Writing Log

Thursday, 10/12/2006 - full day of work at Bush Foundation, didn't go to Tae Soo Do on account of I was feeling like crap, which also explains why I didn't get much done
* penthius freewriting - Red Disco Shoes, a low-potential disco version of the red shoes fairytale. It's really bad.
* Worked on reading Writing World, the best writing newsletter I've found. Also, quite long--hence the "worked on."

Wallpaper: Mist on the Mountains

Dew Point, originally uploaded by Muzzlehatch.

New wallpaper for the home computer. Some days, I really miss living in the mountains in India. If I ever succeed in my goal of becoming rich and famous (fame optional), I'll have a summer home in the mountains. Time like this, when the mist blankets the hills and valleys, the serenity of it seeps into your soul.

Photograph: Shy Flower

Shy Flower, originally uploaded by aswiebe.

Taken at somebody's alley-side garden, during one of my neighborhood photo safaris during the golden hour. I have no idea what the flowers in it are (except for the marigold!), but I love the way this turned out. My favorite photograph of the roll. Really highlights how much better my manual camera is than my automatic, sadly....

Writing Log--Need to Find Good Agent-Bait to Put in Mantraps

Friday, 10/13/2006 - full day (+ some) doing NightOwl coding, home and there
* penthius freewriting - The Princess That Wasn't, a high-potential fairytale-twisting notion about a prince being raised as a princess to subvert a curse.

* Finished reading Writing-World.com newsletter. Of particular interest to me was an article about podcasting that's a good basic overview with some useful links and suggestions.

* Processed agent rejection letter from the A-grade Trident Media Group--a nice personalized rejection from the agent's assistant. Waiting to hear back from one more agent in the A group--quite hoping this one will like it, as not only do I love the description of the agent who might be interested in my type of writing (Please??), but one of the other agents went to my high school in India, Woodstock, so I feel I've a bit of a personal connection to the firm, though I didn't mention it (sadly, this other agent doesn't rep my type of writing, so it didn't figure in). Nice to see other alumni doing well, though. I find the success of others I know or am connected to in some way to be encouraging, despite the occasional random pang of envy (scott_lynch!). 'Cause, y'know, they're real people and they did it, and I'm a real person, so I can do it...or something like that.

* Coincidentally, had just participated in a discussion on specficmarkets on the relative merits of solicited and agented work being presented to publication houses--now realize was sort of saying that my own work wasn't as good.... Nope! My own work is brilliant, or at least competently written and interestingly plotted, and by God, I will get an agent and many, many published novels, and a membership in SFWA. One day.