgotten–if I ever noticed–what work creating a new world can be. I’m starting from scratch, below scratch, here. There are things in the Real World ™ that resemble what I’m creating. So
This new style is…not easy. I’m trying to be aware of and curb my issues–sparse description, rambling structure–and the going is slow. But so fun! It’s hard to comprehend. I mean, I was certainly enjoying writing Joss. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve written; otherwise I probably wouldn’t have written it. Fidelis though–wow. Oh. Figured out it’s
“Stream” sounds good. We’ll go with that. From my writing journal right after my friend pointed out the structural issues with my novels: So Bly says I need to get more of Taro’s issues with his life in there early. He should know what he wants (she thinks) and that would make it clear from
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