Author: Don

• 08:05 Not ticked about the flash drive. I’ll get it back today. There will still be writing! ♫ blip.fm/~ep7j #
• 11:24 I swear to God I was going to skip the Booksale! I walked in, blacked out, and woke up with a bag o’ books. I need a 12-step program. #
• 12:02 I don’t feel too bad. I couldn’t get BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN anywhere else in this town right now. #
• 13:41 Booksale haul: tinyurl.com/4vwjxf #
• 15:12 Another rejection. Nnnggg! #
• 16:10 Not horrendously discouraged, but right now my reading list looks a lot more attractive than finishing my current story. #
• 18:07 I gave in and (hand)wrote 2 1/3 pp. of dreck. First draft is DONE! Now to type it out to make all of my mistakes more obvious… #
• 18:10 I’ll type tomorrow. Gotta find some new markets for these damn rejects, first. #

Via LoudTwitter

• 07:33 Friday! Can focus on the writing again! (Once I wake up, that is.) ♫ blip.fm/~ecw7 #
• 10:27 Wrote 1pg. of draft and 1pg. of notes outlining the end of the story. Maybe you CAN write a story in a week on sheer willpower. #
• 12:19 Will NOT cave to the temptation of putting my draft into the AlphaSmart before I’ve written the ending. It’s a procrastination tactic. NO! #
• 14:08 1/4 pg. at lunch. I’m at that point, I think, where I’m writing *around* the story’s main point instead of just getting to it. #
• 14:38 Saw the midterm answer key! I had a right answer and changed it like a fucking idiot, thinking it was too easy!! Gahhhhh! #
• 15:05 *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* #
• 20:59 I actually left my flash drive at work???? *headdesk* *headdesk* #
• 21:25 Working from a 6 day old backup, for all the good it does me. #

Via LoudTwitter

• 07:22 Got a lil’ too happy at happy hour last nite. As if today wasn’t gonna suck enough… ♫ blip.fm/~dzia #
• 08:43 Home Alone this weekend. Plenty of time for studying. Which means, writing today! Muahaha! #
• 12:05 Well, I passed the midterm. Could’ve done better. But now I know how the game is played… #
• 13:13 People have told me, "Cut yourself some slack!" My inner demons say this: tinyurl.com/49ulbq #
• 17:44 Today at work has been totally, totally sucktastic. #

Via LoudTwitter

• 07:06 2 rejections in 3 days. I quit. Well, not really, but still… ♫ blip.fm/~dm6m #
• 10:17 To show I’m not quitting, I wrote 1.5 pgs. of draft & 1/2 pg. of notes this morning. And I hate just about every word. #
• 10:26 Why the FUCK can’t I remember my voice mail password??? #
• 10:46 Must’ve been a technical glitch, because I DID remember it and it wasn’t working at first. Then it did. #
• 11:57 Next market, next market… #
• 12:30 2nd thoughts about sending the last reject back out. Self-doubt or do I have actual reasons? #
• 15:10 No writing at lunch. Retreated into the skoolbooks, instead. #
• 15:16 And now, my job just got a whole lot harder today… #
• 16:53 When it rains at work, it pours. ♫ blip.fm/~dtnn #

Via LoudTwitter

• 08:25 Bent, but didn’t break, the No Writing on Skool Days rule this morning. I just needed a title. #
• 12:10 Looks like it’ll be a light week for school, so screw the No Writing on Skool Days rule. At least until I get the midterm back on Thurs… #
• 13:33 Forgot how badly new shoes can hurt the feet. This is what I get for wearing sandals all the time like a good townie. #
• 14:45 Coworker thinks the office looks like a big rave: "Drugs, crazy behavior, and no one’s drinking enough water." #
• 15:25 Was a good samaritan with someone’s 4GB flash drive. And I could’ve used a 4GB flash drive, too. #
• 18:08 Screw it. I’m blowing off schoolwork and writing tonight. #
• 18:16 That is, I’m writing, rather than doing schoolwork! Christ, do I even know how to write?? #
• 20:44 Wrote one whole page! #
• 21:10 Another rejection email. I’ll send the thing back out tomorrow. #
• 21:48 Poor Brokaw…they really don’t give a crap about what he says, do they? #

Via LoudTwitter

• 07:14 No tests, no MS backlog. Feels great!! ♫ blip.fm/~cyrk #
• 07:18 Now, on to the next piece…whatever that is. #
• 10:21 1.5 handwritten pages of new stuff this morning, plus a page of notes!! Of course, it wasn’t on the piece I had planned, but still. #
• 12:19 Student loans are magically in deferment?? Do I want to keep them there? #
• 14:19 Trying not to judge the 1/2 page I wrote at lunch as total shit. It’s at least as good as the 1.5 pgs. of shit I wrote this morning! 😉 #
• 16:19 Clowns and jokers–appropos for work today. ♫ blip.fm/~d4go #
• 18:22 Because the hell at work today, I probably won’t be writing tonight. Well, maybe 1/2 a page, we’ll see. #
• 20:21 Damn…I *knew* there was an editing project I’d forgotten about! Guess that, like my new piece, will have to wait until Friday. #

Via LoudTwitter

• 08:36 Today’s Grab-the-World-By-the-Shorthairs Theme: ♫ blip.fm/~cq69 #
• 09:31 Though, after editing and submitting 2 stories while studying for a midterm, maybe I need to leave the world’s shorthairs alone for a bit. #
• 18:30 Ah, nothing like a one-day rejection. #
• 20:08 And, the story’s already out to the next market. #

Via LoudTwitter