Thursday 29 March 2007

Eek, agh, my baby left home!

Buddies has now gone to my editor! Fingers crossed everybody that he likes it... Like most authors, I feel a little sad when I say goodbye to a set of characters, having lived with them for quite a while and having got to know their quirks and foibles. But now I've got to learn to love a new hero and heroine... and do it pretty fast too! It dawned on me today that nearly a quarter of the year is over and all I've written is one poxy novella! And one, possibly two short stories... I really need to pick up the pace and stop being such a self indulgent wimp. There have been a lot of days in this first quarter year when I've done nothing... I've given in to fatigue [usually fairly mild] and I've given in to what's basically nothing more that glorified sloth! I've also wasted a lot of time online... I love online interaction on blogs and boards, but there's no need to check everything about seventeen times a day! No need to keep checking and checking emails and feeling 'frozen' because nothing arrives. No need to work myself into a paralyzing paddy because I read something online that upsets or annoys me... I've just got to push on regardless and immerse myself in the task and the pleasure of writing!

First job... work out a readable and enticing outline for Smalltown... ed. likes the idea of a PDC 'hot, sexy romance'... Now I've got to really sell the sucker!


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Telly: Jeremy Clarkson
Chocolate: cake
Mood: pretty good
Writing: reformatting Gothic Blue for excerpts
Reading: Jeremy Clarkson
RSI/FMS: a bit sore

3 comments:

Maria, Lover of All Things Romance said...

Congratulations on getting Buddies done, can't wiat to devour it up.

And one other thing. Jeremy Clarkson? JEREMY CLARKSON?.......now Wendy, what can I possibly say?

Dara Edmondson said...

That's so me, too. I can kill all kinds of time online when I ought to be working! I need a built-in net - nanny to keep me from neurotically checking my email!

Portia Da Costa said...

Sorry, Maria... I think Jezza is great. He's so viciously funny. I can't drive and I know nothing about cars... but he just cracks me up!

If you find one of those net nannies, Dara, just let me know as I need one too... :)