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...but that's due to having gone over to the Mission District to see Mary Robinette Kowal and Marie Brennan read at Borderlands, and we may have bought a few books in the process. Book stores tend to have that effect on us. ;)
This was also the second time I've deliberately driven over to the Mission rather than take the bus, because I knew it would take less time. I don't mind taking the bus, but that particular line is extremely unpredictable, as it drives through some of the heaviest traffic in town. The trip from the Richmond down to the Mission is actually pretty straightforward, and there's a pretty big parking garage down there on 21st and Bartlett (just off Valencia) that I can park at. I think this how I prefer the Mission--there's some neat stores down there, but I like a good quick escape when I get overloaded by the hipster/bro factor. And there's also the fact that we had just enough time to walk over to Bi-Rite Ice Cream over on 18th and Dolores for some tasty goodness--and believe you me, it's well worth waiting in the long line.
In other news, we decided another lazy weekend was in order and apart from doing some shopping in Daly City, we did little else except watch another few chapters of that film history documentary, among other things. She also bought a giant pork roast and made some heavenly tasty carnitas out of it, enough that it's been our dinner for the past few days. It's a super easy recipe--buy pork, cut up into bits, slow-cook with a few other things for about 3.5 hours, strain fat, break up into smaller bits, serving size depending on how much you want to snarf down in the first sitting. No promises, but there may be some left for me to have for a bbq pork sandwich later this week. Woo!
So, about the writing? Where am I with that?
Well! It seems kind of weird to suddenly be in this different schedule, but I'm quite enjoying it. I finally updated my whiteboard and it has nothing but "WIS" (Walk in Silence) written on it, Monday through Friday. The weekends are empty for the time being, and I'm letting myself have that for now, at least until I get more situated. I'm averaging about 400 words a day (sometimes more, sometimes less) so far on WiS' outline, but I'm fine with that. I'm not too focused on the word count this time out--I'm focusing on getting a tightly sculpted outline of what I want to talk about here. I'm also well aware that this is very different from writing fiction, where wouldn't dare restrict myself this much. The point of the book is to balance the memoir and the music, and I want to make sure one doesn't overpower the other.
Oh! Also, I got an email from my high school freshman year English teacher, asking me if I'd like to write a short-ish piece for a book she's putting together. The offer was quite serendipitous, considering that I'm in totally the right frame of mind for it, so I of course decided to accept. I've got a few ideas I'm toying with, and should be able to hit the mid-June deadline without an issue. Yay writing assignments!
I've got a few other "unofficial" writing things going at the moment too--little fun things that I won't go into just yet, but they're waking up some long-dormant styles and thought processes that may or may not also make it into WiS, or maybe just life in general. It may take a little time, but I'd like to think it's worth doing it.
On that note...hope everyone has a good week! :)
This was also the second time I've deliberately driven over to the Mission rather than take the bus, because I knew it would take less time. I don't mind taking the bus, but that particular line is extremely unpredictable, as it drives through some of the heaviest traffic in town. The trip from the Richmond down to the Mission is actually pretty straightforward, and there's a pretty big parking garage down there on 21st and Bartlett (just off Valencia) that I can park at. I think this how I prefer the Mission--there's some neat stores down there, but I like a good quick escape when I get overloaded by the hipster/bro factor. And there's also the fact that we had just enough time to walk over to Bi-Rite Ice Cream over on 18th and Dolores for some tasty goodness--and believe you me, it's well worth waiting in the long line.
In other news, we decided another lazy weekend was in order and apart from doing some shopping in Daly City, we did little else except watch another few chapters of that film history documentary, among other things. She also bought a giant pork roast and made some heavenly tasty carnitas out of it, enough that it's been our dinner for the past few days. It's a super easy recipe--buy pork, cut up into bits, slow-cook with a few other things for about 3.5 hours, strain fat, break up into smaller bits, serving size depending on how much you want to snarf down in the first sitting. No promises, but there may be some left for me to have for a bbq pork sandwich later this week. Woo!
So, about the writing? Where am I with that?
Well! It seems kind of weird to suddenly be in this different schedule, but I'm quite enjoying it. I finally updated my whiteboard and it has nothing but "WIS" (Walk in Silence) written on it, Monday through Friday. The weekends are empty for the time being, and I'm letting myself have that for now, at least until I get more situated. I'm averaging about 400 words a day (sometimes more, sometimes less) so far on WiS' outline, but I'm fine with that. I'm not too focused on the word count this time out--I'm focusing on getting a tightly sculpted outline of what I want to talk about here. I'm also well aware that this is very different from writing fiction, where wouldn't dare restrict myself this much. The point of the book is to balance the memoir and the music, and I want to make sure one doesn't overpower the other.
Oh! Also, I got an email from my high school freshman year English teacher, asking me if I'd like to write a short-ish piece for a book she's putting together. The offer was quite serendipitous, considering that I'm in totally the right frame of mind for it, so I of course decided to accept. I've got a few ideas I'm toying with, and should be able to hit the mid-June deadline without an issue. Yay writing assignments!
I've got a few other "unofficial" writing things going at the moment too--little fun things that I won't go into just yet, but they're waking up some long-dormant styles and thought processes that may or may not also make it into WiS, or maybe just life in general. It may take a little time, but I'd like to think it's worth doing it.
On that note...hope everyone has a good week! :)
