! I never thought this would happen so fast, but New Line has picked up an option on URBAN SHAMAN. They’re talking about John Woo to direct, with Sandra Bullock starring. I hope she’ll cut her hair, and I’ll need to add some doves to the story…
writers are just big kids
I’m always saying writers are weird, although I don’t really think I’m all that weird. (Which is probably indicative of how weird I am.) But this morning somebody forwarded me an article about imaginary friends (or rather, a blog entry about the article), which includes a link to an author project, the short version of which is, “Authors have imaginary friends.” It’s not that we’re weird. It’s that we never grew up. There are a couple of quotes on the author project page that particularly strike me: … fictional characters…
funny how
Funny how the wind that’s utterly unnoticeable when you’re wearing a hat is suddenly very very noticeable when you’re not. I have not gotten v. much done today. Not v. much done at all. Except some walking and some weight lifting and some laundry. But not much writing, which is what qualifies as “getting things done” in my world these days. Guess I’ll go try to remedy that somewhat. miles to Rauros Falls: 104
go go gadget writer!
I got up at 10 to 7 this morning and was writing by 7:05. 4300 words in about 4 hours, two chapters, and the THUNDERBIRD FALLS manuscript is now complete at 437 pages and 99,735 actual words. I have some rewriting to do and about five scenes I’d like to add, but the major revisions are DONE DONE DONE! Just in time for me to launch into writing FIREBIRD DECEPTION in April. :) Have an article to write tonight and if I’m feeling very awesome maybe I’ll do some of…
things of note
things of note today: 1. wrote 3500 words 2. friend got manuscript request 3. sister moved to ireland ytd wordcount: 71,500