It’s a deceptively warm December day and I am in a quiet pensive mood. My sister keeps asking me if anything’s wrong and I don’t really have an answer. My migraine finally let up at around 10 pm Sunday night. A full weekend of mind numbing pain and then it dissipated.
I went for a walk, just to get some air, in Bryant Park earlier. The ice rink is up and I’d like to go ice skating one of these nights after work. Tonight is yoga night tho’. Brought my mat and a change of clothes and heading for a Vinyasa studio after work. Just need to stretch and move my body a little bit. Just enough to remind me that I have some muscles that work. Oh, this is a hot studio, thought it might be a good change since my muscles are so tight from sitting at a desk all day long. We shall see how it goes.
No writing for the past three days. Writing group is next week and I need to do some editing work on the new pages before I send them around. That will be my task this week. I can move quickly through those pages since I know what changes I need to make for the future pages to make sense (I think). I’m not exactly sure if that last bit made much sense but I’ll assume that it’s coherent.
Then next week back to the last 100 pages. I actually don’t know if that’s how many pages are left to be written but for argument’s sake that’s an approximate number. My manuscript will probably test me on that point but I’m going with the flow (for a change).
And then I’m going to let it rest for 4 weeks while I work on my next writing project, a play. I’ve been missing my theater roots lately and I’m itching to write a full length piece. Now that I’m an actual member of the Dramatist Guild, I’d like to use some of their resources to put up a reading in the new year. There is much to do but I’m not flustered. I feel calm and centered. Wow, how is that possible?
L~
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Tidbit
I've had a wicked migraine this weekend and it sux!! My brain is on fire. Too much time to dwell on the past and feeling all of my old mistakes. Why does that happen? It's bad enough that I've been in pain for two days straight but I then add a layer of emotional crap onto it. Bleck!! Tonight, I'm just feeling miserable. I couldn't see Pearl and the Beard live tonight...so I've been listening to them on YouTube. Must buy their album. Anyway, I love this song, The Lament of Coronado Brown.
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All artwork, photos, and text © Copyright 2008-2012 Liliana Almendarez unless indicated otherwise. All Rights Reserved. Any downloading, copying or use of images on this website is strictly prohibited without express written consent by Liliana Almendarez.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sunday Loose-ness
Writing Update:
Thursday ~200 words
Friday: ~1,600 words
Saturday: ~1,800 words
Sunday: 1,880 words
Total to date: 20,041
New Pages since Nov 1st: 62
I know I gripe way too much about my life, my writing and everything in-between. Here's the thing, my griping is part of my process. It is. I whine. I bitch. I complain and then I write. Then I start again. But I always come back to the page. It keeps me sane. It give me a glow. It's where I find some of my power. Some, not all. I still don't know where i'm going with this novel. More days than not, I just want to burn the damn thing...but I'm not allowed to do that. I just need to get to the end of the story arc. That is my only job at the moment.
Although writing along with NaNoWriMo, the goal was to hit 50,000 words...I'm not sure I'll reach that goal. I'll just keep digging in every day and see how far I get. But I'll put in time every day. Five more days left till the end of the month. (Which roughly means 6,000 words per day if I try to reach for that goal). Then 31 more days till the end of the year to get my first draft done. I am REACHING...and STRETCHiNG to get it done.
I had a good time spending Thanksgiving with my family Lots of laughs, lots of good food, lots of alcohol (altho' I abstained for a change), lots of shouty discussions and I had a fantastic time. Yay! My baked butternut squash dish didn't quite turn out the way I wanted...just wouldn't cook properly. Ah well, no point. For a change I did not beat myself up over it. Progress.Little baby steps.
Healthy food choices were okay. This week is not the week for weighing in. I treated myself to an amazing Thai massage on Sunday. It's been awhile since I've been able to move my neck this freely. Ergh! Way too much time at the computer. Anyway, must get back to yoga on a more regular basis to keep the loose feeling going.
Peace,
L~
All artwork, photos, and text © Copyright 2008-2012 Liliana Almendarez unless indicated otherwise. All Rights Reserved. Any downloading, copying or use of images on this website is strictly prohibited without express written consent by Liliana Almendarez.
Thursday ~200 words
Friday: ~1,600 words
Saturday: ~1,800 words
Sunday: 1,880 words
Total to date: 20,041
New Pages since Nov 1st: 62
I know I gripe way too much about my life, my writing and everything in-between. Here's the thing, my griping is part of my process. It is. I whine. I bitch. I complain and then I write. Then I start again. But I always come back to the page. It keeps me sane. It give me a glow. It's where I find some of my power. Some, not all. I still don't know where i'm going with this novel. More days than not, I just want to burn the damn thing...but I'm not allowed to do that. I just need to get to the end of the story arc. That is my only job at the moment.
Although writing along with NaNoWriMo, the goal was to hit 50,000 words...I'm not sure I'll reach that goal. I'll just keep digging in every day and see how far I get. But I'll put in time every day. Five more days left till the end of the month. (Which roughly means 6,000 words per day if I try to reach for that goal). Then 31 more days till the end of the year to get my first draft done. I am REACHING...and STRETCHiNG to get it done.
I had a good time spending Thanksgiving with my family Lots of laughs, lots of good food, lots of alcohol (altho' I abstained for a change), lots of shouty discussions and I had a fantastic time. Yay! My baked butternut squash dish didn't quite turn out the way I wanted...just wouldn't cook properly. Ah well, no point. For a change I did not beat myself up over it. Progress.Little baby steps.
Healthy food choices were okay. This week is not the week for weighing in. I treated myself to an amazing Thai massage on Sunday. It's been awhile since I've been able to move my neck this freely. Ergh! Way too much time at the computer. Anyway, must get back to yoga on a more regular basis to keep the loose feeling going.
Peace,
L~
All artwork, photos, and text © Copyright 2008-2012 Liliana Almendarez unless indicated otherwise. All Rights Reserved. Any downloading, copying or use of images on this website is strictly prohibited without express written consent by Liliana Almendarez.
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