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It's Beginning To and Back Again
Nov. 26th, 2011 05:30 pmBeen awhile since I've posted here...or anywhere, come to think of it. I've posted a few pictures at the Tumblr site, a comment here and there in the Twitbookverse, but not much at all here or at the writing LJ, or any poetry at the Dreamwidth site, really.
I could say I've been busy with Real Life, or Personal Things Came Up, or I Gave Up Writing and Became a Chartered Accountant, but that's not the case. To be honest, I did exactly what I said I'd be doing--unplugging from the internets for awhile. I chose not to post much if at all, chose to back away from a lot of internetty things that were wasting my time, and chose to spend that time a little more wisely. And to be even more honest, it was a VERY good choice. I'm feeling a little more grounded.
I'll continue with the honesty--I backed away from the creativity for awhile there, too. The temptation was great to get that word count in, to finish off that chapter revision, to write that poem, and so on...but I chose to ignore the temptation there as well. Instead I chose a simple goal: work on something every day. That's it--nothing specific, just get something done. As long as that happened and the day wasn't a total waste, I was happy.
And yes, I kept myself busy. I revised four chapters of A Division of Souls--including one mother of a completely rewritten scene that took a lot out of me; I bought a new camera (actually a refurbished model), a Samsung WB210 14 megapixel and have been taking many local pictures; I've been working on the Walk in Silence project and reading many books for research (I must give Green Apple Books, my local new-and-used book stores, BIG props for their Most Excellent Music Book section) and recently got a good chunk of word count done for it.
To the shock of some of you, I've even been ignoring a lot of new music lately. Not that I've decided to give up my Indie Cred and throw out my radio, of course...I've just been listening to a lot of 80s music lately, primarily to refamiliarize myself with it for the Walk in Silence project. Not that I'm ignoring it completely...I've been obsessing over the new Mutemath album for the past month, for starters. Just doing a lot of listening to older stuff, is all.
As for the self-imposed writing schedule I created at the start of the year? I'd like to think I followed it for the most part, aside from my self-exile of the last month or so. There were a number of deviations as life and projects allowed, and I'd planned and expected that from the outset. Ultimately, though, I think it was a success. I'll be reviewing it at the end of December, tweak what needs tweaking, and go from there.
So...now what?
I think it's time to return to the fold. Time to return to the writing schedule. The internet posting is probably going to look a little different...I have multiple sites to post at now, so you probably won't see me popping up on a daily basis. You'll probably see me here at this LJ the most, as I'll be providing links to my other sites, as well as updating the day-to-day stuff that happens in my life, but I'll be around elsewhere as well.
It's good to be back.
I could say I've been busy with Real Life, or Personal Things Came Up, or I Gave Up Writing and Became a Chartered Accountant, but that's not the case. To be honest, I did exactly what I said I'd be doing--unplugging from the internets for awhile. I chose not to post much if at all, chose to back away from a lot of internetty things that were wasting my time, and chose to spend that time a little more wisely. And to be even more honest, it was a VERY good choice. I'm feeling a little more grounded.
I'll continue with the honesty--I backed away from the creativity for awhile there, too. The temptation was great to get that word count in, to finish off that chapter revision, to write that poem, and so on...but I chose to ignore the temptation there as well. Instead I chose a simple goal: work on something every day. That's it--nothing specific, just get something done. As long as that happened and the day wasn't a total waste, I was happy.
And yes, I kept myself busy. I revised four chapters of A Division of Souls--including one mother of a completely rewritten scene that took a lot out of me; I bought a new camera (actually a refurbished model), a Samsung WB210 14 megapixel and have been taking many local pictures; I've been working on the Walk in Silence project and reading many books for research (I must give Green Apple Books, my local new-and-used book stores, BIG props for their Most Excellent Music Book section) and recently got a good chunk of word count done for it.
To the shock of some of you, I've even been ignoring a lot of new music lately. Not that I've decided to give up my Indie Cred and throw out my radio, of course...I've just been listening to a lot of 80s music lately, primarily to refamiliarize myself with it for the Walk in Silence project. Not that I'm ignoring it completely...I've been obsessing over the new Mutemath album for the past month, for starters. Just doing a lot of listening to older stuff, is all.
As for the self-imposed writing schedule I created at the start of the year? I'd like to think I followed it for the most part, aside from my self-exile of the last month or so. There were a number of deviations as life and projects allowed, and I'd planned and expected that from the outset. Ultimately, though, I think it was a success. I'll be reviewing it at the end of December, tweak what needs tweaking, and go from there.
So...now what?
I think it's time to return to the fold. Time to return to the writing schedule. The internet posting is probably going to look a little different...I have multiple sites to post at now, so you probably won't see me popping up on a daily basis. You'll probably see me here at this LJ the most, as I'll be providing links to my other sites, as well as updating the day-to-day stuff that happens in my life, but I'll be around elsewhere as well.
It's good to be back.
