Just a few days ago I was thinking that I wanted to branch out in my paper journal, and today, in my new copy of The Writer, there was an article on how to use your journal to develop your writing, experiment with new writing techniques, and explore your creativity. Serendipity, indeed!
Sometimes being an insomniac isn't so bad. Like on those nights when I stay up late listening to dub beautiful collective and writing. But then there are those other nights where I stay up watching reruns, eating junk, surfing the net and just basically being completely unproductive and ruining my sleeping schedule. Tonight (this morning)…
Spent today working on my plot summary & summary outline for the book. Although I’ve been working on it throughout the summer, the 30-Day method is really helping me keep things in order. Having specific daily goals are helpful, especially when I have a tendency to get sucked into email, online forums and Scrabulous.
After my workout, I sat outside. It made me miss having an actual yard (or living closer to ground level). You can't hear the crickets from the 32nd floor. You can't smell the deep, dank earth on cool nights like I could tonight. I should go sit down there on the nights I can't sleep…
Working on my latest story tonight (about sinister small town rituals) I had a funny thought. My grandmother was also a writer, and many of her stories were about small town life, too. The only difference is hers were more poignant, definitely with a literary feel to them, whereas mine are more along the sinister…
Last night was the Skinny Puppy show. Nothing like some blisteringly cacophonous industrial and a hypnotic light show to make you feel alive! At times, I could literally feel the bass in my bones. It reminded me of the remake of The Italian Job where Seth Green's character says he wants to buy a stereo…