Barack Obama is the man. If he doesn't win the Democratic nomination I seriously may consider not voting, which for me would be a massive deal. I've already decided I would only vote for the president and state positions this year; I refuse to cast a single vote for anyone running for U.S. Congress. This Democratic Congress has proven to me that it doesn't matter who's in power; they really are all the same. I don't want to share any responsibility for giving anyone in the body any form of power.
NOVEL UPDATE: Much ass has been kicked lately. I work in the music section at Barnes & Noble, where it's rarely busy during the night shift (the day shift has a bunch of receiving to do, so it's a pretty full day). When the music manager works the opening shift, his managerial numbers are logged in to the product search computer, which enables the closing shift worker (me, usually) to access several "manager only" functions, one of which is Microsoft WordPad. This means I can write on this novel I'm working on when I'm at work. few nights ago I wrote eight pages (seeing as how I hold myself to one page a day, I was quite happy with this). Two nights ago I wrote ten pages. Tonight I wrote fifteen. I have a little over 75 pages overall, and I'm going pretty strong. I joined the Austin Writer's Leage when I first moved here, and they're sponsoring an annual agents and editors conferene in June. It costs $300, but it puts you in face-to-face contact with a bunch of agents and editors. I'm definitely putting in the money for that. By the time it rolls around, I expect to have complete pitches for both this (my teen-centric novel) and my main piece from my undergraduate work at Purdue (a MUCH darker, more mature, realistic novel), in addition to at least 200 pages of the teen fantasy story and 100 of the adult realistic novel. I need to get a lot better on my pitches, though; I've always been terrible about describing my work, going on way too long and going into too much detail. I need to whittle down the essences of these complex tales to a 30 second sales pitch, and I have to sound confident in them both. But I have until June, so it's something I've got time to work on. Thinking about this helps a little bit with the sting of receiving another rejection letter for one of my short stories today (though really, it's not a sting; I expect it).
Has anyone seen the video to Sara Barielles' (sp?) song "Love Song?" It's actually kind of refreshing to see a video where the artist is obviously having fun singing the song.
Yeah, that's pretty much all I've got right now.
RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE DAY (I may have already used this one; I can't remember. But it's a fun one, so here it is again): If you're ever in a war, instead of throwing a grenade at someone, you should throw one of those little plastic pumpkins at them. Maybe it would make everyone stop fighting and think about how stupid war is. Then, while they're thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
NOVEL UPDATE: Much ass has been kicked lately. I work in the music section at Barnes & Noble, where it's rarely busy during the night shift (the day shift has a bunch of receiving to do, so it's a pretty full day). When the music manager works the opening shift, his managerial numbers are logged in to the product search computer, which enables the closing shift worker (me, usually) to access several "manager only" functions, one of which is Microsoft WordPad. This means I can write on this novel I'm working on when I'm at work. few nights ago I wrote eight pages (seeing as how I hold myself to one page a day, I was quite happy with this). Two nights ago I wrote ten pages. Tonight I wrote fifteen. I have a little over 75 pages overall, and I'm going pretty strong. I joined the Austin Writer's Leage when I first moved here, and they're sponsoring an annual agents and editors conferene in June. It costs $300, but it puts you in face-to-face contact with a bunch of agents and editors. I'm definitely putting in the money for that. By the time it rolls around, I expect to have complete pitches for both this (my teen-centric novel) and my main piece from my undergraduate work at Purdue (a MUCH darker, more mature, realistic novel), in addition to at least 200 pages of the teen fantasy story and 100 of the adult realistic novel. I need to get a lot better on my pitches, though; I've always been terrible about describing my work, going on way too long and going into too much detail. I need to whittle down the essences of these complex tales to a 30 second sales pitch, and I have to sound confident in them both. But I have until June, so it's something I've got time to work on. Thinking about this helps a little bit with the sting of receiving another rejection letter for one of my short stories today (though really, it's not a sting; I expect it).
Has anyone seen the video to Sara Barielles' (sp?) song "Love Song?" It's actually kind of refreshing to see a video where the artist is obviously having fun singing the song.
Yeah, that's pretty much all I've got right now.
RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE DAY (I may have already used this one; I can't remember. But it's a fun one, so here it is again): If you're ever in a war, instead of throwing a grenade at someone, you should throw one of those little plastic pumpkins at them. Maybe it would make everyone stop fighting and think about how stupid war is. Then, while they're thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
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Anyways, u best watch your ass at work! I know, u know your work better than I, so you're probably already being careful. When u work someplace long enough, u know what u can and cant get away with. But congrats on the ass kicking! I didnt know u were writing TWO fucking novels at once, are u mad? Or do u just need to for school? Which one is coming along the fastest? I'd think it would be easier to write a teen novel than for an adult, but what the hell do I know abt writing?
If writers are anything like artists/models ... then there are a zillion scams out there that want your wallet like nobodies business. Id be so afraid of throwing away $$ on something that didnt help my career progress! Good luck with that, I trust u know what you're doing.