Closing out
February 18, 2000
5:54 a.m.
I think Tigger is about my most favorite of all cartoon characters.   I have a process that I go through when I sell something. It's a close out thing, you know? I developed it originally merely to keep records straight and be able to find things better. But it's grown to become an important piece of my reality. The process consists of marking the occurance of the success on my hand-written submittal tracker, changing the spreadsheet I use a track overall submissions, moving the physical file of all drafts from the "written" to the "sold" file drawer, and doing the same to my computer's directory. A story is not sold until I've done each of these things--yeah, I know a contract is usually the traditional means of signifying such. But I'm speaking weird metaphysics here, not truth, and the fact of the matter is that this little ritual is something that seems to work for me to close the door. When I'm done with it, I know my part is essentially complete--I've raised my baby and released it out to the world to make its own way. Are all writers so weird, or is it just me? Everyone probably has their own idosyncracies, I suppose. But it's fun to think that, just like Tigger, I'm the only one. So, after finding the files to the first few chapters mangled, I've now finished re-entering Glamour of the God-Touched. Thank goodness it wasn't more. Re-entering material is really kind of boring, you know? Of course, I made a few changes here and there. Nothing major as far as the story goes--just micros. But now that's done, and I'me ready to move on.  ... danged computers ... Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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