Dear Diary . . . day by day

Tuesday, September 25th, 2001 - Write on

Heh, heh.
Sorry about the silence there for a few hours. Started to write an entry, then decided I wasn't quite in the right frame of mind to be giving my views in public, so, you know. Nada.
Ahem. Well, we're none of us perfect.
Ah, the job search is getting depressing. Today I found out I didn't get the job I interviewed for last week - the one where the guy basically told me in the interview that I was at the top of the list. It was very disappointing. I actually didn't cry until I had to tell Tim, who was very sweet and understanding and supportive. But still.
Freelance writing on its own isn't quite working for me. I just got the nice big fat check for the SF guide last week, and that was exciting, as it's by far the most I've been paid for my writing; an amount that must go on the tax returns this year. But I'm still stalling on the Indy guide, despite offers of up-to-date info from my friends who still live there.
My problem is that I want to write fiction, not articles. The most creative thing I've written lately is the poem I wrote for Speculon which should be up any day now and I can let you all read it. Actually, I'm quite proud of that piece. It reminds me that yes, I am a creative writer, not just someone who writes well.
Ah, and then there's the novel, which exists only in my head, notes in several different notebooks, various outlines, a prologue that I'm probably going to scrap, and a tape cassette with me rambling about it while I drove up and down to see Tim this past summer. There is some cool shit in this novel; now I just have to sit down and make it accessible to people other than me.
That's the big trick, isn't it? Communicating well.

Exercise log:
Oh, I'm sure I could wrack my brain for something that counts, but instead I'll just admit it's been awhile.
Writing log:
Goals:
Will have Indy guide done by end of this week. That and at least a short story or a first chapter of the novel.
Current Publications:
San Francisco City Guide at EGrad.com. Written by me, edited by someone else.
I'm currently reading:
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt
Okay, so I'm just reading the very rough first draft of the chapters fresh off the 'puter, but damn, it's already good!
My new PO Box is:
Heather Shaw
P.O. Box 13222
Berkeley, CA 94712-4222

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