Author: Don

• 07:05 "Runnin out of self-control/ Gettin’ close to an overload/ Up against a no win situation." Namely, day 3 of bei… ♫ blip.fm/~13u4q #
• 07:06 Namely, day 3 of being 2 people down at work. #
• 10:53 Hinting I might’ve screwed up, when it would’ve taken 2 seconds to find out I hadn’t, will not endear you to me. #
• 10:53 I am *not* the one, today. #
• 10:56 Only wrote 1/2 pg this morning, but I have a much better sense of my protag’s headspace! #
• 10:57 Figured out how to improve the story’s tone–which will require a rewrite, of course. #
• 16:25 I picked the wrong day not to have a red-eye first thing. #
• 17:08 Got permission to go home early to escape the blizzard "if things aren’t crazy." Unfortunately…. #
• 19:10 Survived work, and the trip home. Barely. ♫ blip.fm/~147m6 #

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• 07:25 The temp’s gonna drop 20 degrees in the next 10 hours? #
• 07:25 I really gotta work in some problem sets this week. Maybe tomorrow…. #
• 10:40 Walked in to a zoo this morning. A zoo with the cages open. #
• 10:40 At least I got another scene down (more or less). #
• 11:27 Good news, though: bigger monitor at work. The better to see the neverending pile. #
• 11:48 How do I use my one moment of dead time this morning? tweetstats.com/graphs/DonP #
• 12:19 In the eye of the hurricane, reading the most succinct primer on writing comics I’ve found yet. tinyurl.com/66cadx #
• 16:02 Truth stranger than fic: "The cartoonishly corrupt governor of Illinois might as well be writing dialogue for us." tinyurl.com/6n4tpo #
• 17:00 Writers’ daily routines, taken from interviews and such: Kafka, T.C. Boyle, Toni Morrison, among others. tinyurl.com/642rmz #
• 20:34 In the 90 min. before work: 1.5 pgs written. In the 60 min. after work: 1.5 sentences :(. #
• 20:58 Why, oh why can’t I log into my email? #

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• 07:26 Overslept this morning for no good reason :(. #
• 07:29 "Maybe tomorrow, the next letter, Or when the weather gets better, I gotta wait here for your moon to turn blue" ♫ blip.fm/~12o6m #
• 10:42 Reinserted a previously discarded scene into the WIP; much better fit this time. That counts as writing, right? #
• 10:43 Second scene’s still a little weak. Will try not to worry about it until the 1st draft is done. #
• 12:02 Have to temporarily put away the book I’m currently reading. Was screwing with my writing head. www.lcrw.net/rosenbaum/ #
• 12:14 Swapped that book for this one, which might not have been a smart move. tinyurl.com/572btp #
• 17:10 First second I’ve had to breathe all afternoon. And, oh look, there it goes… #
• 19:17 Why do they even bother showing movies like PULP FICTION on basic cable? #

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• 08:20 In a very chill mood. ♫ blip.fm/~11nzc #
• 08:27 Still chill, but I need a beat. ♫ blip.fm/~11o1d #
• 09:11 Feeling ambivalent this morning. Must be the cold. #
• 09:35 Soothing ♫ blip.fm/~11osn #
• 18:10 Was actually glad I didn’t read what I brought to crit group today, which was a good scene but not worth reading on its own. #

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• 08:37 "Shootin’ at the walls of heartache" that my writing’s giving me :). ♫ blip.fm/~1184t #
• 08:43 Think I’m going to take my writing show out on the road today. First though, coffee! #
• 08:45 Story o’ my writing life: "This could lead to excellence, Or serious injury, Only one way to know, Go, go, go." ♫ blip.fm/~11882 #
• 09:08 Sidetracked by 30 ROCK on Hulu. tinyurl.com/62ucod #
• 10:03 Sidetracked by BUCK ROGERS on Hulu. tinyurl.com/5o9h9n #
• 10:04 With this ep’s all-star lineup of Jack Palance, Roddy McDowell, and Buster Crabbe, how could I resist? #
• 11:22 2 hours of schlocky, pulpy sci-fi goodness! I gotta get outside, now. #
• 12:05 Victim of an inconveniently-placed outlet. As long as I can type, tho. 🙂 #
• 13:42 Making WIP progress! Unreadable progress, but progress nonetheless! #
• 13:59 Horrible realization that a secondary character in my WIP is *too* fleshed out. That’s it, I quit. #
• 13:59 Well, not really, but still… #
• 14:01 The cure, obviously, is more coffee. Maybe a new book…? #
• 14:35 Back to pulling my hair out about the WIP. Need a break. Or whiskey. Probably both :). #
• 14:48 Part of the problem: Inner Critic, usually my friend, won’t STFU today. #
• 17:42 Just remembered a dream about a coworker teaching me a silat lankha. Of course, this person knows nothing about S.E.Asian martial arts irl. #

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• 07:22 Friday! (Thank Christ…) ♫ blip.fm/~10noc #
• 10:58 Wrote for 90 minutes this morning, and still don’t have a clear idea of scene #2 of the WIP. #
• 10:58 And so far, the only good thing about The Diamond Mines today is the Bryan Adams on the CD player. #
• 17:05 Abandoned at work! Gah! #
• 17:16 Friday attitude-adjustment theme: ♫ blip.fm/~10ytt #
• 20:03 Finally catching an episode of THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD on Cartoon Network. #
• 22:37 These GHOST ADVENTURES guys are such…I just don’t have the words! #

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• 18:20 Going to attempt writing tonight. I’m sure it’ll be in vain. #
• 20:40 Managed to get a whole scene done! (Only took 5 fucking rewrites and 10+ pages to have soemthing to distill into 2 pgs of something useful.) #
• 21:28 Hey, looks like, typed out, I got three pages out of it! Now, WTF’s the next scene…? #
• 07:22 Friday! (Thank Christ…) ♫ blip.fm/~10noc #
• 10:58 Wrote for 90 minutes this morning, and still don’t have a clear idea of scene #2 of the WIP. #
• 10:58 And so far, the only good thing about The Diamond Mines today is the Bryan Adams on the CD player. #

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