Still alive
You’d think being unemployed would mean more time blogging. At least I would have. And, yet, I find that without a requirement to spend so much of my day sitting at a computer, I’m not terribly drawn to do so.
Some large part of this, I think, is that now that it’s easy to carve large blocks of free time, I’m using it for other things. I’ve been reading a lot. I’m not a fast reader, and I hate reading novels in dozens of tiny bites across weeks. Right now, I have the luxury of finishing them in just a few sittings, sometimes knocking off a short book in a single day.
I’m writing, lately on my Alphasmart Dana Wireless , sitting at one Berkeley cafe or another.
At any rate, I’ll again be consumed with job hunting once the business world wakes up again on Monday. Which, in this modern world, in my field, means spending more time on-line. Which might mean more blogging.
We’ll see…
Does your new schedule allow more time for fiction writing? Any updates on that lately?
Posted by Jimcat on January 5 2004 05:45
Well, like I said, I've been getting some writing done. I'd been working on a new story, but have shelved it 'cause I realized it had some fundamental problems and needed reconsideration. I've started on a comics script set in a superhero universe. And just last night I realized I want to submit a story to All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories so I've started researching it, and plan to start writing today.
Right now I have one story at Realms of Fantasy (and know from the slush reader's website that it survived the slush pile) and nothing else out. My goal is to get at least 12 different new stories into the mail this year.
Posted by Zed on January 5 2004 12:17
Zeppelin stories! Man, I wish I'd heard of that earlier. Wonder if I could think up and dash out a good story in a month.
Stay tuned. (But don't hold your breath.)
Posted by Jimcat on January 5 2004 13:47