I was writing the outline for Inside the Kaleidoscope and I realized a) writing the mss. first is doing things backward and b) without that backward look, I wasn't seeing ITK at all. Hello. Is it a chicken, an egg, a poodle or a road sign? Don't cross the road.
Learning is good. I believe I think I believe. News Flash: my eyes have aged more than a day today, computer screens being what they are. Also, beware the presbyopic computer worker: She really can't see you.
This whimsy brought to you by Fatigue, maker of Old Folks Underwear for Change and three, count them, three different ways to lose your mind without losing your vague smile.
That's all she wrote for now and that's a good thing, too.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
SFWC and learning.
I attended the San Francisco Writer's Conference 2/18-20. Wonderful connections made with other writers, with editors and agents. It was worth the $$ and exhaustion. I feel I'm a member of a community. Hooray.
Met David Morrell at the conference. He's the author of First Blood, the Rambo originator. Rambo of the movies leaves me cold, so I wasn't prepared for Mr. Morrell, a kind and generous man who spent time with newbies like me, giving us the 4-1-1 about publishing and what media shifts, like ebooks, mean for writers. His keynote speech later at the Saturday luncheon also inspired me, professionally and personally. What I got from the speech is this: you can, you must, write the story you were meant to write no matter what obstacles you face.
I am one of those who is lost on the computer learning curve some between DOS and HTML. My daughter Kate laughs to think I fear computer-rama. I admit it, I am afraid. Go ahead, laugh.
I will learn, I will move forward, I will write down the URL and any passwords so I won't forget them. Lists now are necessary memory tools for me and post-its are the tools necessary to remember the other memory tools. REMEMBER LISTS the post-it shouts. Sometime I must remember to make post-its that shout about what lists, for I have many and don't always know which list the post-it refers to. I will leave aside my filing system. I don't really have one and writing about an empty set would just confuse me.
Must write an outline of Inside the Kaleidoscope for inclusion with the first three chapters an agent requested. Had no idea my story of life in a van with two cats, two dogs and me and my fears would interest anyone enough that I'd need an outline of the story. Drat. If only I'd been a Girl Scout. I would have been prepared. Same goes for the synopsis of ITK that I must write. Got to be tight, engaging words on two pages to describe a year of constant changes. There's a challenge. Yike.
Met David Morrell at the conference. He's the author of First Blood, the Rambo originator. Rambo of the movies leaves me cold, so I wasn't prepared for Mr. Morrell, a kind and generous man who spent time with newbies like me, giving us the 4-1-1 about publishing and what media shifts, like ebooks, mean for writers. His keynote speech later at the Saturday luncheon also inspired me, professionally and personally. What I got from the speech is this: you can, you must, write the story you were meant to write no matter what obstacles you face.
I am one of those who is lost on the computer learning curve some between DOS and HTML. My daughter Kate laughs to think I fear computer-rama. I admit it, I am afraid. Go ahead, laugh.
I will learn, I will move forward, I will write down the URL and any passwords so I won't forget them. Lists now are necessary memory tools for me and post-its are the tools necessary to remember the other memory tools. REMEMBER LISTS the post-it shouts. Sometime I must remember to make post-its that shout about what lists, for I have many and don't always know which list the post-it refers to. I will leave aside my filing system. I don't really have one and writing about an empty set would just confuse me.
Must write an outline of Inside the Kaleidoscope for inclusion with the first three chapters an agent requested. Had no idea my story of life in a van with two cats, two dogs and me and my fears would interest anyone enough that I'd need an outline of the story. Drat. If only I'd been a Girl Scout. I would have been prepared. Same goes for the synopsis of ITK that I must write. Got to be tight, engaging words on two pages to describe a year of constant changes. There's a challenge. Yike.
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