Yawn
I slept WAY late today. Ah, the joys of the freelance life. I rolled out of bed at 10:30 today. Sleeping off the high that comes from Having Written. That’s right. Back in the saddle and banged out five good pages of novel last night. A new scene that needs to be there and it works. Yay!
I worked on a book for one of my clients earlier in the year (or was it even last year?) by Kinky Friedman. Not generally my cup of tea, but when you work in publishing you work on what comes across the table. If you turn your nose up at copyediting pop self-help, for example, you won’t be eating too regularly. Anyway, I had my ideas of who and what Kinky Friedman was, and this book kinda pleasantly surprised me. But the reason I bring this up is this: In this book (Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned) the main character is a novelist. A frustrated novelist. And he talks about the fact that there is no creature more smug than the writer who Has Just Written. And no creature more pathetic than that writer the next day, facing the blank page again.
So last night I danced around the apartment, basking in the glow of Having Written. Billy is used to me by now and danced too. What a boy.
Knitting content? Hunh? I did two more inches on the ginormous sweater yesterday. I’ll probably finish the body today. Anyone want to place a bet on how long it’ll take me to get from armpit to casting off the neck?
I’m jealous! I wish I could get up late. The kid wakes up at 7:00 (6:00 if it’s a weekend, of course) and insists on shouting in my ear as a means of greeting. Argh.
As firm advocates of dancing ’round whenever we damn well feel like it, you dance in the joy of Having Written. Dance, Cari, dance 🙂
Posted by: Becky
Yay for you! Happy dance! And god bless Billy, a man who understands The Dance. You inspire me to be a HaveWritten girl today. I WAS gonna be lazy, ’til I read your post. Okey doke. Off my duff.
Posted by: Rachael
I love the Happy Writer Dance! And to echo Rachael, god bless the man who understands the Happy Writer Dance. Good on ya!
Posted by: Em
Five pages! That’s awesome, Cari! And that Billy — posing for photos, joining in the Having Written dance — what a guy! 🙂
Uh-oh; does this mean that tomorrow you’re going to be the most pathetic creature?
Posted by: alison
I’m jealous! I wish I could get up late. The kid wakes up at 7:00 (6:00 if it’s a weekend, of course) and insists on shouting in my ear as a means of greeting. Argh.
As firm advocates of dancing ’round whenever we damn well feel like it, you dance in the joy of Having Written. Dance, Cari, dance 🙂
Posted by: Becky
Yay for you! Happy dance! And god bless Billy, a man who understands The Dance. You inspire me to be a HaveWritten girl today. I WAS gonna be lazy, ’til I read your post. Okey doke. Off my duff.
Posted by: Rachael
I love the Happy Writer Dance! And to echo Rachael, god bless the man who understands the Happy Writer Dance. Good on ya!
Posted by: Em
Five pages! That’s awesome, Cari! And that Billy — posing for photos, joining in the Having Written dance — what a guy! 🙂
Uh-oh; does this mean that tomorrow you’re going to be the most pathetic creature?
Posted by: alison