Blog Entry: I R Serious Writer (TM), and a gruesome TV side-effect
Entry posted on March 7, 2010, 4.47 pm
Categories:
Chocolate, Dragon Novel, Eating, Photos, Watching, Writing
OK, there are some days, ever since I signed my first book contracts, when I can actually pretend to myself that I am a Serious Professional Writer...and then there are days when I just can't.
Here is the most recent evidence, from my Friday night of prewriting play for the Austen-y dragon novel:
Erm, yes. Well. Um... ;)
Of course, as hopelessly silly as it is, playing with the novel also really, truly works. The more playful I am, the more productive I am and the easier the novel flows. My evening of pre-writing play resulted in me finishing Chapter One today and feeling total happiness about it...
...but, well. It's not exactly the kind of thing that looks like an impressive, grown-up job, does it? Oops.
In other breaking news, dark chocolate also helps writing, in a pinch. And vegan hazelnut brownies are full of super-delicious WRITING MAGIC.
Also, I may have been watching just a few too many episodes of "Castle" lately. I keep finding myself imagining all my surroundings, wherever I am, as the setting for one of the gruesome victim-discovery scenes that open every "Castle" episode.
Eep.
Then, of course, I need more chocolate...