Well, frankly I'm disappointed that no one told me Saturday was Shakespeare's 400th anniversary until after I posted a review on Trophy Unlocked for Rush Hour. I had a perfectly good one ready for Shakespeare in Love, but I had made the choice on Wednesday night, so it was too late Saturday morning to pull it together. I'll have to find some other occasion to post it, but it really would have been a great time.
Speaking of deaths, in honor of the passing of Prince, we watched Purple Rain on Friday. I wrote up a review of the film for next week, Hopefully no more famous celebrities will die before then. Also finished a review for All My Sons, one of the two film noirs we saw a week ago Saturday and I'm about 1000 plus words into one for Kind Hearts and Coronets, a film we watched since it was taken from the same source as A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
Didn't have as much time as I wanted to work on the short synopsis for Public and Private. I'm going to continue working on it, but also try to start the query process next week. I'm also wanting to send my editor a new book, actually an old one, Simple Sins. This was actually my first book with my protagonist. I haven't given up on writing books, it's just that I don't have the time I need to work on other ones or new ones.
Part of the problem is the comic book. While most of the writing has been done, the process now is working with an artist and a colorist that are both across the Pacific Ocean. When either of them send something, Paul and I have to sit down and review it, trying to be as careful as we can to check every detail: Does the ceiling work? Is the shirt the same color from panel 5 page 6 that it is in panel 3 page 8? It's harder and more time consuming that you might think.
The other issue is that we never know when we're going to get pages. Frankly, we should be done by now with part one, but there have been delays, some of them creative, some of them personal. But we never know when we're going to get pages from either of them. Usually, if we do, the pages come while we're asleep. When we get them, then it's the first thing we have to do the next night. I sometimes feel like I'm blowing my creativity on those pages.
So, next week, and you have to have goals, it's comic book (if and when we get pages), query letters (hopefully five), reviews (I have two to finish) and then mystery novel (Familiar Stranger, remember that?). And I'm also going to follow up on the From Fan to Creator pitch, but that's actually something I can do at work. Whew! I'm tired already.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
A Week in Writing #86
I feel like a broken record, but I always wish I had a few more hours everyday or another day a week to work on things. As it stands now, if I sleep a few minutes too long in the morning, I lose my chance to write then and I never know what to expect when I get home. We had a flurry at the beginning of the week with pages from the artist to review, but never got any finished pages from him. Nor did we get any pages from our colorist. Sometimes I feel like we're running really hard in sand. Did broach the subject of a cover with the artist, but no decisions have been made, other than we will really need one at some point.
A friend of ours who teaches drawing has a former student who has become a published artist. We're hoping to meet up during Free Comic Book Day weekend to get some feedback, so I'd like to have as much of it ready as possible to show him. He's coming into town to do an autograph session at our local comic book store, but our schedules haven't meshed yet, but there's still time and there's still hope. I'm thinking someone who's "made it" could really give us some valuable feedback and advice.
Anticipating part 2 of the comic book, I've started to edit, with pencil, the second part of the script to address any changes that the drawing of part one may have caused, including address ambiguities in the script. Since the artist is more than a phone call away, I realize I need to nail things down better than I may have in part one. It's a live and learn process.
Still working on getting Public and Private ready to query. I've done as much preliminary research as I can on agents, but I read several who want a one to two page synopsis with the query. I decided against trying to cut down the long synopsis, so I'm trying to re-write it from scratch. After a couple of tries, I think I hit upon a way to proceed on Friday morning before work, but I never got back to it since. So I want to get that squared away before I query.
If you've been reading this blog for a while, I had unofficially pitched an idea for a show to the Comic-Con HQ SVOD channel. While nothing has really happened, every time I followed up I wasn't discouraged. I recently signed a submission release form so they could officially look at it. It's been a couple of days, so I'll give a week or so before I follow up. I don't think Lionsgate has ever produced any employee pitches before, even though they do allow for them, so it will obviously be a challenge.
Did finish a couple of reviews this week, one for Rush Hour and one for The Jazz Singer, which I published on Saturday morning. Trying not to feel discouraged that I can count all the pageviews so far on my two hands and still have a finger left over. Not sure why this one in particular landed with such a thump.
On Saturday, my family and I attended the Film Noir Festival at the Egyptian Theater and saw a couple of films I'm hoping to review in the next week or so: All My Sons (1948) and Take One False Step (1949). I'm already about 1200 words into the first one. So that will be my focus, along with the comic book, the synopsis and the blog. Just another week in writing.
A friend of ours who teaches drawing has a former student who has become a published artist. We're hoping to meet up during Free Comic Book Day weekend to get some feedback, so I'd like to have as much of it ready as possible to show him. He's coming into town to do an autograph session at our local comic book store, but our schedules haven't meshed yet, but there's still time and there's still hope. I'm thinking someone who's "made it" could really give us some valuable feedback and advice.
Anticipating part 2 of the comic book, I've started to edit, with pencil, the second part of the script to address any changes that the drawing of part one may have caused, including address ambiguities in the script. Since the artist is more than a phone call away, I realize I need to nail things down better than I may have in part one. It's a live and learn process.
Still working on getting Public and Private ready to query. I've done as much preliminary research as I can on agents, but I read several who want a one to two page synopsis with the query. I decided against trying to cut down the long synopsis, so I'm trying to re-write it from scratch. After a couple of tries, I think I hit upon a way to proceed on Friday morning before work, but I never got back to it since. So I want to get that squared away before I query.
If you've been reading this blog for a while, I had unofficially pitched an idea for a show to the Comic-Con HQ SVOD channel. While nothing has really happened, every time I followed up I wasn't discouraged. I recently signed a submission release form so they could officially look at it. It's been a couple of days, so I'll give a week or so before I follow up. I don't think Lionsgate has ever produced any employee pitches before, even though they do allow for them, so it will obviously be a challenge.
Did finish a couple of reviews this week, one for Rush Hour and one for The Jazz Singer, which I published on Saturday morning. Trying not to feel discouraged that I can count all the pageviews so far on my two hands and still have a finger left over. Not sure why this one in particular landed with such a thump.
On Saturday, my family and I attended the Film Noir Festival at the Egyptian Theater and saw a couple of films I'm hoping to review in the next week or so: All My Sons (1948) and Take One False Step (1949). I'm already about 1200 words into the first one. So that will be my focus, along with the comic book, the synopsis and the blog. Just another week in writing.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
A Week in Writing #85
Well, my goal for the week was to make progress on the book, Public and Private, the comic book and the blog. And while I did make some progress, it never seems to be enough and there never seems to be enough time in a day or week.
I thought I was done with the long synopsis for Public and Private and that I was going to work on a short one, but I ended up editing the long synopsis again. Every time I read through it, I wonder what I was thinking with some of my word choices. Hopefully, now I'm done with the editing and can turn to the short synopsis. I had thought I would base it on the long synopsis, but now I'm thinking I should just use it as its own writing assignment.
It's hard sometimes to see progress on the comic book. We had an issue with the artist, but I think we've gotten past that. We're still missing pages 7 and 11, but we've got 10 pages inked and a layout for a 13th page. No coloring this week. Not sure why not, but he said there were problems. And no new lettering this week, but I'm partially to blame for that. I sort of thought we'd be further along, but it is what it is.
Thought I would maybe squeeze in a review this week, but I ended up writing two, one for Rush Hour and the other for The Jazz Singer (1927), both for future posts. Did post one for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). Sort of a change of pace for the blog, doing an internet story, but you go where the story is. I had originally intended it to follow the review for Batman v. Superman, since there a super hero involved, but the 666th review of the blog took precedent.
Had a bit of fun with twitter this week. I have a small, but hopefully loyal following, but was surprised to see the following notification at the beginning of the week:
I was pretty sure this wasn't the "real" Taylor Swift; her twitter is in sentence case and before too long whoever stopped following me, but for a brief second there, I thought Kanye would be jealous.
Spent part of Saturday moving into a new laptop. Had to rethink a few passwords I hadn't had to enter in the last few years, but it's like a new car and I'll get used to it.
Looking forward to more of the same next week. Everything is on the table, just need to get things done.
I thought I was done with the long synopsis for Public and Private and that I was going to work on a short one, but I ended up editing the long synopsis again. Every time I read through it, I wonder what I was thinking with some of my word choices. Hopefully, now I'm done with the editing and can turn to the short synopsis. I had thought I would base it on the long synopsis, but now I'm thinking I should just use it as its own writing assignment.
It's hard sometimes to see progress on the comic book. We had an issue with the artist, but I think we've gotten past that. We're still missing pages 7 and 11, but we've got 10 pages inked and a layout for a 13th page. No coloring this week. Not sure why not, but he said there were problems. And no new lettering this week, but I'm partially to blame for that. I sort of thought we'd be further along, but it is what it is.
Thought I would maybe squeeze in a review this week, but I ended up writing two, one for Rush Hour and the other for The Jazz Singer (1927), both for future posts. Did post one for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). Sort of a change of pace for the blog, doing an internet story, but you go where the story is. I had originally intended it to follow the review for Batman v. Superman, since there a super hero involved, but the 666th review of the blog took precedent.
Had a bit of fun with twitter this week. I have a small, but hopefully loyal following, but was surprised to see the following notification at the beginning of the week:
I was pretty sure this wasn't the "real" Taylor Swift; her twitter is in sentence case and before too long whoever stopped following me, but for a brief second there, I thought Kanye would be jealous.
Spent part of Saturday moving into a new laptop. Had to rethink a few passwords I hadn't had to enter in the last few years, but it's like a new car and I'll get used to it.
Looking forward to more of the same next week. Everything is on the table, just need to get things done.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
A Week in Writing #84
Received the new Writer's Digest this week: 101 Best Websites for Writers. Still digesting it, so to speak, but really only a few are relevant for me. I'm more interested in websites about agents and queries.
I'm already a user of QueryTracker; I'm also interested in Agentquery.com, which covers much of the same ground. What I like about QueryTracker is that you can develop a list and export it to Excel. This list was the basis for the spreadsheet I keep on agents and queries. Agentquery has some of the same information, but the format is less user friendly for me. You can get a list of agents who handle mysteries, for example, but then you have to page through the listings which can be very time consuming.
I try to identify potential agents and then research them in small groups, since information can change quickly over time. Sometimes an agent who was closed to queries or would only take them on recommendation is now open and vice versa. I'm in the process of trying to put together agents to query for Public and Private.
While I think I've nailed down a good query letter, I'm still working on the long synopsis. I did get through it once and have done a round of editing. Now I'm updating the revised synopsis again. It's about 12 pages long, so next I want to make a 5 page version. Different agents ask for different lengths, so it's good to be prepared before starting.
I know it sounds like I'm procrastinating, but I'm not really. I just want to be ready before I throw myself out there.
Some progress made this week on the comic book. Our letterer is getting started, our artist has made some layouts and the colorist should deliver some pages later this week. This is sort of a wild card, as I'm never sure when something will come in that we need to look at. It's a little it like a jack-in-the-box, no action for days and then suddenly several things at once. It keeps me on my toes, but it does get in the way from a concentrated effort on other things.
As for blogging, we celebrated our 666th review on Trophy Unlocked with Satan Met a Lady (1936). It's actually a remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931). The Humphrey Bogart version, which we all know, came out in 1941 and was the third film version of the Dashiell Hammett novel. No new review this week. We re-watched The Iron Giant this week, as a follow up to seeing The Giant's Dream last week at WonderCon.
My goal for this week is to make progress on as much as I can, regarding Public and Private, the comic book and maybe squeeze in a review as well.
I'm already a user of QueryTracker; I'm also interested in Agentquery.com, which covers much of the same ground. What I like about QueryTracker is that you can develop a list and export it to Excel. This list was the basis for the spreadsheet I keep on agents and queries. Agentquery has some of the same information, but the format is less user friendly for me. You can get a list of agents who handle mysteries, for example, but then you have to page through the listings which can be very time consuming.
I try to identify potential agents and then research them in small groups, since information can change quickly over time. Sometimes an agent who was closed to queries or would only take them on recommendation is now open and vice versa. I'm in the process of trying to put together agents to query for Public and Private.
While I think I've nailed down a good query letter, I'm still working on the long synopsis. I did get through it once and have done a round of editing. Now I'm updating the revised synopsis again. It's about 12 pages long, so next I want to make a 5 page version. Different agents ask for different lengths, so it's good to be prepared before starting.
I know it sounds like I'm procrastinating, but I'm not really. I just want to be ready before I throw myself out there.
Some progress made this week on the comic book. Our letterer is getting started, our artist has made some layouts and the colorist should deliver some pages later this week. This is sort of a wild card, as I'm never sure when something will come in that we need to look at. It's a little it like a jack-in-the-box, no action for days and then suddenly several things at once. It keeps me on my toes, but it does get in the way from a concentrated effort on other things.
As for blogging, we celebrated our 666th review on Trophy Unlocked with Satan Met a Lady (1936). It's actually a remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931). The Humphrey Bogart version, which we all know, came out in 1941 and was the third film version of the Dashiell Hammett novel. No new review this week. We re-watched The Iron Giant this week, as a follow up to seeing The Giant's Dream last week at WonderCon.
My goal for this week is to make progress on as much as I can, regarding Public and Private, the comic book and maybe squeeze in a review as well.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
A Week in Writing #83 - Report from the Front: WonderCon
This week in writing was punctuated with one day at this year's WonderCon held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. WonderCon is sort of a mini Comic-Con, which we're attending later in the year down in San Diego. We had been to WonderCon before, when it was down in Anaheim, but because of work they're doing on that Convention Center, it was held here for one year.
Los Angeles likes to hype it as a dry run for Comic-Con, which San Diego always seems to be on the verge of losing. But based on our experience, I don't think San Diego has anything to worry about. Not that we had a bad time, but there were so many little things that LA didn't get right, like the distance between the floor of the convention and the rooms where the programs were being held, lack of signage and somewhat unknowledgeable volunteers.
The map of the floor makes it look like there is more to it than there is. Still there are the same basic things: comic companies have their booths, artists have their alley and the small press have their tables. Walking around some of the small press made me feel sort of sad. You walk by and people are pitching their idea to anyone who will listen. No doubt they make a lot of their money at shows like this. I don't want our comic to end up like that. I don't mind the idea of attending conventions like this, but I don't want to feel like I'm a carny.
There were not as many programs to attend this year. One held by Image featured several of their content owners. Listening to them, it's clear that they are driven and are living the dream, so to speak. Maybe they're not all making a living from it, but they're seasoned professionals and have made the transition I'd like to make as a writer; being published.
Can't make it to every program, so perhaps I'll be able to catch up with them once the Comic-Con HQ SVOD channel, which was recently unveiled, launches.
Most of the time, in order to attend one program, you have to sit through another one to make sure you have a seat in the room. We wanted to attend the program featuring the documentary The Giant's Dream about Brad Bird and the making of The Iron Giant (1999), one of the best modern animated films. Very inspirational. But prior to that we got the opportunity to sit through Carton Voices, a panel featuring several voice actors who's voices you probably know if you heard them. They did a very entertaining cold read of a cut down version of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Very talented.
One of the things I like about attending conventions is a chance to reconnect with some people I know. I missed out on some, but was able to connect with Douglas Neff, the author of Epic Win! The Geek's Guide to the Journey from Fan to Creator, which I found to be very influential. He asked if Paul and I were going to attend the next Creator Connection session and I had to tell him we had hired artists to work on the book. I don't blame him for the lack of success in finding a partner during those sessions, but four failed attempts was enough for me.
Also, had Bryce Carlson, an editor at Boom!, sign the trade paperback for his Hit 1957. I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered my name. I believe I was one of the first people to attend his first autograph session at our local comic book store and while I've tried to stay in touch, I'm sure I'm one of several people who have. I'd like to approach him with our comic book when there is more to it than there is now.
Not as much happened with the comic book as I had hoped, though we're now up to four pages inked and colored. Still not where I'd like to be, but I know we're partially to blame, since we made the artist go back and redo some of his work. That really slowed down the workflow, but I really feel that it's important to get it as right as possible now. It's the waiting that gets to me, I guess, hoping that that wait is worth it.
Didn't have as good a week as I would have hoped. Lost a couple of mornings with credit card issues. Apparently someone used my name and credit card to buy a Mac book at a Best Buy in Columbus, Ohio. Luckily, the credit card company declined and contacted me. The downside is that we had to get a new card, which is always a pain to get everything set right again. But there went Thursday morning and again on Friday they contacted me, though it turned out to be an unnecessary follow up.
Did make more progress on the long and short synopsis for Public and Private, though I'm not finished with either. I'll keep at it and would like to get them done this week. Still no word from my editor, though I trust he cashed the check I sent him for his services.
Wrote a couple of reviews, those of which were published. The first was about 1500 words on Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), a made for video feature that had some things in common with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opened this past Friday.
This week I'm hoping to stay inspired by WonderCon and try to get things done. Anxious to move things forward.
Los Angeles likes to hype it as a dry run for Comic-Con, which San Diego always seems to be on the verge of losing. But based on our experience, I don't think San Diego has anything to worry about. Not that we had a bad time, but there were so many little things that LA didn't get right, like the distance between the floor of the convention and the rooms where the programs were being held, lack of signage and somewhat unknowledgeable volunteers.
The map of the floor makes it look like there is more to it than there is. Still there are the same basic things: comic companies have their booths, artists have their alley and the small press have their tables. Walking around some of the small press made me feel sort of sad. You walk by and people are pitching their idea to anyone who will listen. No doubt they make a lot of their money at shows like this. I don't want our comic to end up like that. I don't mind the idea of attending conventions like this, but I don't want to feel like I'm a carny.
There were not as many programs to attend this year. One held by Image featured several of their content owners. Listening to them, it's clear that they are driven and are living the dream, so to speak. Maybe they're not all making a living from it, but they're seasoned professionals and have made the transition I'd like to make as a writer; being published.
Can't make it to every program, so perhaps I'll be able to catch up with them once the Comic-Con HQ SVOD channel, which was recently unveiled, launches.
Most of the time, in order to attend one program, you have to sit through another one to make sure you have a seat in the room. We wanted to attend the program featuring the documentary The Giant's Dream about Brad Bird and the making of The Iron Giant (1999), one of the best modern animated films. Very inspirational. But prior to that we got the opportunity to sit through Carton Voices, a panel featuring several voice actors who's voices you probably know if you heard them. They did a very entertaining cold read of a cut down version of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Very talented.
One of the things I like about attending conventions is a chance to reconnect with some people I know. I missed out on some, but was able to connect with Douglas Neff, the author of Epic Win! The Geek's Guide to the Journey from Fan to Creator, which I found to be very influential. He asked if Paul and I were going to attend the next Creator Connection session and I had to tell him we had hired artists to work on the book. I don't blame him for the lack of success in finding a partner during those sessions, but four failed attempts was enough for me.
Also, had Bryce Carlson, an editor at Boom!, sign the trade paperback for his Hit 1957. I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered my name. I believe I was one of the first people to attend his first autograph session at our local comic book store and while I've tried to stay in touch, I'm sure I'm one of several people who have. I'd like to approach him with our comic book when there is more to it than there is now.
Not as much happened with the comic book as I had hoped, though we're now up to four pages inked and colored. Still not where I'd like to be, but I know we're partially to blame, since we made the artist go back and redo some of his work. That really slowed down the workflow, but I really feel that it's important to get it as right as possible now. It's the waiting that gets to me, I guess, hoping that that wait is worth it.
Didn't have as good a week as I would have hoped. Lost a couple of mornings with credit card issues. Apparently someone used my name and credit card to buy a Mac book at a Best Buy in Columbus, Ohio. Luckily, the credit card company declined and contacted me. The downside is that we had to get a new card, which is always a pain to get everything set right again. But there went Thursday morning and again on Friday they contacted me, though it turned out to be an unnecessary follow up.
Did make more progress on the long and short synopsis for Public and Private, though I'm not finished with either. I'll keep at it and would like to get them done this week. Still no word from my editor, though I trust he cashed the check I sent him for his services.
Wrote a couple of reviews, those of which were published. The first was about 1500 words on Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), a made for video feature that had some things in common with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opened this past Friday.
This week I'm hoping to stay inspired by WonderCon and try to get things done. Anxious to move things forward.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
A Week in Writing #82
I was right last week when I said Daylight's Savings Time was going to get the best of me. I felt like I was dragging most of the week. Add that to my chronic insomnia and it wasn't a week for a lot of clear headed thinking.
Still, I managed to get some work done. Sometimes that's what writing feels like: work. I'm having to learn to treat it like a business, especially with a freelance artist and colorist working on the comic book.
Thought we had made some progress on the comic book; we finally got over the set up of the classroom, but no new pages again this week, just sketches and promises. Our colorist hasn't had much to do for a while now. I tried to light a gentle fire under our artist; we'll see how he reacts. Sometimes I wish he wasn't so far away. It's hard to carry on a dialogue in emails.
Going to Wonder Con next Saturday, even though it won't be an opportunity to really sell the comic book, I'd like to have more to show should it come up. I learned be prepared from my brief stint in the Boy Scouts.
Did some more work on the synopsis for Public and Private, but still have more to do. I wasn't quite as far along as I had thought I was. Still have a couple of hundred pages to write about. And I started to work on the verbiage of the query letter. To that end, I also updated my spreadsheet of agents to query, based on Query Tracker, which I think is a good website.
Finished my review of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and published it on Saturday, my usual publishing date for the blog. As usual about 30 page views so far. Every so often one seems to hit and I'll get 150 page views, but those are far between. Still the blog can generate 200 or more page views a day some days, which makes me feel like it's not all in vain.
Gearing up for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with a made for video animated feature: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010). Will probably publish that prior to the new film's opening. Will hope to review the new one next Sunday. This is more of a case of feeling like we have to keep up rather than really wanting to see the movie. We weren't overly impressed with Man of Steel (2013), which I encourage you to read. Still, we're going to squeeze it in on Friday afternoon.
Still, I managed to get some work done. Sometimes that's what writing feels like: work. I'm having to learn to treat it like a business, especially with a freelance artist and colorist working on the comic book.
Thought we had made some progress on the comic book; we finally got over the set up of the classroom, but no new pages again this week, just sketches and promises. Our colorist hasn't had much to do for a while now. I tried to light a gentle fire under our artist; we'll see how he reacts. Sometimes I wish he wasn't so far away. It's hard to carry on a dialogue in emails.
Going to Wonder Con next Saturday, even though it won't be an opportunity to really sell the comic book, I'd like to have more to show should it come up. I learned be prepared from my brief stint in the Boy Scouts.
Did some more work on the synopsis for Public and Private, but still have more to do. I wasn't quite as far along as I had thought I was. Still have a couple of hundred pages to write about. And I started to work on the verbiage of the query letter. To that end, I also updated my spreadsheet of agents to query, based on Query Tracker, which I think is a good website.
Finished my review of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and published it on Saturday, my usual publishing date for the blog. As usual about 30 page views so far. Every so often one seems to hit and I'll get 150 page views, but those are far between. Still the blog can generate 200 or more page views a day some days, which makes me feel like it's not all in vain.
Gearing up for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with a made for video animated feature: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010). Will probably publish that prior to the new film's opening. Will hope to review the new one next Sunday. This is more of a case of feeling like we have to keep up rather than really wanting to see the movie. We weren't overly impressed with Man of Steel (2013), which I encourage you to read. Still, we're going to squeeze it in on Friday afternoon.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
A Week in Writing #81
Sometimes things you plan to accomplish don't work out as well as you plan. This was true last week for me. I had what now seem like stretch goals over what I was actually able to get done. I did finish my review for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but that was it as far as my plans went.
A lot of time was taken up with the comic book. I'm not writing here to air dirty laundry, but it is safe to say we had some long distance discussions regarding the look and feel of some of the panels. We finally got all that worked out, but that took a toll on anything else I had hoped to do.
Still working on the long synopsis, still waiting to hear from my editor, etc, etc. Sort of sounds like last week. It's hard to commit too much time to anything with real life work such a big part of the day. Did start, but didn't get very far with, updating my list of possible agents to query.
And just when I got into a good rhythm with getting up in the morning and exercising and writing before work, I'm pretty sure that's out the window this week thanks to the time change. I don't have an hour to lose, but there, I've lost it.
Did publish two reviews this week, one for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and one for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), which we saw Saturday morning. I'm currently working on a review for International House (1933), a pre-code W.C. Fields film, so far about 2200 words, but still lacking a conclusion.
A lot of time was taken up with the comic book. I'm not writing here to air dirty laundry, but it is safe to say we had some long distance discussions regarding the look and feel of some of the panels. We finally got all that worked out, but that took a toll on anything else I had hoped to do.
Still working on the long synopsis, still waiting to hear from my editor, etc, etc. Sort of sounds like last week. It's hard to commit too much time to anything with real life work such a big part of the day. Did start, but didn't get very far with, updating my list of possible agents to query.
And just when I got into a good rhythm with getting up in the morning and exercising and writing before work, I'm pretty sure that's out the window this week thanks to the time change. I don't have an hour to lose, but there, I've lost it.
Did publish two reviews this week, one for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and one for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), which we saw Saturday morning. I'm currently working on a review for International House (1933), a pre-code W.C. Fields film, so far about 2200 words, but still lacking a conclusion.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)