Writerly Ways

Has anyone else suffered through what I’ve been calling “the flare?” You get a great new story idea. The characters are jumping up and down in your brain, scenes are flowing. It crowds out whatever you’re currently working on. Then, just as fast as it appeared, it goes away. I’ve been dealing with this a lot since the end of Nano.

I’ve got any number of story ideas in my head in the last few weeks and I’ll be all ready to write it and then it’s gone. It’s frakking frustrating. I’m wondering how to handle it. Granted, some stories are never meant to be. I have any number of half dead novels roaming around and have done since the 80’s. The sad part is I know that most of them are viable if I could only hold onto the idea.

I tried typing them into a file folder but that really didn’t seem to do it. I’m considering committing the ideas to digital recording, figuring I could explain it in detail much faster that way then if I sat down to type it out.

Case in point – The NY steam punk. I was raring to go. Got the characters. Got the first scene started. Totally forgot where I wanted it to go from here (let’s face it, I’m not sure how in the hell the two guys are really going to get together in 1880’s NY. It would have been so much more repressive.) Had an idea for a YA gay fantasy novel, have the beginning and end absolutely blaring in my mind and now, nothing.

I’m not sure how to get these ideas more fixed in my mind (or not even rise up to tempt me but that is a lesser wish. I wouldn’t want the muse to go quiet).

So does this happen to you? How do you deal with it?

I’m not even putting up the word counts because I am FAILING to do anything. I forced myself to edit my novel a little (okay a lot but still, not nearly as much as I should). Granted Big Bang is eating up time but that is almost over with. I’ll have no excuses after that.

Verizon makes me

Want to stab my knitting needles in my ears so I no longer have to listen to their stupidity any more. So I accomplished jackshit nothing today because I spent most of the afternoon on the phone with Verizon trying to figure out why all of the sudden I’m constantly going over my 5 gig limit. They have no reason. Fine so can you put me on the 10 Gig limit for 80$ like you keep talking to me about. And hey, could it be someone piggybacking on my broad band that is causing this issue.

( click me. You KNOW you want to know what these idiots did this time )

So I looked at my Year of the Snake horoscope and I get this. FIGURES. Serious budget difficulties may make your life more difficult than you had foreseen, especially if you have debts to pay. Try not to live above your means, even though credit conditions for certain purchases seem attractive to you. Love will appear elusive, and you'll have to go a long way to find the joys that seem to slip away away from you. You'll have an unusual understanding with your friends or children. well that's just for today. for the year I have - Congrats! You have one of the best years of all 12 signs this year. Snake pace is just your style. it's supposed to be great for love and money. See me holding my breath. When I wasn't arguing with Verizon I was arguing with Mom over money.


And the other day evil_little_dog asked 'does that neighbor still have the schnauzer?' Me no I think it moved away wait maybe. So last night I forgot to turn on the music when I went to take a bath and the whole time all I heard was that fucking dog. And all day today too since I had everything off so I could talk to the idiots

Declutter day 25 item tossed-Sauce pan Teflon peeled making it dangerous why kept-Thought I’d use it to mix stuff with. why tossed -Like I’m ever REALLY going to do that? Not like I’m painting this place or anything.