Sunday, October 29, 2006
The weekend did not last long enough
Do they ever? No. But still. I've been driving the rental car while my poor smushed Saturn is in car-hospital. I find out tomorrow what it will take to fix it. The rental is this cute Chevy thing, no idea what model it is. It looks like the PT Cruiser's older brother. I have to say, I like it. It drives really well and the interior has a nice design sense.
Yesterday I mostly avoided writing. I read Darkly Dreaming Dexter which has got to be one of the weirdest yet most enjoyable books I've read in a long while. Recommended read! I also read some of the research I have on ancient demons, mostly Assyrian stuff. Interesting, but no inspiration yet. I haven't read enough to reach critical information mass and start assimilating the knowledge into any useful insights. Well, maybe a teeny one. But it's too teeny to do anything with. Mostly, I just want the knowledge to be hanging out there in the gray-matter informing my story in strange and unexpected ways. That's not too much to ask, is it? I finished reading Harry Potter 6 to my son. Hopefully, I'll talk him into doing the 3rd Bartimeus book next.
Today, I got additional prizes for the Shards of Crimson anthology and then, my son was with me by the way, my son started complaining about being starving and I realized - horrors! that I had forgotten to make him breakfast. So I took him to one of his favorite places to eat and he promptly ate $15 of food in a flash. Oh, bad Mom! Did a bit more shopping then came home and carved pumpkins. My son did a barfing pumpkin. (If you haven't seen one for yourself, picture a nauseated face with an open mouth from which you hang the pumpkin innards so it looks like it's barfing.)
Writing-wise I'm feeling panicky about Possession, and freaked about Scandal (nee The Rake). The other day when I was reading paper copy, the first chapters seemed pretty good, but then it got boring and stupid, which depressed me. That's why yesterday I was engaging in avoidance behavior. I wasn't mentally ready to go fix it. Today, I worked on the chapters a bit. I stopped dead at Chapter 4 because that's where my first issue crops up. Fortunately, I think I just figured out how to fix it.
Yesterday I mostly avoided writing. I read Darkly Dreaming Dexter which has got to be one of the weirdest yet most enjoyable books I've read in a long while. Recommended read! I also read some of the research I have on ancient demons, mostly Assyrian stuff. Interesting, but no inspiration yet. I haven't read enough to reach critical information mass and start assimilating the knowledge into any useful insights. Well, maybe a teeny one. But it's too teeny to do anything with. Mostly, I just want the knowledge to be hanging out there in the gray-matter informing my story in strange and unexpected ways. That's not too much to ask, is it? I finished reading Harry Potter 6 to my son. Hopefully, I'll talk him into doing the 3rd Bartimeus book next.
Today, I got additional prizes for the Shards of Crimson anthology and then, my son was with me by the way, my son started complaining about being starving and I realized - horrors! that I had forgotten to make him breakfast. So I took him to one of his favorite places to eat and he promptly ate $15 of food in a flash. Oh, bad Mom! Did a bit more shopping then came home and carved pumpkins. My son did a barfing pumpkin. (If you haven't seen one for yourself, picture a nauseated face with an open mouth from which you hang the pumpkin innards so it looks like it's barfing.)
Writing-wise I'm feeling panicky about Possession, and freaked about Scandal (nee The Rake). The other day when I was reading paper copy, the first chapters seemed pretty good, but then it got boring and stupid, which depressed me. That's why yesterday I was engaging in avoidance behavior. I wasn't mentally ready to go fix it. Today, I worked on the chapters a bit. I stopped dead at Chapter 4 because that's where my first issue crops up. Fortunately, I think I just figured out how to fix it.
posted by Carolyn @ 10/29/2006 07:19:00 PM Permalink
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