June 09, 2000
Photo Finish
I can say, with all honesty, that this has been a very good week. Like I told one of my coworkers today, it's been one of the best weeks I've had in a long time. Of course, as soon as I say that, I get a call that makes me start stressing about financial things, but hey. It's all going to work out. I just have to keep telling myself that.
I can also say that I don't completely agree with Mr. Pound's quote over there to the left, although it made me grin. I don't feel that way about writing all the time, but I know I've had my moments. Another thing that makes me grin: me with writing as my 'profession'. I'd consider it more a vocation. Especially since I doubt I'm ever going to make a living at it. I've said it before, however, I don't care if I make a living. That's not the important thing here for me. I know it sounds silly, but there's more to all this than how much money I make doing it. (So says the woman who's just getting used to the idea of being paid anything for her writing.)
Money. Gah. I feel like that's all I'm writing about these days. That may or may not be true; I haven't checked my archives recently. I know it's definitely about all I'm thinking about. Well, money and writing. And gaming, but that's a normal thing. Please note that 'work' is not anywhere on that list. However, work has been good this week as well. Busy, but I've been extremely productive (see the 400 call entry a few days ago), and for the first time in a very long time, I'm completely caught up on everything I do around here. Go me.
Aside from money and apartment hunting, everything's been pretty good this week. I'm getting plenty of sleep, I'm getting a lot done -- did I mention that I wrote an entire story yesterday afternoon? It might be utter crap, but that's not the point. After months years of starting stories and finishing maybe one in four of them, writing a story in one day is a remarkable thing. I'm learning slowly, that the thing to do is finish. Before I would get stuck in a story and quit until I could get unstuck. Or I'd get the seed of an idea and wait for it to blossom all on its own -- and so the story would never even get started. Writing one of the chapters for my book, I got stuck. I stopped for about a day, and then pushed through it. Yeah, by the time I finished, that section was a little weak, but it was something I was able to fix in the editing. The thing was that I finished. I think that gave me the oomph to go ahead and write yesterday's story.
And for my next trick, I'll turn something out that isn't based on Tribe 8. Or Changeling.
Posted by Lisa at June 9, 2000 02:16 PM
