THE DAY(S)<\/p>\n
So I see I haven’t written here for a few days. \u00a0Mostly, it’s that I’ve nothing amazing to say, I guess, though I\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>keeping this mainly for myself, to see what I’ve been up to, chart my progress, all that.<\/p>\n Here’s the thing: I am so writing into the dark here. \u00a0I wish I knew if that was good or bad. \u00a0What I\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>know is that I have always outlined (except for one book, which felt as if it took forever) and here, I’m trying something different because the book I was going to write, I know I’ve written before. \u00a0(Yes, the setup was different; the denouement was different; it’s not a trilogy. \u00a0But a daughter listened to the idea and while she is the most encouraging of kids, even she thought I’d done this before.)<\/p>\n So this new book is . . . slow. \u00a0I’m trying to relax. \u00a0What’s happening is that things occur to me as I go along, which then colors what comes before and after.<\/p>\n I know, I know: this is supposed to be the fun of writing, right? \u00a0But I do feel a tremendous pressure to make this work, which might not be all that different from being on deadline, except I have no guarantee that anyone would be interested in this book once it’s done.<\/p>\n Which does make me wonder about indie pubbing. \u00a0But I also know that I need deadlines and an editor; I need someone waiting there, tapping his\/her foot and looking at a watch, wondering where I am.<\/p>\n Except I didn’t have that in the beginning, did I? \u00a0All I had was drive and the desire not to be where I was anymore.<\/p>\n So, what? \u00a0I need dissatisfaction to make this work?<\/p>\n Whoa. \u00a0Weird.<\/p>\n WRITING OUT LOUD<\/p>\n Walking with Dead\u00a0(started 5\/05)<\/p>\n Day 1: 1000 Blog Post: 340 THE DAY(S) So I see I haven’t written here for a few days. \u00a0Mostly, it’s that I’ve nothing amazing to say, I guess, though I\u00a0was\u00a0keeping this mainly for myself, to see what I’ve been up to, chart my progress, all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3924,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions\/3924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDay 2: 1200
\nDay 3: 1800
\nDay 4: 1350
\nDay 5: 1000
\nDay 6: 2000
\nDay 7-10: ~4500<\/p>\n
\n***
\nWhat I’m Watching:
\nMotive\u00a0<\/em>as well as\u00a0The Blacklist. \u00a0<\/em>Also started\u00a0The H8Ful Eight<\/em>. \u00a0I’m…bored with it. \u00a0I may or may not finish it.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Reading:
\nFall for Anything<\/em>.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Listening to:
\nJust haven’t found a decent book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"