Chuckleheaded me, now with new signs of hope

[pjthompson]

I decided to slim down my synopsis for A Rain of Angels for a particular agent I wanted to send it to—plus, a slimmer synopsis would be a good thing to have anyway. As I started in on it, though, I remembered that I'd never reread the section of the ms. that I rewrote earlier in the year. So I dutifully headed over there...and found that I'd never completed the rewrite! I can't believe I did that. So that's what I've been concentrating on this week. I've had an amazingly spacey few months, but this takes the cake, I think.

Venus in Transit is finally ready to be finished, but I told it it has to wait. And then there are those short stories kicked up by my reading of Women Who Run With the Wolves. That book made me understand, on a much deeper layer, a story I've been struggling with for a few years now. I finally know what it's about. Although I thought I knew that before, and one wonders (I) if I've fooled myself yet again...but I don't think so. This time the story has settled in my gut in a way it didn't before. This could be the one!

Another hopeful sign of movement in my psyche: I've started writing poetry again. Nothing great, nothing much, but I hadn't written anything in several years. It felt so good. That's partially due to Women Who Run, too, but it probably also has to do with unearthing all my old poetry and going through it.

These are hopeful signs. These are signs of regreening.


A Rain of Angels




The River Beneath the River

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Sounds like good work being done. (Even the oopsie.)

[pjthompson]

I'm moving forward, anyway.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

You know, I'd like to make a witty remark of encouragement that'll let you know forgetting to finish a rewrite isn't so big of a goof, but... sorry. That one takes the cake. ;-)

[pjthompson]

It do, don't it? In my defense, I rewrote the monkey poo scene and that part was such a pain that I felt like I'd rewritten the rest. But of course I hadn't. :-)

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling the quality was such that no one would have noticed, anyway. You're good like that.

[pjthompson]

Very kind of you to say, but I'm afraid there's no defense...I stopped writing right in the middle of a scene. :-/ Rather noticeable.