This Writing Life--Mark Terry

April 20, 2005
Whew! Busy day. I knew it was going to be a writing day. I had at least some notion of cranking through three articles today. Ha! Not a chance. I transcribed a lengthy interview by a woman who answered every question with about four answers--enough material for about 8 articles! Then I finished off an article for The Oakland Press and sent it off. Shifted gears again and started working on an article about marketing your podiatry practice. Sticky going for some reason, but I think it's going to turn out fine. I was deep into that when I got a much-needed return call by a doc in NY state about HPV clinical trials. The deadline for that article is tomorrow and I was spending too much time waiting for people to call back. He gave a good interview, and I stopped working on the podiatry article mid-stream--hell, probably mid-sentence--and transcribed that interview. Then received answers to my questions from one of the two companies doing the HPV clinical trials, so I'm ready to go on that article.

But I felt just a bit harried by the bumper car feel, so I leaned back, took a deep breath, tapped on the iTunes icon and pulled up a Jimmy Buffet tune ("A Pirate Looks at Forty") and closed my eyes and took a mental break. Pirate has turned over to the Maverick's "Air That I Breathe," so I decided to blog away for a moment. The next tune on my list is something from U2's How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, but if I really want to get my energy level up I think I'll find U2's "Vertigo" before I jump into the HPV article.

And I'm promising myself to start putting words to page on the next novel today. Irene made some comment in an e-mail yesterday about which project I should be working on. With a potential 2-book contract hanging out there featuring Derek Stillwater, she wants me to stop dicking around with other projects and get the third book going, and I thought she seemed rather blunt and testy about it, though I'm amused by that. She didn't say in so many words, "Stop screwing around with this other crap and write something even better than Serpent's Kiss, dickhead!" Well, I'm putting words in her mouth or her head, or whatever, but that was my take on it, anyway. So why not? I had insomnia last night and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to start things, and I got that figured out, so why not get my flying fingers going?

Best,
Mark Terry

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2005-04-20 2:43 PM Shifting gears Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Happy Read/Post Comments (0) Share on Facebook	April 20, 2005 Whew! Busy day. I knew it was going to be a writing day. I had at least some notion of cranking through three articles today. Ha! Not a chance. I transcribed a lengthy interview by a woman who answered every question with about four answers--enough material for about 8 articles! Then I finished off an article for The Oakland Press and sent it off. Shifted gears again and started working on an article about marketing your podiatry practice. Sticky going for some reason, but I think it's going to turn out fine. I was deep into that when I got a much-needed return call by a doc in NY state about HPV clinical trials. The deadline for that article is tomorrow and I was spending too much time waiting for people to call back. He gave a good interview, and I stopped working on the podiatry article mid-stream--hell, probably mid-sentence--and transcribed that interview. Then received answers to my questions from one of the two companies doing the HPV clinical trials, so I'm ready to go on that article. But I felt just a bit harried by the bumper car feel, so I leaned back, took a deep breath, tapped on the iTunes icon and pulled up a Jimmy Buffet tune ("A Pirate Looks at Forty") and closed my eyes and took a mental break. Pirate has turned over to the Maverick's "Air That I Breathe," so I decided to blog away for a moment. The next tune on my list is something from U2's How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, but if I really want to get my energy level up I think I'll find U2's "Vertigo" before I jump into the HPV article. And I'm promising myself to start putting words to page on the next novel today. Irene made some comment in an e-mail yesterday about which project I should be working on. With a potential 2-book contract hanging out there featuring Derek Stillwater, she wants me to stop dicking around with other projects and get the third book going, and I thought she seemed rather blunt and testy about it, though I'm amused by that. She didn't say in so many words, "Stop screwing around with this other crap and write something even better than Serpent's Kiss, dickhead!" Well, I'm putting words in her mouth or her head, or whatever, but that was my take on it, anyway. So why not? I had insomnia last night and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to start things, and I got that figured out, so why not get my flying fingers going? Best, Mark Terry Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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