No G'news Is Good G'news?
Can you fucking believe it? I'm still waiting. Yup ... no word. No call from anyone. It's a good thing I'm not concerned about my grandmother's health. I've called both my parents numbers and got only answering machines. I suppose I could call my grandmother's hospital room, but I think I'm too much of a coward to do that. I have horrible visions in my head of doctors running around with electrified paddles calling out frightning things like "Clear", "Code Blue" and the like, and my little phone call ringing endlessly in the background. I may have no choice, but I'd like my parents to call me back. Sigh ...
Needless to say I could only bang out about a page yesterday, but it's a dream sequence so you can kind of have fun with those. I'll get to dabble a little bit more with that today. Maybe I'll get to escape for a little while.
It's times like these that make it hard not to pop open a pack of smokes and start up again. I don't have any real desire to do so ... but it's just what your brain remembers to do in times of high anxiety. Instead, I'll just gnaw on my shirt collars and go on about my day.
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So I'm reading this book about the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West. I'm sure most of you have heard about it by now, it's been on every face out bookshelf at Barnes & Noble since I can remember. It's surprisingly smutty and extremely well-written, thought just a tad bit on the dry side. For me, that's harder to "fall into", but I'm starting to.
After this I'm thinking of moving on to Scott Nicholson's The Red Church. A friend of mine really likes his work and I've been reading some great articles of his on the Horror Writer's of America Website, regarding his trials and tribulations of becoming published. Very frank details about the publishing industry.
I'd love for the new Sony Reader to come out already. Okay, at least after we sell the other house. This thing has great new technology (e-ink) that looks like printed ink on white paper. No flickering LCD screens to tire the eyes and it uses very little battery power (only used to turn the pages ... no power is needed to hold the e-ink in place once the page is turned). Perhaps the most exciting thing will be the Sony Connect store, where they will offer e-books in much the same manner as ITunes does music. Many of the major publishers are already on board to provide content so there could be upwards of 50,000 titles available. My reading appetite will double once this happens. So many books available at the click of a mouse!
Currently Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maquire
Needless to say I could only bang out about a page yesterday, but it's a dream sequence so you can kind of have fun with those. I'll get to dabble a little bit more with that today. Maybe I'll get to escape for a little while.
It's times like these that make it hard not to pop open a pack of smokes and start up again. I don't have any real desire to do so ... but it's just what your brain remembers to do in times of high anxiety. Instead, I'll just gnaw on my shirt collars and go on about my day.
--
So I'm reading this book about the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West. I'm sure most of you have heard about it by now, it's been on every face out bookshelf at Barnes & Noble since I can remember. It's surprisingly smutty and extremely well-written, thought just a tad bit on the dry side. For me, that's harder to "fall into", but I'm starting to.
After this I'm thinking of moving on to Scott Nicholson's The Red Church. A friend of mine really likes his work and I've been reading some great articles of his on the Horror Writer's of America Website, regarding his trials and tribulations of becoming published. Very frank details about the publishing industry.
I'd love for the new Sony Reader to come out already. Okay, at least after we sell the other house. This thing has great new technology (e-ink) that looks like printed ink on white paper. No flickering LCD screens to tire the eyes and it uses very little battery power (only used to turn the pages ... no power is needed to hold the e-ink in place once the page is turned). Perhaps the most exciting thing will be the Sony Connect store, where they will offer e-books in much the same manner as ITunes does music. Many of the major publishers are already on board to provide content so there could be upwards of 50,000 titles available. My reading appetite will double once this happens. So many books available at the click of a mouse!
Currently Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maquire
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