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in it for the long haul, or several smaller ones

vinn — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:42:59 +0000

I got my Moleskine cahier notebook from the art house co-op today for The Fiction Project. This means that I have until 1.May.2011 to plot and write the story for the project.

This is going to be exciting for the next few weeks. My theme is “face in the crowd” and I can write about pretty much anything I want to. The are a few rules, one of which is that I cannot change the dimensions of the book. Not that I have any intention to do that.

I am trying to decide which way to go with this, a bunch of short stories or vignettes, focusing on one or two people, or just go for the longer piece.

The shorter pieces may win out because not only do I have more experience writing them, but because it will allow me to better judge the length of the stories to fit the notebook. I would hate to have to cut a long piece short because of running out of room. That would suck.

So for the next few days I’ll be working out some ideas and hopefully by the end of the next week or two I should start writing in the actual notebook.

something new

vinn — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:05:21 +0000

My son gave me, as a Christmas gift, an ipad keyboard dock. I think this will actually help my typing a bit because the keys are ‘chicklet’ so I don’t have to raise my fingers as high. I’m hoping that with this I can get my novel finished in a fairly quick time.

I’m also thinking of taking part in Art House Co-op Fiction Project. My friend, Sarah, turned me on to it and it sounds interesting. The Project sends you a Moleskine cahier notebook and you fill it up with writing, send it back, and then it goes on a nation-wide tour. You can even keep track of where it is and how many times it has been ‘taken out’ and read. Looks like things will be changing in the new year for me, writing-wise.

(I should mention that my son is 16 months old and that it was probably my wife that bought it for me. But he may have bought it on his own. He’s cool like that.)

almost there

vinn — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:17:50 +0000

I’ve finished the rough draft of the flash fiction piece I was writing for submission to Pedestal Magazine. Now all that is left is the editing and then I will send it out and wait the couple of weeks to see if it is accepted.

The only concern that I have about the submission process is that they want a bio from me. I have no idea what to write so either I keep it simple or exaggerate. With exaggeration taking the lead right now. Don’t wanna seem boring now, do I?

plan today, work tomorrow

vinn — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:35:25 +0000

I’ve been working on my novel for a while now but I am going to switch it up a bit. I’m going to write a few flash fiction pieces and try to submit them to a magazine. If it goes well, I think I may have a good chance at getting published. And if that happens, I have follow plans to help me out in the long run.

Other than that, nothing new going on. Seems like I may be stuck in a cycle. But I’m hoping this will stop it.

a little is better than nothing

vinn — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:54:37 +0000

136 words is a pathetic day of writing. I couldn’t get my head into it. I kept editing and editing what I had written.

But some words are better than no words I guess.

I guess….

I’ve got to remember to add these titles before I publish the posting.

vinn — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:52:00 +0000

Wrote an additional 489 words today. That may not seem like much, but considering I only write for no more than two hours a day, and edit as I go along, I don’t think it’s as bad as it seems.

If I could get a full day off, I may hit a couple/few thousand words. I would love that.

But for now, I am content with averaging about 600 words a night.

Give or take a few….

quick stop

vinn — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:09:16 +0000

Just added to the word count. More details to follow soon.