Well, Yeah

It's been way too long since I last posted. The writing dropped off severely over Christmas break, so I didn't feel I had anything to add. Right now I'm suffering from "It's crap, but I must push on." It's a little disconcerting, how often I have to remind myself the IDEA is to FINISH, duh.

I sent Kate chapter nine the other day, and you know, it's not finished. But I'm plowing on and keeping notes. *s* She's a gift, man. The main reason I'm still going. My goal is to be finished with the first draft of Zombie Sky by the end of the semester, but it's going to be close if I don't crank it up.

This morning I tried to park the truck off the drive because we're supposed to get a doozy of a snow storm tomorrow. So of course I got it stuck SIDEWAYS in the drive. Duh, again. And now we're beginning the PLAYING WITH BOTH HANDS AT THE SAME TIME thing in piano. It struck me, about the tenth time I tried the piece last night, that, although I have great striking technique and muscle tone due to years of typing, you DON'T type with BOTH hands at the SAME time. Brain, meet coordination. Argh. I took piano because Birdie wanted me to, and I'm having a good time with it, better than with guitar because I'm actually learning a lot, especially music theory. But man, it's tough.

Score!

As in, I have a goal. ;-) I *need* a goal, which is why I learn better in a classroom.

So, my goal is to have the first draft COMPLETED by the end of this semester. So there.

New Year

Really great vacation. While alone I determined I was getting boring in my writing again. Not enough DRAMA. Where is the fear? Not everyone is like me, you know, totally taking world anihilation in stride. ;-) There aren't enough zombies, either. Hmph.

I also read World War Z. Big mistake, cause that's a really fun book. How depressing.

One of my faculty says if I finish my first draft she'll let me order her syllabus in "zombie puke green" for that semester.