Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

fluff stuff

In reality, it is 6:30AM and I have been up for almost 24 hours costuming and partying. But continuity is important, although this is as much as you’re getting out of me.

October 30, 2008

fluff stuff

Haiku.

October 29, 2008

fluff stuff

Should I make a category for sleep-deprived comedy poems about ODB?
Also, I should mention–y’all should check out my boyfriend’s site. He is amazing and very funny, and was the one who bullied me into doing this. Sometimes even novelists need a little encouragement to write.

October 28, 2008

exercise

I am too fucking tired to look up which exercise this is but Lord knows you know the book and author by now. It’s the “write 5 minutes of your day” one.
In reality, it is 2:50AM. I got less sleep than this last night, too.

October 27, 2008

exercise #6

from “Page after Page,” by Heather Sellers. (Next trip home, I am picking up some new writing books. Not that I don’t love Ms. Sellers.)
The gist: Writers are never alone. Quickly, write down all the voices that are present in you–from books, from teachers at school, from other famous writers, anything. What all around you [...]

October 26, 2008

fluff stuff

Some lighthearted venting. One person here will understand.
I am allowing myself fluff posts if I do (non)fiction at least once in between. Especially this week, which will be busier and more sleep-deprived than I want to think about.

October 25, 2008

freewrite

A freewrite. Bits on the fall.
In reality, it is obscenely late at night.

October 24, 2008

fluff stuff

It is 2:10AM and I am writing for you. 2:10AM! This is what it means to write every day. I am naked in bed with my boyfriend, and I am typing for an audience I do not know. There is something wrong with this picture
And yes, this still counts as yesterday’s.
If you have not guessed, [...]

October 23, 2008

exercise #34

from “Chapter after Chapter” (not just pages anymore!), by Heather Sellers.
The gist of it is:
Write an acceptance letter to rejection. Explore it. What are the other times you have been rejected? Get out your history of rejection. Don’t mope, just look it over. Then put it into perspective–where does writerly rejection (i.e. from publication) fit [...]

October 22, 2008

fluff stuff #2

So tired. Already wrote something else but I guess it doesn’t count. What is this, Jane Writes Twice A Day?
Fluff stuff, technically flash fiction. <100 words. Sound familiar?