Feeling Good
Hey everyone! Or anyone, rather.
Today's been pretty slow. I woke up around three in the afternoon and haven't done much since then. Honestly, I haven't even gotten out of my sweats and tank that I slept in.
I've managed to get a little writing in on my book (#9 Dream, posted on Inkpop for those interested), but not a whole lot. I did get a promising critique on my first chapter, I'll post it at the bottom because I'm so proud of it. I've basically been watching Law and Order SVU and reading/critiquing for people on Inkpop all day. Oh, and texting my boyfriend... Love him!
Reviewing and critiquing things is actually hard work. It's really hard to sit down and read something you've been requested to, especially if its really bad. There's a lot of amateurish writing on there, and sometimes its a little difficult to get through. After reading through shit all day, and finding a few gems a long the way, I am actually considering editing might be... something I'd like to do in the future, professionally. Like, work at a publishing house, accepting manuscripts and editing them, helping truly great authors get published. That seems like it'd be pretty fucking cool. And I'd get to read tons! Which I love.
Today's fast has gone pretty well. I broke it a bit for dinner. I'm allowed to eat in my room, so I brought my food upstairs, ate two bites of my pasta and all my broccoli (I love it, and its green so its safe), then scraped it off my plate into the toilet and flushed it. My tummy is growling really hard but I'm ignoring it and drinking a ton of unsweetened Ice Tea in an effort to calm it.
I'm fiending for a cigarette, but I can't go out on my roof to smoke until my dad goes to sleep, which won't be for another hour or so, so that's a bummer.
All in all, it's been a pretty good day. Hope all of you are having a good day too.
Today's been pretty slow. I woke up around three in the afternoon and haven't done much since then. Honestly, I haven't even gotten out of my sweats and tank that I slept in.
I've managed to get a little writing in on my book (#9 Dream, posted on Inkpop for those interested), but not a whole lot. I did get a promising critique on my first chapter, I'll post it at the bottom because I'm so proud of it. I've basically been watching Law and Order SVU and reading/critiquing for people on Inkpop all day. Oh, and texting my boyfriend... Love him!
Reviewing and critiquing things is actually hard work. It's really hard to sit down and read something you've been requested to, especially if its really bad. There's a lot of amateurish writing on there, and sometimes its a little difficult to get through. After reading through shit all day, and finding a few gems a long the way, I am actually considering editing might be... something I'd like to do in the future, professionally. Like, work at a publishing house, accepting manuscripts and editing them, helping truly great authors get published. That seems like it'd be pretty fucking cool. And I'd get to read tons! Which I love.
Today's fast has gone pretty well. I broke it a bit for dinner. I'm allowed to eat in my room, so I brought my food upstairs, ate two bites of my pasta and all my broccoli (I love it, and its green so its safe), then scraped it off my plate into the toilet and flushed it. My tummy is growling really hard but I'm ignoring it and drinking a ton of unsweetened Ice Tea in an effort to calm it.
I'm fiending for a cigarette, but I can't go out on my roof to smoke until my dad goes to sleep, which won't be for another hour or so, so that's a bummer.
All in all, it's been a pretty good day. Hope all of you are having a good day too.