Devoid

Yesterday I wrote a long post on how I felt devoid of anything even closely resembling enthusiasm for writing at the moment. Then I deleted it because I thought it would be taken as a little bit of a whine as opposed to a thoughtful consideration of where I'm at.

I'm not writing as much, and therefore I'm not blogging as much. It's as simple as that really.

I'm biding my time at the moment. I'm struggling with a couple of writing concepts that must be truly understood for me to be able to move forward. I need to nail down the central question, and I need to be able to define a tight central plot around that central question. If the light finally goes on and I figure out how to do this consistently, it'll be a watershed moment and I'll move forward again. Hopefully it doesn't take years to get there.

I think I'm winning the 'Rejected from Necrotic Tissue Club' as I received another knock back from them last night (that's two in the last week). This one was the nicest personalised rejection I've ever had, but still, in the end, a no. A rose by any other name...

Still not up to Danielle's great heights of five rejections last week but I've had four in the last nine days so I'm not far behind.

Now I need to find another market to send 'Worth the Wait' to. Fingers crossed.

Speak soonish...

BT

Slow

Not a lot to report on the writing front at the moment. Still reading the Dexter omnibus which has a nasty habit of putting me to sleep every few chapters - not the books fault. I'm just ultra tired. May have something to do with staying up late and watching the cricket...

Still haven't done any writing.

I've received a total of 3 rejections and no acceptances this week. Last night Worth the Wait, which was long listed for a Xmas antho, became the third. :c(

All three have since gone back out to market.

I'm really just not feeling it at the moment. The muse has not only left the building, I think she sold the house and left the general area. I have no drive and no passion at the moment. It's quite sad.

Hope things are better in your writing endeavours.

BT

Gone

Wamphyri has gone out to Night to Dawn. Worth the Wait has also gone to Festive Fear.

Fingers crossed.

I've also submitted my current draft query to the Query Ninja over at Carrie Harris' blog of awesomeness. Hopefully it's not a total flop and she can use it to instruct others in the ancient art of query balck magic - and I can get it into shape.

Thump!

Hear that - that was me falling off the wagon. Yep, already.

Today started off badly at work with me arguing with the boss. It put me in a bad mood straight off the bat. I got a bit of normal work done, but not a lot.

So I started writing. I had nothing in mind, just a scene really. I started writing and a character showed up, and then another, and then my ghost (well, sort of a ghost - maybe a ghost with a twist).

2380 words later, and many minor revisions, and careful pondering over sentence structure and word usage (yep, I'm getting to this point earlier and earlier in my drafts - very cool), I've sent it off to my guru for grammar correction and overall comments. And guess what it's called? Go on, guess - no idea?

Worth The Wait.

How apt is that! The struggling for it to come out had nothing to do with the title. In fact it went through all the revisions before I gave it a name. I sat and thought about what its central question was and BINGO - it fits.

I'm glad that's finally out of my head. Now maybe I can get on with my assignment work.