On Kill Zone, a blog I read, someone wrote the seven rules of writing. One of them is what I’ve been working on this whole week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Writing is a solitary and thoughtful process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let me explain what I’ve been doing. I’ve been trying to edit. Word on my Windows computer seems to be corrupted, but on my iMac it works fine. I edited a whole bunch of stories for Grimaulkin Collected<\/em> before trying it on the Mac, and the formatting has come out all screwy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have three stories left to write in Grimaulkin Collected<\/em> (yes, still the same three as last week), and I have one story to edit on the iMac. The thing is the editor has suggested that I engage the characters more in this story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So in between fighting off exhaustion, being still sick, and decluttering my house, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking<\/em>. The problem with thinking is that I feel that I haven’t been producing. There’s no words on the page. I’ve been trying to think of Ash and his interaction with Mike–because in the story right now, Ash is a paper character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With all the other stuff going on, it’s very hard for me to concentrate on getting this\/these stories done. I suspect that as soon as some of these stressors ease up, I’ll be able to concentrate on getting back into writing again. Hopefully by the end of this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other news, Air’s audiobook should be coming out very soon. I listened to “Libra” this morning and wondered who the hell wrote this–it’s really good. I love when that happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Kill Zone, a blog I read, someone wrote the seven rules of writing. One of them is what I’ve been working on this whole week. Writing is a solitary and thoughtful process. Let me explain what I’ve been doing. … Continue reading