In 2009 I decided that I would accomplish something more than working ungodly hours at the office and having nothing to show for it. So I took a writing class in the spring and set forth to write a novel. Treating my art as a part-time job I stuck to it, dedicated and determined. In the fall I was laid off from my job and within three weeks of my newfound freedom completed the first draft of my novel. Excited about the opportunity to pursue my writing full-time I’ve staved off looking for another job. During the mandatory hiatus most writers take after completing the first draft of a book, I spent the time writing poetry, playing with short stories, applying for grants and fellowships, sending my work our for publication and starting The Evening Dawns. Classic go getter personality at work.
In the midst of this fury of business I stumbled upon my second novel Free writing, I wrote a page and a half not knowing where I was going with it but I could see the African coast in southern Senegal clearly and wrote what I saw and felt. After waking from my trance I knew I had just come upon my new baby. This new work is fiction but it’s based on a reality that currently exists for real boys in West Africa. It would be hard to say I am not a little obsessed. These children and their stories and are constantly on my mind.
I’m obsessed with this new work. So much so that my first novel, in which I am also in love with, is on hold until this second manuscript is finished. The problem in all of this loveliness though is the real dread I have towards editing and rewrites. After pumping out more than than two hundred and fifty pages why do I have to go back? Argh! In protest to this reality I’ve subconsciously stumbled upon this second novel as a way to avoid the inevitable.
But I cannot hide forever. Instead of having just one novel to edit, now I will have two novels to clean up this spring. No small task at all. Great thinking, chick (Not!). The truth is, I did not come this far to hide behind the ability to pump a novel out every six months. They need to find life beyond my hard drive. Be all that you can be! Just Do It! Whichever slogan I find to push my ass along, with full on determination, I will complete what I started.
lol one or two of the remarks bloggers put up are kinda silly, many times i question whether they even read the information and content before leaving a comment or whether they barely read over the title of the post and generate the very first thing that one thinks of. in any case, it really is pleasing to look over clever commentary once in a while rather than the same, traditional blog vomit which i typically observe on the net
We really appreciate what you write about here. I try and read your blog every day so keep up the good writing!
Thanks!
heya i submitted a remark quite some time back pertaining to exactly how to speed up my twilight eclipse site’s loading time given that we employed the very same theme at the time and someone left a remark answering it on my blog a couple of days ago – if that was you I just wanted to say i am grateful, and if it wasn’t you then sorry to bother you, but cheers anyway!
lol o . k . so here is precisely how ridiculous I am, halfway through reading your post I dropped my mouse and closed the firefox by accident and I couldn’t find your post once again until 2 days afterwards to finish reading through where I left off because I did not remember how I linked to your blog in the first place lol anyway it was worth the wait..cheers
Can’t understand why so many people are making such a ruckus over Twilight. It’s just a fantastic story and we should be grateful it has made such an impact.
It’s a excellent stage!
This stuff can get pretty complicated and I don’t understand everything fully. …