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Productivity Groove Regained
May. 2nd, 2009 01:14 pmReading
Got through chapters 11 and 12 in Bitterwood this week. I've also been listening to more of The Road in the car, and that--well, "enjoying" doesn't seem like the right word for this kind of book. But I'm hooked.
Exercise
Except for yesterday, I kept on top of the routine. But I think slacking yesterday was probably a good thing. My left leg was sore and stiff from overdoing it earlier in the week, and taking a day off seems to have helped.
Music
Slightly crazy week. On top of church choir and piano lessons, the chorus I'm in has our first of two Carmina Burana concerts tonight. So in addition to the regular Monday night rehearsal, we had the dress rehearsal last night. There's a large contingent of clueless people in this group who have serious problems with that whole filing on and off the risers thing, so coordinating that always takes ten times longer than it should and makes me want to smack my head against hard surfaces.
Submission Land
More rejections, more stories back out the door. I have two stories I'd like to try at Sword & Sorceress, and I thought the markets they're currently at would have bounced them back by now, but amazingly, no. Knowing my luck, they'll both reject the stories the day after the Sword & Sorceress submission window closes.
Writing
I was tinkering with novel revisions last weekend, but the zombie story kept calling to me, so I finally answered and began my next round of revisions on that. I'm rather excited as I think it's going to be a much tighter story now, and I think some of the changes I've made are helping me better develop what's going on with the protagonist. I also realized that I had an entire scene that could go away, so the story's already about 1,000 words shorter.
Got through chapters 11 and 12 in Bitterwood this week. I've also been listening to more of The Road in the car, and that--well, "enjoying" doesn't seem like the right word for this kind of book. But I'm hooked.
Exercise
Except for yesterday, I kept on top of the routine. But I think slacking yesterday was probably a good thing. My left leg was sore and stiff from overdoing it earlier in the week, and taking a day off seems to have helped.
Music
Slightly crazy week. On top of church choir and piano lessons, the chorus I'm in has our first of two Carmina Burana concerts tonight. So in addition to the regular Monday night rehearsal, we had the dress rehearsal last night. There's a large contingent of clueless people in this group who have serious problems with that whole filing on and off the risers thing, so coordinating that always takes ten times longer than it should and makes me want to smack my head against hard surfaces.
Submission Land
More rejections, more stories back out the door. I have two stories I'd like to try at Sword & Sorceress, and I thought the markets they're currently at would have bounced them back by now, but amazingly, no. Knowing my luck, they'll both reject the stories the day after the Sword & Sorceress submission window closes.
Writing
I was tinkering with novel revisions last weekend, but the zombie story kept calling to me, so I finally answered and began my next round of revisions on that. I'm rather excited as I think it's going to be a much tighter story now, and I think some of the changes I've made are helping me better develop what's going on with the protagonist. I also realized that I had an entire scene that could go away, so the story's already about 1,000 words shorter.
