No writing done today. The storms were too bad. I ran around all day cleaning the house, vacuuming up after the tradesmen had finished putting the air conditioner on the roof and installing the ducting. Great! A wasted day.
At least it cooled down a little.
Can someone pleeeeeeeeeze explain to me how a fridge – something we only put clean food in – can get so grotty and disgusting!!! I cleaned out the bottom of my fridge today. Yuk. It was revolting. It was full of water and slimy stuff. How on earth does it get that way? It’s nice and clean now, but I bet it won’t stay that way for long. [sigh]
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Another One?
I had an idea for a short story. No, not another short story that turns into a novel like “Mark of the Condemned”. A real short story. I should keep plugging away at the other three novels I’m working on.
Susan and I have decided to drop “The Half Burnt Bridge”. It’s very 1970s and 1980s. A bit dated. Parts of it are really well written, and other parts need a complete overhaul. We’ve decided to shelve it for now. The stuff we’re writing now is much better. Perhaps we’ll find a market for it some time and that will give us a reason to rewrite it. It’s not a bad story. It just isn’t quite there yet. So... into the archives goes “The Half Burnt Bridge” and our beloved characters Jason and Brant.
I haven’t had much luck getting my short stories published yet. I had a “near miss” with one magazine and my “Sword of Anubis” vampire story. They even wrote a comment for me which I thanked them for. They said they seriously considered publishing the story but the point of view swapped too many times for them. They said the rest of the story was very strong and they liked it. I’m going to have a good read to see what I can do about that. A bit of rewriting can fix those POV problems. I like to write in third person omniscient which a lot of magazine publishers don’t like. They prefer third person subjective. But I like to get inside all the characters’ heads. Back to the drawing board for “Sword of Anubis”. If I’ve been sloppy with my POV, I can easily fix that. If not, then it’s ready for a new market. Wish me luck.
OK. It’s back to Ranger and Jaxxlar the Shadow Runners now.
Susan and I have decided to drop “The Half Burnt Bridge”. It’s very 1970s and 1980s. A bit dated. Parts of it are really well written, and other parts need a complete overhaul. We’ve decided to shelve it for now. The stuff we’re writing now is much better. Perhaps we’ll find a market for it some time and that will give us a reason to rewrite it. It’s not a bad story. It just isn’t quite there yet. So... into the archives goes “The Half Burnt Bridge” and our beloved characters Jason and Brant.
I haven’t had much luck getting my short stories published yet. I had a “near miss” with one magazine and my “Sword of Anubis” vampire story. They even wrote a comment for me which I thanked them for. They said they seriously considered publishing the story but the point of view swapped too many times for them. They said the rest of the story was very strong and they liked it. I’m going to have a good read to see what I can do about that. A bit of rewriting can fix those POV problems. I like to write in third person omniscient which a lot of magazine publishers don’t like. They prefer third person subjective. But I like to get inside all the characters’ heads. Back to the drawing board for “Sword of Anubis”. If I’ve been sloppy with my POV, I can easily fix that. If not, then it’s ready for a new market. Wish me luck.
OK. It’s back to Ranger and Jaxxlar the Shadow Runners now.
Writing Day At Last
Yay! Geoff is back at work today. I can now spend all day writing, if I want to.
I just finished talking to Maureen [friend at Ararat] on the phone. Only a two-hour phone call this time. Quite short really. I was catching up on the fire situation. Very scary over Halls Gap way. This hot, windy weather doesn’t help either.
Today is supposed to be another 37 degree day. It looks really stormy. I wonder if we’ll get any rain. Probably not.
The workmen are still up on the roof, in the roof, all over the roof... installing our air conditioner. At long last we’ll have cooling for this house. I don’t mind the heat – as you know – but last night wasn’t pleasant. It was 32 inside the house and it didn’t cool off. It will be nice to just turn on the cooling and get a good night’s sleep. I usually don’t have any trouble sleeping in the heat, but last night there wasn’t even a breath of air moving anywhere. The fan was only moving hot air about. Hmmmmm. Must be getting soft in my old age.
I just finished talking to Maureen [friend at Ararat] on the phone. Only a two-hour phone call this time. Quite short really. I was catching up on the fire situation. Very scary over Halls Gap way. This hot, windy weather doesn’t help either.
Today is supposed to be another 37 degree day. It looks really stormy. I wonder if we’ll get any rain. Probably not.
The workmen are still up on the roof, in the roof, all over the roof... installing our air conditioner. At long last we’ll have cooling for this house. I don’t mind the heat – as you know – but last night wasn’t pleasant. It was 32 inside the house and it didn’t cool off. It will be nice to just turn on the cooling and get a good night’s sleep. I usually don’t have any trouble sleeping in the heat, but last night there wasn’t even a breath of air moving anywhere. The fan was only moving hot air about. Hmmmmm. Must be getting soft in my old age.
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