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Aug. 17th, 2003 01:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clayhornikHad an Absente at Kincaids tonight. Nice. Horrible day. got shouted at by coworker, the one I've complained about before. But Karma was on my side... later I had to clean up a little girl's "accident". Wait- karma wasn't on my side. It sucked. Little monster was just like Regan McNeil, without the charm. I'm being harsh. Poor thing was terribly upset.
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I got a page and a half done on a story I want to submit to an anthology. Due date is 9.15. Am giving myself til 9.7. A deadline! I feel like a real writer. Scratch that. I *AM* a writer. A writer writes. Some day, I will be an author. Seeing all the stuff that comes across our counter, I've realized that not all authors are writers. Too many damn small presses. Not enough wonderful small presses, like Subterranean or Gauntlet. Five of Cups should be here soon. Next payday, I'm getting the TED Klein collection.
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Am having a devil of a time figuring out how to format my piece for submission. Have Vonda McIntyre's informative piece, but I can't seem to make word perfect do the things I need it to.
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Thank you, Beau.
I had a... motivational conversation. Metaphorical boot to the rear as it were. Still a bit scared of change. I've got a HUGE comfort zone, and as such, I'm extremely reticent to change.
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Holy Crap... "When you wish upon a star" is playing on the sound system. Disney songs always trigger the nostalgia in me. Sucker.
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I'm feeling a bit antsy about the story again. I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to things; I'd rather not try than fail. If (WHEN) I do submit this thing, it's going to be someone who's stuff I've read and enjoyed, someone who's edited some of my favourite authors. HOW can I compare? If I were in my right mind, I'd stop right now. But hell, in for a penny, in for a pound, right?
500 words. That's not much. But it's something. <>
Reminder to self: ERB didn't start the Tarzan series til he was thirty-six.
Still have a year to go.
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BTW- if you're reading this in the "friends" section on someone else's LJ: I'm intelligent, attractive and single. And my favourite cologne is "desperation" by Calvin Klein.
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I got a page and a half done on a story I want to submit to an anthology. Due date is 9.15. Am giving myself til 9.7. A deadline! I feel like a real writer. Scratch that. I *AM* a writer. A writer writes. Some day, I will be an author. Seeing all the stuff that comes across our counter, I've realized that not all authors are writers. Too many damn small presses. Not enough wonderful small presses, like Subterranean or Gauntlet. Five of Cups should be here soon. Next payday, I'm getting the TED Klein collection.
--
Am having a devil of a time figuring out how to format my piece for submission. Have Vonda McIntyre's informative piece, but I can't seem to make word perfect do the things I need it to.
--
Thank you, Beau.
I had a... motivational conversation. Metaphorical boot to the rear as it were. Still a bit scared of change. I've got a HUGE comfort zone, and as such, I'm extremely reticent to change.
--
Holy Crap... "When you wish upon a star" is playing on the sound system. Disney songs always trigger the nostalgia in me. Sucker.
--
I'm feeling a bit antsy about the story again. I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to things; I'd rather not try than fail. If (WHEN) I do submit this thing, it's going to be someone who's stuff I've read and enjoyed, someone who's edited some of my favourite authors. HOW can I compare? If I were in my right mind, I'd stop right now. But hell, in for a penny, in for a pound, right?
500 words. That's not much. But it's something. <
Reminder to self: ERB didn't start the Tarzan series til he was thirty-six.
Still have a year to go.
--
BTW- if you're reading this in the "friends" section on someone else's LJ: I'm intelligent, attractive and single. And my favourite cologne is "desperation" by Calvin Klein.
