I knew it would happen one day – I forgot completely that it was Sunday and just as Midnight came and Monday rolled in, I realised I should have written a blog post for you.
So I did what any self-respecting writer would do, and I scrabbled around trying to make 400 words out of thin air. And I give you – the week that was…
- I did some editing of the novel (hurrah!) and some more poetry (yee ha!)
- I went to open mike night (cool!) and got an agency rejection (boo!)
- I missed the start of my new course (hmm!) and got some boring paperwork done (phew!)
There was lots more to it, of course – but these were the writing-related things that I can remember.
Editing was fine, although I haven’t looked at the manuscript for longer than I thought so it was a bit hard to get back into the flow. The poetry was and will be fine – I am comfortable with the idea that it’ll change over time and that’s quite exciting to me actually, to see changes in my life blend with my older poetry to give it a different tone.
I won’t say much about the open mike as I spoke about it on Thursday – except to say it was a good night out regardless of my own readings!
The agency rejection wasn’t upsetting – I have zoned out in a way, as there’s nothing I can do to change minds. I do need to send the book out to another couple of agents this week though. Meanwhile, the poetry gives me my own little lifestyle and I quite enjoy that. As it’s not something I expect to publish, I am considering self-publishing a small pamphlet to sell at any performances; I’ve seen it done before and I think it’ll be a sensible thing to do for a small expenditure. I’ll be setting up a separate blog for that too, eventually.
The course will be a loss if I don’t do it, as it’s about writing historical fiction; it’s a way back into my first NaNo piece or my book 4 (was 3) which is set in 1950s, I think…
And the paperwork was paperwork. There’s not a lot more to say about it than that!
So there you go – a mixed bag of a week but the next one starts here!
In other news – My travels through the 100 best novels has reached number 4 – ‘Clarissa’. So far I have read none of the books, but I do remember seeing this on TV in my youth: it must have affected me more than I realised as so much of the story came to mind when I saw this book on the list. To be honest, I am extremely unlikely to read this one. Better luck next time, I hope…
As it’s so very, very late I’ll leave it there for tonight – let me know if you’ve read the book though, I’ll be interested to know if my memory of the story is as accurate as I think. Or, indeed, if it was a good adaptation.
Happy writing,
EJ
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