Ennui and existential dread: Friday Update
News:
Not a damn thing. Wondering if I need to reassess strategies, goals, hopes, dreams, or maybe just expectations. Been doing this for twenty years. That’s a long time to spin my wheels. I might just be tired.
Works in Progress:
If I continue at my current pace, I should finish the first round of In the Dollhouse We All Wait edits tomorrow evening. Editing is less emotionally draining than writing, because I’m more immersed in the story when I’m writing, mentally living it more and for longer periods of time (because of course I write slower than I read). However, the more extreme parts of this story are still a bit rough to get through while editing, although it affects me in less obvious ways.
I’m really not sure how this book will be received or what place it can hold in my oeuvre, but the point now is just getting it in fighting shape.
During the second round, I’ll write the synopsis. Then I’ll put together the pitch after. I’m not positive I’ll finish before Texas Frightmare, but I should finish before PitDark.
Books I’m Reading:
Killing Time by Russell C. Connor
Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
Things I’m Listening To:
YouTube playlists
Metal playlists
Things I’m Watching:
The Gray Man
The Judge
Mr. Bates vs the Post Office series
CSI: Miami series
CSI: NY series
NCIS series
NCIS: Hawai’i series
American Idol series
Spring Baking Championship series (finished)
Murder, She Wrote series
Poem of the Week:
give me gold gild
in a baroque style
a grand chandelier
crystallizing rainbows
and champagne flutes
stroked to make
the phantom weep
