Playing Catch-up
June 4, 2001
7:02 a.m.
I suppose I should start by saying that I see "The Taranth Stone" grabbed second place novelette in the Analog ANLAB reader's poll, right behind David Brin. This is a nice piece of news to come home to. [very wide grin]   So I'm back, and I'm trying to get into the flow of things once again. My notes are filed, and my books put away. I managed to do a little writing, but not enough to make me feel really great about it. I shouldn't complain, I suppose. I should think about all the interesting people I met, and I should think about the different perspectives I came home with [British and European folks are just like us Americans except for the areas where they aren't. -- grin]. I should realize that I've just spent a week in a culture that has graffiti that is older than my home country. [This is, of course, true fact. Someone etched their name into the Durham castle in 1703, or something like that.] Truth is, I am pleased with all that. Truth is that my imagination is filled back up again, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. But there's also this frustrated tickle inside me that says another week has passed and the novel hasn't progressed adequately into the second draft. Damn the realities of life--this is me we're talking about. In other words, I'm living through the downside of being a "production writer" at this point. I don't feel good about my progress if I'm not creating words--or at least doing something that I've planned that moves me toward creating words. I did manage to get maybe half a short story written. And I did do a little additional studying on issues related to the novel. But that's about it. Grr. But life in general should clear up moderately soon. This will be good. But for now I'm Indiana Jones-ing it. Today I did some printing. Tomorrow I'll do some more. And then I'll be ready to do the storyboard. Maybe this weekend, eh? Or maybe even earlier. Who can tell? I guess it doesn't really matter just so long as the progress is forward. Have a great day.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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