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babarnettSo, last week? It sucked a lot. No writing time over the weekend? Also sucked. And rain and wind strong enough to knock over a big-ass pine tree and street light in the neighborhood when you're trying to move large pieces of furniture? Yeah, that sucks too.
The Writerly Update
Close to 600 words into what is now chapter 12. More revision wordage would have been nice, but considering the aforementioned suck, I’m amazed I got that much.
The Readerly Update
I’ve been reading On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman, which has some really fascinating (and sometimes disturbing) stuff in it. I put it on my “to read” list after![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
j_cheney had posted about it some time back. It sounded like it’d be a good resource for a short story I’ve been planning to rewrite, and it’s delivering on that front. What I didn’t realize was how useful it’d be for my novel rewrite as well.
Submission Land
I don’t think I’ve ever had this many submissions out at the 100-day+ mark all at one time before. Luckily, working on the novel rewrite instead of a short stories at present has me obsessing over this less than I normally would.
Random Literary/Theatrical Musings
I saw a production of Romeo & Juliet Thursday night. It’s been a while since I’ve read it or seen it performed, and the production made me realize why, unlike a lot of other Shakespeare, I don’t love this play. Two things in particular: 1) The supporting characters are far more interesting than the protagonists. I spend most of the play wanting to slap them. 2) After Romeo and Juliet have bit it and brought their angsty histrionics to an end, we have this moment where the friar stands there in the tomb telling the other characters everything we just saw happen. "As You Know, Audience..."
The Writerly Update
Close to 600 words into what is now chapter 12. More revision wordage would have been nice, but considering the aforementioned suck, I’m amazed I got that much.
The Readerly Update
I’ve been reading On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman, which has some really fascinating (and sometimes disturbing) stuff in it. I put it on my “to read” list after
j_cheney had posted about it some time back. It sounded like it’d be a good resource for a short story I’ve been planning to rewrite, and it’s delivering on that front. What I didn’t realize was how useful it’d be for my novel rewrite as well.Submission Land
I don’t think I’ve ever had this many submissions out at the 100-day+ mark all at one time before. Luckily, working on the novel rewrite instead of a short stories at present has me obsessing over this less than I normally would.
Random Literary/Theatrical Musings
I saw a production of Romeo & Juliet Thursday night. It’s been a while since I’ve read it or seen it performed, and the production made me realize why, unlike a lot of other Shakespeare, I don’t love this play. Two things in particular: 1) The supporting characters are far more interesting than the protagonists. I spend most of the play wanting to slap them. 2) After Romeo and Juliet have bit it and brought their angsty histrionics to an end, we have this moment where the friar stands there in the tomb telling the other characters everything we just saw happen. "As You Know, Audience..."
