Up at 4 a.m. again. No point in staying in bed if I'm not sleeping - plus I read somewhere that the bedroom should only be used for sleeping and sexual activity to reduce the effects of insomnia. The room's never seen any action, and is currently used for basically everything else, so I've gotta try and break outta the habit of living in that room. Quite difficult actually - I've got everything in there that I need, a bed, my comics, a TV and access to the internet - what else is there?
My (sorely missed) ex bought me a present in November of 1999. A creative writing course through the
Writers Bureau that I never really got into. They've been advertising a lot on daytime TV just recently, and I've noticed their ads in the writing magazines I subscribe too as well. So, after 6 years, I sent them an email this morning - asking about the statute of limitations on the the course ... I'll let you know how it goes.
The reason I did this is that I've hit a kind of wall with the book. It's not a block, I'm still writing, it's just become difficult.
I was on
Toby Litts' site the other day and he had a
picture of the plan for writing his latest book 'Hospital'. I looked at this for a bit and wondered how the hell it worked, and then realised that I have absolutely no plan. I have an
idea, but no plan. The book is pretty much writing itself, which is okay, but probably not ideal - I've got about a dozen possible endings that I'm exploring and no way of getting from the 2nd to the 3rd act. So I'm in a limbo. I need a boost of sorts, not sure where it'll come from but it'll come.
Yunyu's collection of tracks that I have on iTunes has been keeping me company the last few days. I've pretty much added the tracks to all my current playlists and have more to come when the CD arrives from Oz. I can't give them enough hype, so please check 'em out. They have a few tunes on their
MySpace page.
Maybe it was just writing about the 'limbo' situation above that did it, or maybe it was something totally unrelated - I dunno, but after blogging that little snippet, I opened up the manuscript and began to write.. and write.. and write. I'd been writing for about 5 hours when Janne came online to chat for a bit, as did Ammie. So I took a break from the book to chat with them a bit, and then I had to head off to the gym.
It's really windy here today, still very warm - 27degs according to the car, but it's difficult to stand up straight. After my physio treatment I went into town for a stroll. Did some window shopping and stopped for a coffee at Waynes - which was probably a mistake. I really don't need anything to keep me alert at the moment.
The iTunes party shuffle came across a great tune this afternoon, Frou Frou - Let Go. It made me stop what I was doing and just listen for the 4 or so minutes it lasted. When it was done I had to skip it back and start it over again. It's from the soundtrack album for Garden State, and I haven't seen the flick in a while - so I moved my person to the sofa and indulged in some genius film making.
Don't know whether it's a feel good movie or not though, I suppose it depends on where you're at personally at the time of watching it. I think I've seen the movie five times now, and every time I watch it I feel .. moved.
I stay in the office for the rest of the evening, but I shut off all access to the outside world. Email - off, mobile - off, IM's - off; then I hit the manuscript for some real hard work. This lasts about 2 hours and then I feel the onset of fatigue.
I pick up the book I'm currently reading (Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami) and read for the rest of the evening.
originally posted at LoLyfe.com