Tweets for Today

  • 07:09 The music in my head this morning: ♫ blip.fm/~qeas #
  • 07:10 Wondering if I have time to slip in the new Bond film this weekend…? #
  • 07:12 Still not sure how to hit my protagonist where it hurts. But, I’ve figured out where it hurts! #
  • 08:59 Wondering how much writing I can get done in class today. #
  • 12:16 Very very very happy with my midterm performance, despite having coughed out 1/2 a brain during the exam. ♫ blip.fm/~qibo #
  • 12:33 Didn’t get to write during class. Still working out my immediate next plot point. #
  • 13:36 BeTwittered is down. Almost forgot what Twitter looked like :). #
  • 13:36 Cassandra Wilson interview in the local rag (*swoon*) tinyurl.com/5gx75z #
  • 17:46 So tired and so far out of a writing groove. Gonna get it back, one paragraph at a time, if need be! #
  • 17:46 Hell, when was the last time I even *read* anything? #
  • 18:09 Screw it. Gonna read tonight, then spit out some draft tomorrow before work. With a nice, large red-eye. #
  • 20:35 Have you, or someone you know, been permanently injured by a Jedi? tinyurl.com/6juyrx #

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Tweets for Today

  • 07:19 Woke up and still had this song in my head: ♫ blip.fm/~pwck #
  • 07:21 Thinking about my latest story is stressing me out. Am >this close< to just scrapping the whole thing. #
  • 10:38 Didn’t write during Section this morning. Just jotted down a few character and plot ideas that came to mind. About a page worth ;). #
  • 10:44 Brought the AlphaSmart on a skool day–screw it. Gonna xscribe what I have so far to see exactly what I have. #
  • 10:45 @sixsentences Amen to that! I hate the process. My joy’s in the finished product ;). #
  • 12:38 New photo/art blog; something that gets the juices stirring: bldgblog.blogspot.com/ #
  • 14:24 Ah, the fall. The leaves. The colours. The throng of crises and walk-ins… #
  • 14:57 Writing progress this afternoon: -250 words! 1 pg just needed to be cut because it was going nowhere. #
  • 18:01 Today was a bad day for one of the CPUs I use at work to get swapped out. A bad day. #
  • 18:02 Will sublimate my anger into writing. I remember when I made progress on my last story by taking out my frustrations on the protagonist! #
  • 18:14 Advice I should follow: "…don’t indulge in rejectomancy." tinyurl.com/5etz3e #
  • 20:36 Redrafted the pg I eliminated today. Much improved. Still planning exactly how I’m going to crucify my protagonist. #
  • 20:41 …while I watch GHOST HUNTERS. #

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Tweets for Today

  • 07:07 "I do believe I’m feeling stronger everyday." ♫ blip.fm/~plmh #
  • 07:12 This brings back (recent) memories. Gets me all tingly… tinyurl.com/5g929a #
  • 07:15 Doing skoolwork on a writing nite demands payback! Heck, if today’s lecture is boring enough, I might even write in class :). #
  • 11:56 Scribbled out 120+ words during class and still took decent notes–Hah! #
  • 12:00 Now the choice is: forge ahead with the draft, or type and edit what I have for group this week…? #
  • 12:08 Jesus H. Christ, when exactly did my Google Reader & Bookmark backlog reach such ridiculous proportions?? #
  • 12:27 Obviously distracted by the global internets. Will keep chipping away at the story longhand today. #
  • 13:41 Feeling very disorganized right now. Keep finding things that slipped thru the cracks while I was sick with the black death. #
  • 17:56 Wouldn’t really say all "Hell" broke loose at work. All "Purgatory,"maybe? #
  • 20:39 Wrote my character into an emotional corner that I’ve been in myself. Thus, I haven’t the foggiest clue how to get him out of it :(. #
  • 20:40 Spent more time trying to journal my way out of it than drafting. Smart move in the long run; doesn’t do crap for this weekend. #
  • 20:48 Cannot get this song out of my head, not that I’m complaining. ♫ blip.fm/~pwck #

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Tweets for Today

  • 07:32 Heart still pounding from the Cassandra Wilson show. Now if Bill Champlin would just play here, I could die a happy man. #
  • 07:33 Bill Champlin says stuff about songwriting that I could probably translate over into my writing: tinyurl.com/5ewdb8 #
  • 07:36 And yes, I’m still here. Didn’t get a chance to run away with her :(. #
  • 11:16 Survived my first hour back at work. Barely. #
  • 11:17 Wrote 1 pg of notes before 1/3 pg of draft. Good thing; would’ve just been marking time, otherwise. #
  • 12:49 Thinking I can wring out at least one paragraph of dreck at lunch. I hope. #
  • 14:19 Total of one brand-spanking-new page of draft so far today! Might have to rewrite the beginning, though :(. We’ll see. #
  • 14:28 Gah! Almost forgot about a skoolwork assignment for tomorrow! Not a biggie–just means less writing time (motherf…) #
  • 14:28 Oh, I’ll be writing on skool days this week, that’s for damn sure 🙂 #
  • 17:52 Wow. A whole day of work and I haven’t died–Woohoo!! Now we’ll see if skoolwork will do the job. #
  • 20:04 Gonna put off skoolwork for at least another hour. Gotta ease back into things, right? 🙂 #
  • 20:41 At the risk of jinxing myself, I just noticed that a market w/a crazy fast turnaround has held my story for almost a month, now. #
  • 20:41 I’ve guaranteed a rejection, haven’t I? *headdesk* #

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Tweets for Today

  • 00:03 Saw Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. Got to relive last week’s concert high!! #
  • 07:49 Cassandra Wilson TONIGHT! I think I’m sufficiently over the Andromeda Strain enough to go. ♫ blip.fm/~owfs #
  • 07:52 Saw Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS last nite. Got to relive last week’s concert high!! Gonna have another tonight! #
  • 07:53 I know some romance writers who might hate me for posting this, but I just gotta: tinyurl.com/6xloxg #
  • 08:10 Agenda: breakfast, MEET THE PRESS, go to coffee shop, write, browse for books, write, lunch, write, go home, prep for week, go to concert! #
  • 08:18 Agenda will likely be interspersed with "screwing around on the interwebs." Having barely survived the plague, I’m easing back into it. #
  • 08:33 Emotional expression in fiction: tinyurl.com/5amjjo #
  • 09:14 Last month’s submissions scorecard, for those keeping track: tinyurl.com/6owodw #
  • 12:21 Ah, sunlight! Stood out in it a bit before sitting down to write at cafe. Now…what to write… #
  • 12:59 Being November and seeing X-Mas stuff already out at the mall(!!!), I’m giving some thought to next year’s writing goals. #
  • 15:15 Wrote1/2 pg of draft and 1 pg of notes so far. Figured out the problem I’ve been having: I don’t know if my protag is capable of change…? #
  • 15:51 I need to quit for today before I fry myself trying to beat my way past this barrier. Sometimes, a lil’ progress just has to be good enough. #
  • 15:53 Trying hard to fight the idea that I’ve caved. #
  • 17:58 Ready to hear the voice of an absolute goddess! Would totally run away with her if she’d have me 🙂 www.cassandrawilson.com/ #
  • 18:05 Aaaaand, of course, problems…*sigh* #
  • 18:20 Ok, snag solved (I hope). #
  • 22:36 Never understood how people could cry at the sight of their favorite singer on stage…before tonight. #

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October Scorecard

This past October will be the month I’ll always remember as having my first bonafide “I’m no good at this writing shit, so why the fuck do I even bother?” meltdown. Of course, when you send out a bunch of stories at the same time, the rejections tend to come back at the same time. I’d learned to handle the rejection that comes in once a month. But 4 in as many days?

Still, I’ve learned to keep a Nietschian attitude toward it.

Rejections:
Submissions:
Acceptances:
Publications:
Circulating:
8
6
0
0
4

Now, on to write some more…

Tweets for Today

  • 07:18 (Provided this Andromeda Strain I have doesn’t kill me off) 2 days ’til Cassandra Wilson!!! ♫ blip.fm/~omjc #
  • 07:22 Saw the twist of last nite’s GHOST WHISPERER coming a mile away. Always knew it was gonna happen eventually, too. #
  • 08:08 Too rainy for the Farmer’s Market, too spent for the Diner. Having breakfast in with WITHNAIL & I. #
  • 08:11 "We have indeed drifted into the arena of the unwell." #
  • 09:15 Journaling advice from Robert Olen Butler tinyurl.com/5oyyr9 #
  • 10:00 Wil Wheaton collects his writing resources: tinyurl.com/5qpvue #
  • 13:11 How come I never thought to use my mp3 player as a separate drive to play my music on any computer I ever wanted to play them on?? Duh!! #
  • 13:14 Of course all my USB ports are being used, now. No room for the drive with the NaNo on it. Guess I could work on my latest story instead :). #
  • 13:48 Almost didn’t notice that I just about feel like a human being again :). #
  • 17:03 Almost feel fully regenerated! tinyurl.com/5lt3av #
  • 19:26 Making plans for tomorrow. Writing plans! Finally!! #
  • 20:30 Tonight’s plan: Bruce Weber’s LET’S GET LOST, the Chet Baker biopic. ♫ blip.fm/~ot4u #

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Tweets for Today

  • 07:17 I miscounted. Today is 3 days ’til Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~o93n #
  • 07:20 Called in again. I’d be fine if not for the incessant cough. Will spend some of today relearning how to write. #
  • 07:31 Teh Interweb has me in its grip: Bill Champlin interview/performance tinyurl.com/5kwx28 #
  • 10:13 Jackpot! DOCTOR WHO marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel! #
  • 11:44 Chilling out with coffee and ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL…and medication. Sweet, blessed medication. #
  • 13:22 Enjoyed ASC. On to a Carol Emshwiller novella, I think. And, more drugs, of course. #
  • 16:21 Had my favorite kind of nap where you wake up and can’t remember for a second what day it is. #
  • 16:26 Feel like a total slacker, though. I’ve got a whole writing agenda planned for the weekend! (Let’s see if I can pull it off…) #
  • 20:11 Watching my first ep. of GHOST WHISPERER in ages. Jay Mohr’s gone?? #

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Tweets for Today

  • 07:47 3 days to Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~nvvd #
  • 07:48 It’s official. I’m ill. Cough and sore throat. Great. I’ve already called in. #
  • 07:48 Can’t call in to the midterm, though… 🙁 #
  • 12:03 "I got a fever of 103"–well, maybe not that high. Just gotta tough it out, though. ♫ blip.fm/~nytj #
  • 12:20 Think I’m gonna get some chinese food for lunch (plus fortune cookie), then study…"in bed." #
  • 13:04 Fortune cookie says, "Be concerned, not obsessed, with your health." Apropos. Oh…"in bed." #
  • 13:04 I’m fed. I’m medicated. Will see how far I can get w/out being caffeinated (further). #
  • 16:07 Took a little nap. Now, back to it. T-minus 3.5 hours to midterm! (It’s all review from here.) #
  • 17:27 T-minus 2 hours ’til midterm. I’m as prepared as I’m gonna be! Wish I didn’t feel so drowsy, though :(. #
  • 17:28 I should eat, but my appetite is at absolute zero. #
  • 21:34 I’m not saying I aced the midterm. I’m saying that if I didn’t do MUCH better than last time, I should give my current degrees back! #
  • 21:36 Of course, now that I’m done, the last bit of willpower keeping my disease in check is all gone. #

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