The Slug Strikes Back

[babarnett]

The slug reared its ugly head again a few times this week, particularly toward the end of the week. So I didn't get as much writing done as I should have, but some level of productivity was still achieved.

Reading: Read three more stories in Prime Codex: "Sister of the Hedge" by Jim C. Hines (this is one of those stories that I'm going to have to read again in the future to decide what I really think of it, but the fascinating intersection of Sleeping Beauty and Christianity kept me hooked), "Rampion" by Mary Robinette Kowel (short but sweet), and "Salt of Judas" by my Odyssey classmate ericjamesstone (the premise of a magical deal with a devil-like character gave the story a slightly familiar feel, but it was well written and enjoyable, which isn't surprising since I've yet to meet a story of Eric's that I didn't like)

Exercise: My knee's feeling a lot better, so I spent this week gradually easing back to my normal exercise level. Well, except for Thursday, when I slacked.  Stupid slug.

Music Stuff: The usual week full of rehearsals, piano lesson, and lots of practicing, particularly for a recital-type program I'm performing in tomorrow.

Writing: Close to a 1,000 more words on the zombie story this week. Not as much as I would have liked, which is my fault since I didn't spend as much time writing as I could have, but when I did write, I was at least cranking out more words than I had previously been doing. I have the feeling this story may end up being one of my longer ones.  It's definitely going to live up to the "crappy first draft" moniker.  But for me, fixing what's already down is the easier part of the process, so that's ok.

Writing Business: I spent far too much time prognostojectioning this week, particularly when I saw a bunch of response times reported for a horror market I'd love to crack. Here's hoping I haven't heard anything yet because the story's being seriously considered and not because things were lost in the Great Postal Submission Abyss.

Comments

[marshall-payne.livejournal.com]

Good luck at the "horror market I'd love to crack." :-)

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

Good luck at the horror market. I've got a couple that have been out there for a while, one of which I'm close to ready to query on...

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good luck, and here's hoping you have some on your subs as well.

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

1000 words is good. I only got about 700 new words this week. Will try to catch up next week.

Good luck with the postal sub.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good luck, and here's to more words for the both of us next week!

[kannibal-kat.livejournal.com]

Good luck on the horror market.

How long is the zombie story so far?

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the luck. So far, the zombie tale is 3,500 words long. I don't go over the 5K mark very often, but I think this one might.

[justin-pilon.livejournal.com]

I spent far too much time prognostojectioning this week.

That's totally the story of my last week! Probably this week, too... Good luck on the horror market. Hope it cracks!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Definite sign that you've spent too much on the prognostojectioning: I had a dream last night where I got this big envelope back from the market, but I woke up before I could find out what was inside.

[marshall-payne.livejournal.com]

We haven't seen a blog post from you in nearly a week. You've been missed, ya know. ;-)

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I was planning to post something tonight, oh impatient one. :p

But seriously, it's been a busy week, and I've got a couple more of those ahead of me, so the posts may be fewer. I'm still lurking about, though. :)

[marshall-payne.livejournal.com]

I figured you had busy week. Just that I saw your post on ra_log and thought I'd drop by and say Boo! *g*