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Weekend Update Almost Trips Up
May. 20th, 2017 02:26 pmThis past week worked out pretty well, I think. My original intent was to take the week off from blogging at my WordPress sites just as a mini-break, but in the process I ended up doing a lot more head-clearing than I'd expected. A new way of approaching various things in my life (or as I'd been hinting, a return to an old way of approaching said things that makes a lot more sense to me). This past week was a trial run to see if I could actively make it a real thing instead of yet another Best Laid Plan.
All in all, it went pretty well except for Wednesday night, in which A and I are woken up at almost exactly midnight by two young local policemen (about whom A commented that they looked young enough to be our kids). Allegedly there had been a hit-and-run in the neighborhood in which a few local cars had been sideswiped by a possible DUI and the offending person may have entered our building. Aside from not recognizing the car (which they'd shown A via their phone), life went on, and neither of us were able to get back to sleep until about 1am. The both of us spent most of Thursday in a sleep-deprived loopy haze and multiple cups of coffee. Thankfully we were back on the ball on Friday!
So what *did* I do creatively this past week? Well, I'm glad to say that I've been consistent with getting some good solid words down for Meet the Lidwells, still averaging about 500-700 a day. This is all first draft, pre-revision and pre-editing work, of course. I'm a little nervous that I won't hit my hopeful deadline of mid-autumn for a release, but I think if I keep this up and not overwrite (an issue with the trilogy) I should be okay. I'm already at 13k words and probably about 1/5 of the way done...this is going to be a short novel compared to my last three!
Also, I took the time to retune all my guitars -- the weather changes have detuned them all at least a half-step -- with the intention that I will pick up and play at least one of them once a day. This is a change from my usual default, which is to pick up my electric and play it unplugged, which is all fine except that everything else is gathering dust. I should also probably start using my little Danelectro HoneyTone mini-amp I bought recently at Tall Toad Music.
I may have even returned to the poetry, after deciding to drop it some six or seven months ago. That may or may not have to do with the current administration, but it's also part of the creativity reboot I've been working on this week.
One last creative thing I must kickstart again: the art. I really need to start doodling and sketching again. Finishing up the Trilogy Project really took a lot of time and energy out of me and it fell by the wayside for far too long. I even got a nice case for all my art pens and pencils so they're not all hiding in forgotten nooks of my desk. Really must make room for that again.
Thankfully, the weather has decided to turn gorgeous here in SF, with most of the morning fog burning off rather quickly and revealing lovely blue sky and warm temperatures. We did our grocery shopping and went for a walk earlier (filling ourselves at the Korean/Japanese fusion restaurant for lunch). We'll be going to the Symphony tonight to listen to some Mendelssohn and Schumann, and tomorrow I believe we'll be going to see a movie at the Vogue down the street.
Other than that, it's been a nice weekend so far. Can't complain!
All in all, it went pretty well except for Wednesday night, in which A and I are woken up at almost exactly midnight by two young local policemen (about whom A commented that they looked young enough to be our kids). Allegedly there had been a hit-and-run in the neighborhood in which a few local cars had been sideswiped by a possible DUI and the offending person may have entered our building. Aside from not recognizing the car (which they'd shown A via their phone), life went on, and neither of us were able to get back to sleep until about 1am. The both of us spent most of Thursday in a sleep-deprived loopy haze and multiple cups of coffee. Thankfully we were back on the ball on Friday!
So what *did* I do creatively this past week? Well, I'm glad to say that I've been consistent with getting some good solid words down for Meet the Lidwells, still averaging about 500-700 a day. This is all first draft, pre-revision and pre-editing work, of course. I'm a little nervous that I won't hit my hopeful deadline of mid-autumn for a release, but I think if I keep this up and not overwrite (an issue with the trilogy) I should be okay. I'm already at 13k words and probably about 1/5 of the way done...this is going to be a short novel compared to my last three!
Also, I took the time to retune all my guitars -- the weather changes have detuned them all at least a half-step -- with the intention that I will pick up and play at least one of them once a day. This is a change from my usual default, which is to pick up my electric and play it unplugged, which is all fine except that everything else is gathering dust. I should also probably start using my little Danelectro HoneyTone mini-amp I bought recently at Tall Toad Music.
I may have even returned to the poetry, after deciding to drop it some six or seven months ago. That may or may not have to do with the current administration, but it's also part of the creativity reboot I've been working on this week.
One last creative thing I must kickstart again: the art. I really need to start doodling and sketching again. Finishing up the Trilogy Project really took a lot of time and energy out of me and it fell by the wayside for far too long. I even got a nice case for all my art pens and pencils so they're not all hiding in forgotten nooks of my desk. Really must make room for that again.
Thankfully, the weather has decided to turn gorgeous here in SF, with most of the morning fog burning off rather quickly and revealing lovely blue sky and warm temperatures. We did our grocery shopping and went for a walk earlier (filling ourselves at the Korean/Japanese fusion restaurant for lunch). We'll be going to the Symphony tonight to listen to some Mendelssohn and Schumann, and tomorrow I believe we'll be going to see a movie at the Vogue down the street.
Other than that, it's been a nice weekend so far. Can't complain!
