Holiday Blahs.

Yes, they've started to settle in. *sigh*

So, there's no chance of finishing the music before the end of the year. The timetables are pushed to some undefined point in January. Or beyond. *sigh*

Everything takes three times longer than I think it should. I always forget that.

So.

I'm going guitar shopping on Wednesday, don't know if I'll buy anything but I've certainly been wanting a bigger acoustic for a while.

BBC7 has some fabulous holiday programming going on. I'm just going to settle in for a quiet one, I think.

jules

Woah.

Has it been twelve days already?

I've been busy. Had to sleep for a couple of days after finishing, and since then I've had my head squarely focused on all things music. Just went up to Binghamton to get some recording done with a friend. We did a couple of things, but did not finish. I will be mid-process for quite a few more weeks.

*sigh*

Pulled out "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers" and started to read, but my heart isn't in it. I need to get some music done.

I've been revamping my website, getting help from a friend, but WHY DO THINGS RENDER DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT BROWSERS! GNN!!!

I have my finger in ten different pies right now. Not even close to finishing any of them. It's distressing, considering December's half over. Super focus is needed.

j.

Still Coming Down.

I'm still coming down off November.

Our kickoff party was Saturday night. I had a great time. Drank two glasses of Chardonnay (one glass and a half more than I usually drink) and got very merry. A group of us went for french fries and chicken nuggets at mcdonalds afterwards.

NYC Nanos are a fun, fun bunch. It is good when so many of us are in one room.

And there was some surprise relationship action going on. I'm not mentioning any names.

I'm enjoying not having to make word count for the day. I'm at work today and tomorrow, but then another crazy month begins - I am determined to get all the recording work for my EP and album done this month, finish the artwork, and have everything off for mastering and duplication by the end of the month.

It's not over with the novel, though.

I need to rework the outline a little fill some plot holes, and figure some things out tone-wise. I really am going to try to make these ideas publish-worthy without getting sued by Neil Gaiman. I'm joining the spinoff writer's group, and have contemplating trying to get the first couple of chapters in shape to be critiqued. Hm.

I'd like to start revisions late January, early February, although I also have to get things going with album promotion and scheduling shows. There's a limit to how many things I can do at one time - I'm still deciding what to prioritize where.

Nun-O-Wri-Mo is in February, though. I definitely got to get in on that action.

I just finished reading Graham Greene's The End of The Affair. Heartbreaking book. Didn't really fully grok the point until the last two pages.

Good LitFic can do that to you.

jules

The Final Reckoning.

214,677.

I probably took overall high score, but Chicago's still got another forty minutes, those lucky Morganformens.

There's more I want to say, but I'll say it late. I'm starving, and FISH AND CHIPS and a DEEP FRIED SNICKERS BAR await.

jules