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Thoughts from Work

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Got some words down on paper again at lunch.  I don’t like my low output, but with a max of a half an hour spent actually writing, I can’t get too mad at myself.

Hunter’s birthday party went off really well.  All of the kids really seemed to enjoy it.  So, having kids birthday parties at movie theater = win.  The actual movie (Where the Wild Things Are), not so much.  Apparently, it’s nothing like the book (I’ve never read it), and it’s certainly not as visceral and violent as the movie is.  There were some pretty disturbing images, and I’m hoping that none of the kids ended up with nightmares.  It’s pretty much a dark movie centered around the Jungian archetypes of an angry boy with fear of abandonment.

Ha!  I can say that without any spoilers!

My wedding ring needs to be resized.  Downward.  It started slipping over the knuckle today.  Holy wow.

I think I need to start going to bed earlier.  It’s a constant battle between getting things done and satisfying my need for rest.  The chin strap for my CPAP machine has been shipped.  I’m crossing my fingers that this is the last piece to the CPAP puzzle, and that I’ll be able to use it nightly now.  Nothing left to procrastinate on.  I’m knocking on wood with my crossed fingers, for added levels of goodness.

I -really- need to pick up that Flobots CD.

Also need to gather links to the Todd posts from the Carnival and the Susan posts from Nocturnal Ambitions.  WordPress will either present interesting challenges for linking to fiction, or will make it strangely easy.  I won’t be able to decide until further play has been had.  Thinking about making Steven’s universe the same universe as Two Vampires.  Lots of things bouncing around in my brain, pounding the walls into new shapes.

Published again! Also, Book 2 of Steven is up.

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One of David’s flash fiction pieces – Victim – has been published over at the ConUtopiaN zine! It’s a very short piece, as that zine’s top word count allowance is 400 words. Give it a read, and let them know what you think. Also, the entirety of Steven – Book 2 has been put in the Early Drafts page. The drama has increased, the tension has risen, and the resolution is ready to crash into being. Give it a read, if you’re so inclined.

Do the needful.

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My lunch was absolutely delicious today. Peppered turkey sandwich on white bread with green olive white cheddar cheese. A cucumber, sliced, with dill veggie dip. A sugar cookie shaped like a grinning pumpkin from the apple orchard. Couldn’t have been yummier.

I had a bit of a moment today when I sat down to write. The results are over on the Google Group (here) in the Glass Crown discussion. It made me giggle a little.

Three more chapters of Steven have been uploaded to my short fiction page. Steven meets someone that remembers him, while his creations open up the book they rescued from Mount Hope Cemetary.

And now, a love poem:

Weekly Word Count

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Quick and dirty:

– Three more chapters of Steven went up last week. I’m intending on putting three more up this week.

http://steven.davidmcrampton.com/
http://www.davidmcrampton.com/fiction.php

– I’ve been challenged/asked to enter the genre of Paranormal Romance. Something new, something fresh, something good.

– The Remembrance could be improved with a re-write. Haven’t finished Glass Crown. Steven may have to be re-written from the ground up. Need to -finish- something. /whine

– I’ve unpacked some of my writing journals. I need to find more and unpack them. Soon. :)

Weekly Word Count

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I shake my fist at the sky regarding anything involving me and artists. Truly, we were not meant to be.

The web comic meeting for this week is getting rescheduled, and I never got the pages for Steven. Nor has the artist received them back, however it seems he’s not been getting -any- mail in over a month. So, here I am, once again, thinking about turning it into something else besides a comic. So far, a novel has been suggested. I’m open to any suggestions that pop up in your brainmeats, as well. :) Never fear, I will still post the serial fiction bits that I’ve finished. Speaking of which, the next chapter should be up shortly after this hits your mailbox or your Friends List or both.

I’m reading up on The Glass Crown, to bring that world back into focus for me. It’s going to take quite a bit for me not to jump into editing mode; I’m already wanting to fix everything. I have to be okay with this being the first draft, and just write. Write write write. And then, write.

Barnes & Noble has classified The Remembrance as Young Adult, though Borders insists that it’s Mystery/Thriller/Horror/Espionage. I knew that the book straddled genres, but that’s getting a wee bit ridiculous. I’m planning on finishing out The Glass Crown in the same very-little-swearing no-sex style that The Remembrance has. Both Steven and Adam’s Name will have some more adult themes in them. I doubt anyone will be adding /Romance to any of the genre listings, though.

I wonder if an Apprentice to the Eldest showing up in the prologue of The Glass Crown is cheaty, because there was no mention of him in the prologue of The Remembrance. I’m definitely going to have to think about his purpose in the prologue, and if another position in the city might be more appropriate than just tacking him on to someone who had the knowledge that he will need to start out with. /vague

Oh, if you’d like to be an Alpha/Beta reader for The Glass Crown, and you aren’t already, feel free to contact me. I’ve still got room for a few more.

Weekly Word Count

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Konbanwa, minasan!

I’ve made some progress on the writing-in-chaos problem. I can stop and start again, without losing track. It’s something that I didn’t know I had in me, and I’m very happy for it.

More Steven fiction is up. I think we’re about halfway through Book 2 at this point. Blaize and the one with the sword are taking out members of the Coven, and Steven is chafing in the organization required for one city to wage war upon another. Mmm, burnt flesh.
http://www.davidmcrampton.com/fiction.php

Really looking forward to next week’s meeting regarding the upcoming webcomic, and I really need to do some extra script writing. The first bit involved a lot of back and forth with my partners (artist and mechanics), and I’m looking forward to getting in the groove with my co-conspirators.

I’m feeling just as much urge to write the Adam in Chicago story as I am to write in the sequel. The sequel will still be my priority, overall, but I remember the girl and the ritual and the house burning down and the coffee shop and Walter’s fiery friend and… yeah, that one was left unfinished for too long. I’ve got this itch, man.

Hoping to have yet another chapter of Steven out to everyone on Friday. As always, input is welcomed.