I fought the novel and the novel won

[babarnett]

I was going to try slogging through the rest of that short story I had started, but during my trainride writing time these past two days, what started out as me jotting down one quick note about my next novel chapter turned into me jotting down revision notes for the next 20 minutes until I was at my stop.  I was so deep into brainstorming mode today that I almost missed my stop. 

I get the hint, Brain. You want to work on the novel.  We can do that. No one's tossing any short story deadlines in my direction, so we might as well go where the inspiration is.

On a completely different note...

Musical Christmas Wackiness
Years of choral singing has meant that, by this point in December, I'm usually pretty damn sick of most Christmas music because I've been working on it since September. So out of a need to find appropriate tree trimming accompaniment that isn't yet another boring rendition of the same old song, AsYouKnowBob and I look for Christmas albums of the offbeat-enough-that-you-probably-won't-hear-it-on-those-radio-stations-that-start-playing-Christmas-music-nonstop-in-November variety.  Listening to one of those albums has put me in the mood to spread the love.  So I bring you the first of my Musical Christmas Wackiness offerings: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' Jingle All the Way.  It's Christmas music. With Tuvan throat singing.  And banjo. It is made of awesome.

Comments

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

Couldn't get youtube to work. It keeps saying download the latest and i already have the latest s.w.. :p to utube.

So, I'll troll around for a Bela Fleck Jingle All the Way. There must be one somewhere.

"'AsYouKnowBob' and I look for Christmas albums"...|-D

Your novel muse(s) must be calling you:o)

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Typo? What typo? *whistles innocently and most definitely does not need to hit the edit button to fix AsYouYouKnowBob* :)

Wherever the internet trolling leads, the track on the album I highly recommend is "What Child Is This/Dyngyldai."

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

1) Icon love!

2) Sorry to hear about the short story dearth, but hey, if your Muse is leading you novel-ward...

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I had almost forgotten to whip out teh Santa Yoda icon for the holidays. That would have been tragic. :)

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

Yay for inspiration! Go with it and don't look back. Just think of all the writers who WANT to write but have no inspiration. You lucky, woman, you!

Have you listened to Sting's "If on a Winter's Night" ? I'm listening to it right now and have been since around Thanksgiving. It's gorgeous. Haunting. You can FEEEEEL the cold!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've listened to the Sting album a few times now. Very cool and different and thus fits right into my Christmas music collection. Thanks for recommending it!

[justin-pilon.livejournal.com]

Nice! Yeah, totally follow the inspiration. I did 8 pages long hand today on a short. So it must be a good inspiration day.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Yay inspiration!

I figure I've still got enough short stories in the submission queue at present that it's ok if I don't stick to my alternating novel chapter/short story plan. As long as I'm writing.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Tuvan throat singing and banjo! So cool!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend it. :)

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

When you don't have deadlines or editors breathing down your neck is the time to write the book that's pushing hard. Go with what is hot. The short story will always be there.

My taste in Christmas music is a bit different than most. Chuck Berry's "Run, run Rudolph" for example.

And this little gem, which might be my all time favorite Christmas song. Alas, no great videos, but the music still rocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBKkYRVDLEg

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

That's a good one. And it's hard to go wrong with Chuck Berry.

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out at the bookstore over the holidays. That way I can pre-listen.

We should all have AsYouKnowBobs to go shopping with:D

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

AsYouKnowBobs are handy like that. :)

[ellevate.livejournal.com]

Ooh, don't you just love it when you get swept away in the brainstorming?

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I do...except when it makes me miss my train stop. That almost happened again yesterday.