The Agony, the Ecstasy, and the Drudgery

[tex_maam]

Two events have dominated my personal cosmos this week.

1. My fellow Red Sofa colleague (Sofette?) Jamie Wyman Reddy signed a contract with Covet Books, an imprint world in the Entangled Publishing star system, to publish her debut novel, Technical Difficulties. (That is a lot of modifying clauses, which gives you a sense of the excitement for

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[onlyonechoice]

This is what is so damn sexy about fiction. Fiction is the ultimate fast-forward button. It's the big-ass tub of nuts you can choff without having to stop and crack shells. It's a magical road trip where your bladder's always empty and the gas tank is always full. When it's time to be happy or sad or anxious or whatever, you can wallow in that one feeling exclusively - marinate in it! - because the fictioneer has thoughtfully excised all the irrelevant distracting parts that would take you out of the mood.

This is something I never, ever thought about before, but it's so right and so wonderful at the same time. This is why I love being friends with writers and other smart people, because they think about these things while I don't have to!

*grins and hugs*

[tex_maam]

Aw, that is so nice of you to say, T! I spend so long navelgazing on stuff like this that it gets hard to tell what's actually a deep thought and what's standard-issue linty bits.

(Also, give yourself some credit - while I'm out here trying to write Aristotle fan-fic, you are actually *consuming the fiction*. That makes you a connoisseur of the first order!)

[dr34mr]

i LOVE your posts - the parallels you draw here are crazy on point - if only we COULD fast forward through the waiting times to get to the cool things - do you think we'd appreciate the cool things as much though if it weren't for all the treacherous waiting? (i have this whole balance thing i believe in)

[tex_maam]

Well, my mom always says, "don't wish your life away." And I guess that's pretty good advice. So I think what I'd wish for, instead of a fast-forward button, is a defrag button. You know, so that I could group all the waiting time into one big chunk, and all the annoying chores into another big chunk, and all the work time into another big chunk... having that stuff all constantly jumbled up together makes it so irritating to have to keep switching around!

(Thx post-love, by the way! I want to write another one right the hell now, but I got some chunks to get through first...!)

[dr34mr]

a life defragger! i like it! =D