Putting one's house in order

[rolanni]

Kinzel has just brought home some portable shelves to go into our few, overworked closets. These look like a ghodsend for keeping things visible and orderly. I hatehatehate living in clutter. Just in case you wondered.

Last year, we were away from home a total of seven weeks on writing biz. That's 'waay too much, especially since I haven't really gotten the trick of writing on the road mastered. I find travel extremely distracting -- not necessarily in a bad way -- and while meeting lots and lots of people is energizing, it's not the sort of energy that's immediately convertible into creativity.

This year, we have one con scheduled, and plan to stick pretty close to home. What that will mean writing-wise, I don't exactly know, since we'll be contract-free after we hand in Crystal Dragon. I'm sure we'll think of some kind of trouble to get in to.

I lost far too many friends last year, so I expect the rest of ya'll to embrace immortality, OK? Except, you know, if it's really time to go -- well, we'll talk about it at the far side of the bridge. Meet me.


The New Year tradition I grew up with was, What you do on New Year's Day, you'll do for the rest of the year. Today, I'm making things tidy, listening to good music, spending time with Kinzel and the cats, working on the fiction project in hand, and writing to friends. Sounds like a good pattern for the rest of 2005.

Comments

[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

**delurking**

Sounds like a good pattern for the rest of 2005

It does sound like a lovely pattern for the year. I like your family's tradition -- it's seems a wise one.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The New Year tradition I grew up with was, What you do on New Year's Day, you'll do for the rest of the year.

Well, I can live without a year of having to take to my bed with a headcold, but I wrote, played with the pups, and ate a nice baked ham dinner. I can go through the year like that.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad that isn't my tradition. I really, really don't want to spend my year getting up at the crack of dawn, hung over, and going to work and busting ass for 11 hours (regardless of the more than 3X amount of money).

[autopope.livejournal.com]

The New Year tradition I grew up with was, What you do on New Year's Day, you'll do for the rest of the year.

Oh shit.

I spent 16-plus hours of New Years' Day doing a polish-and-revise to put the finishing touches on a novel.

I repeat: a 16-plus hour working day.

On the subject of travel and writing, you're spot-on. I plan to do a lot less this year. Luckily the worldcon is coming to me, instead of me to it, thus saving about a week of jet lag and tourism (I really don't need to spend a week doing touristy things around Glasgow), so there's more time for the Stakhanovite work death-march ...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I spent 16-plus hours of New Years' Day doing a polish-and-revise to put the finishing touches on a novel.

Last I saw, you were taking a week off. Which might not have worked out well for a year, either. You might have at least tried to hit a balance, Charlie.