SEEING AS I HAD bugger all to tell yesterday I'm scrawling today's "piece" on paper. Hey - at least my blog's still going. I know someone who used to have a "250 comments" per post blog who has (temporarily, so he says) given up, saying the blog was draining him too much and besides he's writing a book.
Well that's not something you'll ever hear from me. I'm writing a book and (despite feeling uninspired) tapping out a couple of paragraphs a day only takes ten minutes so count yourselves lucky here. (I suppose.)
A man on the radio last week proclaimed that mastery of a musical instrument (and by extension he said: anything else in life) requries 10,000 hours' practice. Or to put it another way - doing something as a fulltime occupation for 40 hours a week for a full FIVE YEARS. Personall I use the silkworm analogy re my writing. A silkworm must spin out an entire mile of CRAP before any quality thread is consistently produced. So to extend this to my writing: I hope that my years of scrawling utter rubbish in notebooks can equate to this mile and now we're on to the "quality" stuff!
I cannot manage 2000 words a day as advised (yet). I'm still somewhere nearer 500. But at least the writing's moving along. I want a good first draft finished by Christmas. Which I can tidy up enough to have the finished product ready to dazzle my literary agents by my 36th birthday in March.
My Indian palm readers all said I would be a "successful businessman" in my thirties. I'm just hoping such success can come in the business of writing. Then I will be made up.
Jim Dandy says the full moon kept him awake all last night. Well it did the opposite to me. I crashed out late afternoon - surely no later than 5pm - and stayed in bed all night and through the morning until circa 10pm. That's 15 hours even if you do allow two hours' pottering about during the night (which I did nowhere near...)
I need to get another wheel for my robbies as Spherical's gone into hibernation - I fear boredom might be the cause - Bashful's less bashful by the day. And I've renamed my smallest Sergeant Itchy as she comes out to stomp about self-importantly at every smallest sign of disturbance. Just like the trainee robo-police sergeant that she is.
And on this scrawly note I must leave. I've a drugs clinic appointment late this afternoon and if I miss it I'm dead meat so ...
Laters my friends ...
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Video of the day
Sound Factory (New York) Last Dance... I lifted it from M-filer's blog... the first tune I like but the 2nd... isn't that depressing... especially when you see the clear midday daylight shinin' through the "underground" haha!
The club I liked best was called Return to the Source
The full moon affects me too (I always know there's one before I actually KNOW there's one).
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of sleep - wish I could do that. I'm lucky to get 6 hours/night. I sometimes feel that if I could just get a really good dose of sleep in that I'l feel a whole lot better for it. But I can't seem to do it.
It sounds like you're keeping busy, moving forward - good for you gled.
I bet you don't have TIME to sleep that long... I keep telling myself it's because I have the luxury of time that I sleep that long: but telling myself doesn't cut down the sleep any...
ReplyDeleteyou can also call my club by the gravyboat equivalent: return to the sauce ~ hahahaarghkh!!
ReplyDeleteHi. Thanks for the comment on my blog, much appreciated. I don't know where people can find the time to answer comments and continue to blog and write a book at the same time. I know I sure couldn't.
ReplyDeleteI do what I can when I can and keep working towards moving forward.
Just wanted to stop in and say hello and start looking around here. I am working on my post for September 27 (tomorrow) in an effort to be united with bloggers to stop abuse and it's been a bit of work for me as I'm trying to do it up right. I hope you'll come see the final results.
Much peace and happiness to you today and to all your readers.
~ RubyShooZ ~
Thanks for stopping by, Gleds! - I can call you "Gleds", right?
ReplyDeleteSo you're 'what' could be referred to as "a writer", is that so?
I find that quite interesting, in fact. I'd like to write something, sometime, prefferably soon. I just don't know how "you people" find the time for it.
I used to complain, back when I had a regular job (Yeah, I quit), that once I got rid of it, I would have enough time to do pretty much everything I wanted to do, which really isn't much.
Yet, I find myself, now as a current Computer-Science (if such a thing even exists) Student, who doesn't even do his deeds properly, and still I don't have as much time for my projects as I'd like to, because I doze off and get easily distracted, which often leads to much time waste.
Anyway, nice blog you've managed to put together here. And, as much as you'd doubt it, I quite envy your rain-infested weather. It's sunny here everyday, and warm, and I could rant about it for days, but instead I'll just hit the "publish" (what a relieving word) button and 'GTFO', :D.
I certainly had a good laugh watching that Whitney-drag-queen video. Nice viewpoint and quickly paced. I haven't posted much video on my blog, however, my May 19, 2007, music video titled "Beyond The Sea ... Lake Huron" is probably my best creation so far. If you get the chance, check it out.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to hear you're writing a book. Just yell if you have any questions. I'd be happy to help.
ReplyDeleteHey Gled, glad to hear that the writing is coming along. You definitely have a talent and an interesting way of looking at life.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, though, after watching a handful of addicts with good intentions buy the farm, that I really hope that you manage to get off the drugs. What a great end that'd make for your book...
Gledwood, your blog is hystrical...! I love it! I'm going to add you to my blogroll, and I will be back.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giggle!
Cheers,
Josie
I meant hysterical... but you knew that.
ReplyDeleteApparently James Herriot wrote for 15 minutes a day, always at the end of a full day of rural veterinary practice. He is one of the all time bestselling authors.
ReplyDeleteHi, You commented my blog. Hungarians are originated from Asia. I would like to comment your newest post but I can't so I tell here. You posted "my ex is paranoid". According to my experiences all of them are paranoid.
ReplyDeleteHey Gled, good to be back and checking up on how you're doing. Been busy with breast cancer myself, so it's been too long. Sounds like you've still got a home, which I'm *so* happy to hear! The drug clinic, robohammies, a book--man, I've missed a lot and it's all great news!
ReplyDeleteI may not be able to check in all that often (although I hope to be back to my regular self sometime soon), but I'm thinking of you, anyway. I always stop by my petstore robo hamsters (I go there a lot for doggie cookies) and think of you.
Take care, okay?
Rubyshooz: I answered your first points in my post... it only takes ten mins or so to post; writing takes longer but I'm not working ...
ReplyDeleteWho was it posted the most horrific images of abuse. Really disgusting things these bastard men had done to women. Bad.
Afzes: yes you can call me Gleds; that's what I call myself 1/2 the time... as for the climate here it is seriously messed up... this time of year all trees should be gold, hardly a leaf has turned from vivid green... thanks for coming by and all the best with the comp science... All I know about computers is how to switch one on and how to tap in this type of rubbish haha!...
Jr's thumbprints: I will go have a poke at Lake Huron... poke? Peek. Peep. Yeah, and isn't Whitney genuis. Until today there was a faked-up "crack is whack" Whitney Houston/Bobby Brown-Diane Sawyer interview on my sidebar... it's now gone to my celeb blog so have a look 4it there...
David McM: you're on your 2nd novel aren't you? What happened with the first? Best of luck with the literaturetricianalities, I know the tempests...
ReplyDeleteWhitenoise: yeah I was hoping that WOULD be the ending... how obscene just to spend the book money when it ever comes just on gear. I have to get clean and serene and run away from my present physical circumstances. That's what I want money for...
Josie: hysterical/histrionic/historical/hospitable. I'm all those things. Wahey!!
Benjibopper: 15 minutes per DAY?!? That is VERY encouraging + inspiring!! haha-HAARGH!!!
ReplyDeleteRopinator: What an odd name you have... I thought the Maygars came from the mysterious East... is it true the language is distantly related to Finnish and Lappish or Sami if you want to be differently politically incorrect about it... as for exes did you note the questions presupposed you split up because one partner got tired of the other or you maturely decided it "just wasn't going to work" not because one of you cheated and the new boyf came at you with a carving knife... (hmmm!)
Ggirl: why don't you get some petstore robohammies? They won't stay there forever unless they're breeding, furry spherical swines that they are...
... all the best with the treatments etc. My mum had a bit of breast cancer but I think she was lucky enough not to have to have the hardcore chemo or anything like that... I'm thinking of you and I won't forget you!
Gleds
xx