So, I've finally gone back to typing in my hand-written novel. I typed for about an hour-and-a-half total this weekend, finally moving out of the moleskine and into the final notebook where this novel lives. I'll be very happy when I can make full digital copies of the whole book and stash it away various places.

I've been doing some light editing as I go -- mostly killing adverbs, shooing off repeat words, toning down the melodrama a bit. The writer in me is the super-critic: "Oh, shit, I wrote this? I suck!" but then there was one paragraph that made me sit back and say, "Oh, I wrote this? Wow! Cool!" which is enough to keep me from lighting a match.

I really need to revise a story, write a new one, finish this novel and begin a new one. But, really, if I spend too much time thinking about all the stuff I need to do, I'll never get started. So I narrow it down and just type.

Lord, I know there was more I was going to say about writing. In my head, as I'm walking down the street, I write these entries and they're pithy and clever. I suppose I should just be grateful I'm putting one up at all.

Finding it very hard to get back into working after two weeks off. Also, I think I'm going to cry one of these commutes if I have to stand and hold on while someone lurches into me everytime the train slows. Hawai'i was too hot for me, but one thing I LOVED was the low population density (especially on the Big Island). It was SO NICE to walk along and not have to manuever around slow-moving people, worry about teenagers and their gang colors, worry about violence in general.

I'm still a bit spooked about that gun incident (you can read about it over on Tim's journal) so it was heavenly to spend two weeks where I didn't really worry about anyone having a gun or jump when people reached into their pockets. Even the kids over there with bad attitudes are better -- they have a big youth program out there for kids at all economic levels called the ocean. Everyone spends a lot of time surfing, boogie boarding, kayaking, swimming. I love spending time in the water too. Very soothing, especially the ocean waves.... at night I would fall asleep still feeling the rhythm of the waves rocking me.

Heh. I'm sort of all over the place in this entry, huh? It's apt -- I no longer have the wedding or the honeymoon to plan, so I'm a bit adrift. Not terrible; I obviously have things to focus on, but I do tend to do well when I have a big project that I'm working on. It's just not as easy to throw myself into things I need to do now: reduce debt! sort through piles of papers you probably don't need but might! organize your closet! See? Not sexy.

Anyway. I should go. I'm reading George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series so I have to get into bed early, otherwise I stay up too late reading. G'night all!