Emerging: Status
Posted on May 12, 2010
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I can’t believe it’s been a month since I last posted. Since then I’ve written three or four flashes, two short stories and a query and synopsis for Panix.
I’ve had less interaction on the two boards I inhabit, Hatrack Writers Workshop and Liberty Hall. But that’s okay, I’ve been concentrating on baseball (hooray for MLB.TV) and the great season end, but quick out in the second round for the Utah Jazz.
I also did some rewrites and submitted three stories to various markets. One came back within 24 hours as a personalized rejection, but a rejection nevertheless. More to do there.
This whole getting back in the swing of things deal has shown me that it takes a lot of energy to keep everything going. Since my operations, my energy level still isn’t where it should be and I’m not staying up as late as I was writing. I need to do that.
I really want to get Panix (the guy in the picture that I made in photoshop from an actor in Foyle’s War) out there so I can work on my next three novels. Bellian, my NaNoWriMo work, is still sitting simmering with Bellian needing more salt and pepper. My Motes and Meddles novel remains about a third done. I might rewrite that as a Young Adult novel. My third novel is one I’ve only done conceptual work on. It’s not a speculative genre work, but an international thriller. The concept is a private shadow CIA operations group for hire based in Switzerland.
I want to write the thriller, but I want to finish the others, too. What’s a budding writer to do?
On the health front, I think I’m 85% recovered. I have one issue I’m dealing with that’s getting better and some lingering discomfort. I had a busy weekend and it really fatiqued me, so my strength isn’t there either. The best news is I can swing a golf club without discomfort and I’ve been able to walk a couple of miles without having to stop.
What’s up in the near future? Continue with the short story challenges on the boards, but try and get a lot of novel time in. I want to send out Panix query letters by June 1st.
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