Happiness January 28th, 2008
- I’m reworking my novel, but I think I told you this already. I’ve taken the characters that I really loved from Liberty, and put them into the same city, but renamed the city, and changed the hierarchy of the characters. With the tense shifts, POV changes, insecure writing, and confusion, most of you never read any of Liberty. Which is really okay, because that’s not the story that wants to be told. My new novel will take place in Shoal, Alabama, which isn’t anywhere near the coast. I don’t know why, but I love that. I’ve been working on it like a mad woman, and now I have to take a break for a bit. My brain is spinning, the emotions are right there…waiting to go to the page. I’m going to take the rest of the night off, but keep pen and moleskine handy, just in case the muse decides to be kind.
- Obama won SC. I have one thing to say: Huzzah! If you need the translation, I can’t talk to you anymore.
- We didn’t get snow this weekend. But we may tonight. I still don’t have a freaking ice-scraper. Stoooopid me!
- C&B and D and I spent time chatting, eating pizza, and playing Munchkin. ONE of these days, I’m going to win that damn game.
- I had a cigarette this weekend. I’m trying not to flog myself.
- I’m already tired of trying to cover up my tattoo.
- I need a hair cut. No, I won’t shave my head again, but a nice cut would be good. I need to tame the madness.
- It’s time for the LAST batch of laundry. I can’t tell you how happy that makes me.
- But what makes me happiest !!!!!! I KNOW WHAT I’M WRITING!
- *insert eternal happy dance*
- Huzzah!
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I have also been trying to write more. I have a freakin’ Masters in it and I don’t do it nearly as often as I should!
I’m happy that you found a new setting for your characters without compromising what you loved about them. keep working…but next pay day (Friday the 8th) we’re meeting up in NW around 4:30 for some down time. I foresee it.
It’s a date. I’m putting that shit on my calender. the “sorryIhaveadatewithCandMonkeys” meeting. It could be a monthly thing!
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Claire —it’s hard! I imagine it’s even more difficult with a kid.
Whooo hooo on the writing! Congrats! (Send some of that energy this way, pretty please.)