184.8 Remember that book?

I'm making plans to visit a friend of mine this summer, and in a recent e.mail, she said that she's especially looking forward to reading the latest revised and/or completed draft of my novel.

Whoops.

She was one of the people who read the first draft, the 50K version I wrote for NaNoWriMo, and generally liked it.

I had to tell her that life and work have been so impossibly intrusive of late that, despite having had every intention of completing this during 2007, I've done nothing with it since making a few minor corrections in January. I think one can only work on one avenue of fame and glory at a time.

As it is, I'm wasting time on Slashdot, making a journal entry about the first thing that came to mind, instead of working.

hooray procrastination!!!

[stoolpigeon]

sloth loves company - good to know i'm not alone.

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[Shadow Wrought]

I have both of you beat. I haven't done crap with mine for over a year;-) Although TFG's is actually quite good and would be very publishable, whereas mine is, well, a pile of steaming expletives.

"novelist"

[The Fun Guy]

I enjoy writing and telling stories, and doing the novel was fun and interesting. Now, though, as you know, I'm at the point of filling in the gaps, fixing plot holes, revising, extending some parts, contracting others, etc.

Writing is fun. Editing is work.

I'm at Step #2 of the writing process [gazetteofthearts.com], and it is proving as hard to get going on as Step #1 did.

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[stoolpigeon]

yeah - i haven't even opened my text files since i last uploaded them and found out i'd made the goal. i don't know if i ever will.

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[Shadow Wrought]

My offer still stands that I am more than willing to read what you wrote. I know it is odd having this... thing... that you don't know what to do with, but if you are willing to share, I am willing to partake;-)

As for TFG's steps, yep. 2's a pain. But, I would have you know without unequivocation, that I am inching ever closer to actually attempting to think about starting to try to possibly acheive a marginal approach to maybe even beginning the eventual progression of initiating the inagural processe

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[stoolpigeon]

if i can set aside enough time to string everything together in order - i have to let my wife read it first (i promised) and then i'll send you a copy.

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[Shadow Wrought]

i have to let my wife read it first (i promised)

Above all else, marital bliss! Whenever you are ready, I will be willing;-)