Wow. So guess what I have not been working on (besides posting - haha)- writing my book! It is so hard for me to work on one project at once. I think I might have been overly ambitious at writing 5 pages a day. I did however write 8 pages in total, which is more than I had written in about 3 years. For that I am happy. I did several hours of work and I know I have a manuscript I can open up and start writing in again.
I have been working on stuff though. I had 3 huge piles of stuff I had to sort.
1) I managed to sort all the games in my in-laws basement, re-organize the games closet, then help set-up and run a garage sale with all the games among other items.
2) I sorted through all my old books, deciding which ones I wanted to keep and get rid of. I sold the ones I didn't want at the garage sale.
3) I sorted through all these papers from college and high school. I now need to sort through the stuff I am keeping. blah! haha
I have managed to hang up a bunch of accolades and good vibes things on the wall near my desk. I am currently looking for a job, and these are reminders to hang in there!
I have been applying to jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Luckily I have an amazing wife who helps me with my job search!
Basically, I have been busy doing so many projects with things that just needed to get done. This is totally cool with me. The next project I really want to work on is finishing this giant scrabble board. I have the blocks; I am looking for a router. I have the bits, but I am afraid my drill won't do the trick and will just f up the blocks. I am pretty sure my buddy will let me borrow his, as long as he still has it.
Life is good. I am going to keep on working. I might be distracted this week. Even though I haven't been playing video games, Portal 2 comes out this week. I might have to keep playing that until I finish it. So I can get back to all these projects!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
A Novel Month
I have told my wife over and over again that someday I am going to write a book. I am inspired by National Novel Writing Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/ ). Normally this happens in November, but there is no time like write now. I have after all been trying to get out of the habit doing things tomorrow and not today.
When I was in college I took a short story writing class. The best way for me to start writing was to do exactly that - start writing. I figure I should just do the same now. For the entire month of April I will be writing five pages a day. I am allowed to write more if I wish and Sundays are optional. I must however write five pages each day Mondays through Saturdays.
I want this dream to become a reality. I often have that Marty McFly mentality that I'm going to be no good. But I will always be no good unless I try to do it. My former teacher said that writers write. It sounds obvious, but it's true. If I just write I will be a writer. Even if I do suck at least I can say I did it, which is more than I have been saying of late and a big reason why I started this blog in the first place. So here goes nothing... I mean something!
When I was in college I took a short story writing class. The best way for me to start writing was to do exactly that - start writing. I figure I should just do the same now. For the entire month of April I will be writing five pages a day. I am allowed to write more if I wish and Sundays are optional. I must however write five pages each day Mondays through Saturdays.
I want this dream to become a reality. I often have that Marty McFly mentality that I'm going to be no good. But I will always be no good unless I try to do it. My former teacher said that writers write. It sounds obvious, but it's true. If I just write I will be a writer. Even if I do suck at least I can say I did it, which is more than I have been saying of late and a big reason why I started this blog in the first place. So here goes nothing... I mean something!
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