Happy Solstice All!

Merry Solstice to all my friends. Nothing gets me in the writing spirit like quiet contemplation on the longest night of the year. Perhaps tomorrow it will be time for a fire in the fireplace and some hot chocolate. Now for some snow...

Damn it!

Just had a great idea for the non-fic graphic novel- storyline and pictures all mapped out in my head. Of course I'm at work so I decided to wait until my break (now) to write it down. All I had to do was remember it for an hour. How hard could that be?

Guess who can't remember the @#$@#$@# idea now? I can't even remember the story, which is the weirdest part! What the hell was it?

I'm going to go insane for the rest of the day until I remember...

Editing the editing process.

Out of desperation, I begged Bridget to come out to dinner with me so I could talk through my frustration at not being able to figure out where to start. This rewrite will be me pretty much rewriting the whole freaking Drunk novel which is a daunting task in many aspects, the least of which I haven't been doing much writing. I blame extreme nerves and laziness which has caused me to freeze up and be able to do anything but stare at the Word file and wish for it to be done. So B and I went out to noodles and she sat and ate while I started talking through the book, voicing my own thoughts on weaknesses and holes and such, with her occasionally interjecting her own opinion. It... was... FABULOUS! Exactly what I needed to get the juices going. So far I haven't had time this week to do more than put down the brainstorming session in a file and add to it, but I think I finally can start! B also was stuck on one of her own projects, and I got to return the favor by letting her bounce ideas off of me until -voila- she also unstuck herself! Tomorrow will be another noodle meetup, but this time with computers. Let's see if I can get the first scene rewritten without having a major panic attack!