Words Written: “Make Me Come at the Ball Game”: 620; ALNM: ~100
Writing Stats: Submitted 6 stories. Reviewed/tweaked 3 chapters of ALNM and sent them to Sarah. Publicity stuff.
Exercise: 17 min elliptical, 1 hr yoga

Okay, I don’t take a lot of online quizzes. I don’t have the time, and most of them are blatantly obvious and easy to manipulate. But I took a second just now to take one about past lives, and apparently I have been (a) a fisherman, (b) a pirate, and (c) a pirate.

Guess my Wicked Red persona isn’t far off at all!

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Other than when I was at the gym, showering, or eating, I’ve spent all day at one of three computers. E-mail seems to have exploded while I was away, so I’ve hammered away at that (much of it writing-related) as well as getting stories in the mail, going over various edits, and cleaning off/finishing as many projects as I can. I’m exhausted, and I’m still not done; I want to get a few words on a new story before I crash. Wish me luck…

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A crucial requirement of being a writer is creativity, the ability to convey on the page all the senses. But it’s also got a dark side, a cruel knife-twist…like when you write about juicy, plump shrimp cocktail in spicy sauce washed down with a tart champagne, and then all you crave is a damn shrimp cocktail and it’s midnight and you just can’t get any.

Sigh.

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Currently Reading: Hunter’s Moon, Karen Robards
Lately Listened To: “Fanfare for a Common Man,” ELP
Recently Watched: Without a Trace