It's WiP Wednesday! Whee! And this Wednesday I'm in a really good mood, despite the fact that I was just at Kohls trying on jeans and swimsuits. At one point I just looked in the mirror and screamed in my mind, "What happened to you?!" But I did find a decent pair of jeans, which is really what I went there for.
And, it's the most gorgeous day! I think these nights of 40 degree temps are over (I hope). All the little seedlings my husband and I had started died, so we bought some plants at the nursery yesterday. It might be late summer before we get to eat anything out of the backyard. But, we'll keep trying.
And, writing! I did some revising today on a short story. My critique group met on Sunday, and so far I've received comments from two people, and they both had excellent things to say. This is one of the stories I submitted to the MFA program, a story I thought was pretty awesome at the time I wrote it. Looking at their comments, and reading it over again since December, I am a bit embarrassed at how much is wrong with it and that I ever let it see the light of day. But! I also have some fantastic suggestions to work with, and because it's a short story, it's manageable. I also wrote it long enough ago that I'm not in love with every sentence. So, I'm excited about revising that, and I'm happy to be in the critique group again. Having someone read my stuff just makes me want to make it better and better.
I didn't work on my YA novel this week. *clears throat and looks sneakily away* I don't know. Every time I start to think about it, I think, "Boring!!!" Or just, you know, lost. I know I am still doing the thing where I think, "How will I revise a whole novel in one sitting?" Gah! Someday I will get over this, I swear. In the meantime, I'm working on the short story. In my mind it's Stephen King/Chuck Palahniuk-esque.
I'm off to visit the other blogs to see everyone's progress. If you want to participate in WiP Wednesdays (started by Kate--see her original post here), you can do so on your own blog, or drop a note in the comments area. Happy writing, everyone!
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Rare was the time I could walk into Kohl's and not finding what I'm looking for, but it's happened a couple of times for me lately. Glad you found some decent jeans, though. As far as jeans go, I've actually had better luck at Target of late. Come to think of it another friend had trouble finding jeans at Kohl's Anyway, enough about jeans, this is supposed to be about progress! My Wednesday here on the West Coast isn't over yet, so I hope to report back tomorrow with more. And I'm adding to my "writing life"-type blog after this. Meanwhile, I'm still excited about the 360+ words of my play I got typed up/revised the other night after *finally* getting connected to the internet. Happy Wednesday!expanu
Dude. Indigo Girl. I just realized who you are. *smacks forehead*
This is what I get for being tired. :)
Happy to hear you are receiving some good feedback from your critique group. I haven't gotten to the point where I'm ready for anyone to critique my stuff. Yet! :)
Oooh, I love Kohls.
The short story project sounds great, and I think it is fine to put your YA novel aside for a bit - especially if you are feeling really stuck and disinterested in it. I have the opposite problem actually - I keep meaning to work on some short stuff, but I just can't turn my attention away from my WIP.
Yeah - I so won't go shopping for bathingsuits anymore! (Kind of a problem when you ive in California!!!).
That's cool about your nice comments...its all starting to come together for you - you'll see :)
Interestiing read
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