Mama did not say there would be days like this. I am pretty sure.
And then some days you sit there staring at 750words, totally flummoxed, and then give up and start a new novel. So... that's happening, apparently.
I think I had not much in the way of goals for January; I submitted one story and continued failing to submit the other. So... goodish. I did learn that while it's all well and good not to pressure myself to write for a month, if I actually don't write for longer than about four days I get all miserable. An entire week and I become convinced I've forgotten how to write and have to whine a lot before I sort out how to get started again. Maybe this will be the time I learn not to do that again.
So, now it's February! Goals are: get to five thousand words on the novel, write 25,000 words all together, and submit both existing short stories. And keep submitting them. And bother people about their opinions of 2011's novel, now that it's been long enough that I feel vaguely curious to look at it again. And maybe stop forgetting this LJ exists.
In other news of ... something else, I have been trying to learn to write half-decent book reviews by writing them for the blog at work. In case anyone is interested in being persuaded to read them, you can check out my reviews of: The Parable of the Sower, The Arctic Marauder, and The Scottish Prisoner, aka John and Jamie's Awesome Crime-Fighting Road Trip.
I think I had not much in the way of goals for January; I submitted one story and continued failing to submit the other. So... goodish. I did learn that while it's all well and good not to pressure myself to write for a month, if I actually don't write for longer than about four days I get all miserable. An entire week and I become convinced I've forgotten how to write and have to whine a lot before I sort out how to get started again. Maybe this will be the time I learn not to do that again.
So, now it's February! Goals are: get to five thousand words on the novel, write 25,000 words all together, and submit both existing short stories. And keep submitting them. And bother people about their opinions of 2011's novel, now that it's been long enough that I feel vaguely curious to look at it again. And maybe stop forgetting this LJ exists.
In other news of ... something else, I have been trying to learn to write half-decent book reviews by writing them for the blog at work. In case anyone is interested in being persuaded to read them, you can check out my reviews of: The Parable of the Sower, The Arctic Marauder, and The Scottish Prisoner, aka John and Jamie's Awesome Crime-Fighting Road Trip.