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And the rain came down like...rain, actually
Saturday, January 6th, 2007 06:58 amHere in Beautiful Central Maine, it's 6:45 a.m. EST. The weather is rainy and 51F (10.5C). Today is Saturday, January 6.
At this rate, we'll have our first Real Snowfall of the Winter in, say, June. Did I mention that, while I adore the writing of science fiction, I really don't aspire to live in an SF novel?
Well...
Yesterday, it rained for a change. But the Big News was that I received my first writing check for the year. Granted, it was for an article I wrote in November, but -- writing check Good.
In a few minutes, I'll be leaving for the metropolis, there to become a Temporary Cyborg. It'll be dark by the time I unhook. And rainy, too, I bet.
Stay dry, everybody.
Edited to add: If you're an aspiring writer, you might want to check out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
novel_in_90, a community of lunatics hot-gun writers who are challenging themselves to write 750 words a day, every day, for 90 days. At which point, they'll have a pile 67,500 words, which is a Respectable First Draft. A first draft in 90 days is, IMHO, much more realistic than a novel in 30 days. NanoWriMo forces people to write at a level that can't realistically be sustained for more than a month, while, as the pitch for novel_in_90 says, 750 words a day is a respectable output for a professional writer in Real Life.
I do have a minor niggle. The sell-copy states: We will mock you if you fail. In Real Life? No one will mock you if you fail. No one will CARE if you fail. The road to the grocery store is paved with the souls of writers who failed -- and whose failure no one noticed. So, the mocking thing -- that's hyperbole. The rest of the stuff is good, though.
At this rate, we'll have our first Real Snowfall of the Winter in, say, June. Did I mention that, while I adore the writing of science fiction, I really don't aspire to live in an SF novel?
Well...
Yesterday, it rained for a change. But the Big News was that I received my first writing check for the year. Granted, it was for an article I wrote in November, but -- writing check Good.
In a few minutes, I'll be leaving for the metropolis, there to become a Temporary Cyborg. It'll be dark by the time I unhook. And rainy, too, I bet.
Stay dry, everybody.
Edited to add: If you're an aspiring writer, you might want to check out
novel_in_90, a community of I do have a minor niggle. The sell-copy states: We will mock you if you fail. In Real Life? No one will mock you if you fail. No one will CARE if you fail. The road to the grocery store is paved with the souls of writers who failed -- and whose failure no one noticed. So, the mocking thing -- that's hyperbole. The rest of the stuff is good, though.
