jason erik lundberg

I'm going to be taking a slight pause from journaling for a while. My entries have been getting further and further apart, more sporadic, and I feel guilty when I don't write an entry for a while. Which is strange, but true. I'm in the home stretch for my novel-writing workshop, and I'll need to finish revising the prelude and first chapter, as well as the outline, by May 5, just under two weeks away. And I find that even when I haven't been writing journal entries, I'm constantly checking everyone else's journals, refreshing journal-walker every hour or so. It's cutting into my writing time.

So, I'll be in hermit mode for the next couple of weeks, trying to finish up with my sanity intact. Don't take it personally if I don't pipe in on various comment areas or are days late in responding by email. If it's important, I'll get to you soon, but I have to focus right now. I want a good grade to launch me into full-blown graduate school in the fall.

I finished the first novel by Wilton Barnhardt (my novel-writing professor) last week, called Emma Who Saved My Life, and would recommend it to everyone. It's a thick book (around 470 pages), but it's insightful and heart-rending and hilariously funny. The story takes place in 1970s New York with the main character as a struggling actor trying to make it in the big city, and the strange woman named Emma who throws his whole life into interesting chaos. Read it. You'll thank me.

And I'm currently tearing through the UK paperback edition of Jasper Fforde's second novel, Lost in a Good Book, which is even better and loopier than the first. I noticed that the main conceit of this one is a gigantic metaphysical Borgesian library that allows one to travel into a multitude of different books. The court scene that takes place within the pages of Kafka's The Trial had me in stitches.

So it's ta for now. See you all again in a couple of weeks when I come back up for air.

Now Reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Stories Out to Publishers:
12

Books Read This Year:
18

Novel Word Count:
9200

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2003-04-23 1:45 PM A Break Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Down to Business Read/Post Comments (6) Share on Facebook	I'm going to be taking a slight pause from journaling for a while. My entries have been getting further and further apart, more sporadic, and I feel guilty when I don't write an entry for a while. Which is strange, but true. I'm in the home stretch for my novel-writing workshop, and I'll need to finish revising the prelude and first chapter, as well as the outline, by May 5, just under two weeks away. And I find that even when I haven't been writing journal entries, I'm constantly checking everyone else's journals, refreshing journal-walker every hour or so. It's cutting into my writing time. So, I'll be in hermit mode for the next couple of weeks, trying to finish up with my sanity intact. Don't take it personally if I don't pipe in on various comment areas or are days late in responding by email. If it's important, I'll get to you soon, but I have to focus right now. I want a good grade to launch me into full-blown graduate school in the fall. I finished the first novel by Wilton Barnhardt (my novel-writing professor) last week, called Emma Who Saved My Life, and would recommend it to everyone. It's a thick book (around 470 pages), but it's insightful and heart-rending and hilariously funny. The story takes place in 1970s New York with the main character as a struggling actor trying to make it in the big city, and the strange woman named Emma who throws his whole life into interesting chaos. Read it. You'll thank me. And I'm currently tearing through the UK paperback edition of Jasper Fforde's second novel, Lost in a Good Book, which is even better and loopier than the first. I noticed that the main conceit of this one is a gigantic metaphysical Borgesian library that allows one to travel into a multitude of different books. The court scene that takes place within the pages of Kafka's The Trial had me in stitches. So it's ta for now. See you all again in a couple of weeks when I come back up for air. *Now Reading:* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon *Stories Out to Publishers:* 12 *Books Read This Year:* 18 *Novel Word Count:* 9200 Read/Post Comments (6) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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