Comets and Rings by Frank Kelly Freas are our artwork tonight.
Ahhhhhhhh. They’re so freaking magical, am I right? Of course I am, we all know this to be a truth of the universe.
The Ho and I are currently reveling in them. The fruits of laundry labor. To be honest, we probably don’t clean them as much as we should. It happens every…two weeks? Maybe even three. It “probably” should happen every week, right? Theoretically speaking. As in what we would do if we were rich enough to have someone come and do them for us. But, alas, we are definitely not that rich. Yet.
Man, if I can afford to have someone do my laundry and clean my house, you better damn well expect that I’m going to jump on that ship. Mostly the cleaning of the house part. Ugh. I am definitely not as on top of that as I should be. Liz is much more so than I, bless her panda heart, but me? Not so much…Now, don’t get me wrong. I *do* clean the house periodically, just like I do the laundry. I’m just saying it doesn’t happen as much as it probably “should.”
Got through two more acts on my pilot today, polishing up what I’ve written over the past two weeks. I can honestly say that I like what I’ve written. FINALLY. I’m not saying that I’m 100% sold on it and that it’s solid gold ready to get me a job…no. No, that feeling shall have to wait until after it’s shown to people that I love and trust and they proceed to tear it and me to shreds…and from those ashes shall rise a phoenix of amazing…better-ness. And then, we move onto the next project. š
I’ve dwelled too long already in this pilot. I haven’t learned everything I can learn from it YET, but it’s taken too long to get to this point. It’s time to move onto the next, learn from the next, and see if I can’t get the process done even faster.
But, hey…I’m actually enjoying what I’ve written. There is some story there, the beginning of some characters. Some dynamics starting to come together that I can work with. That, really, will be the downfall of this draft, I think. The one that’s being sent out to my trusted readers. The characters aren’t far enough along in their development. Not human enough yet. But, what I’m hoping is that finally it’s showing through that I’ve been THINKING and TRYING to get that development to show through. Some seeds have been planted from which I can get some helpful guidance and some fresh ideas.
We’ll see. I’m nervous about it, if you can’t tell. Or, well, “nervous” is not quite the right word. I’m not feeling nervous about it at all, actually, right now. Preoccupied is more apt. I’m trying to anticipate notes and problems…when I really have no idea what they’ll actually be š I’m not good at waiting.
Tomorrow is another bit of writing-catch-up. I’m all caught up with the pilot stuff, which is great. It’s just an hour of that, and then I’m diving back into the novel reading/polishing. That’s exciting too, because it means that I will have TWO projects ready for other people to read and offer feedback on in the coming week. You know, just my entire body of work for 2014. No biggie.
May 2015 bring twice as much work done. Is it weird that I’m totally missing writing my 3 pages a day of prose? I do. I totally miss it. But, the focus right now is on television screenplay format. It’ll be two more rough drafts on that before I dive back into another novel. Screenplay-ing is a skill, godamnit, and I want to learn it like a boss.
Coco just stood up all the sudden in bed and looked like she was breathing hard. I though maybe she wasn’t feeling well, but whatever it was passed pretty quickly and she just laid back down. I think she’s asleep again already. Sometimes she has tummy troublems and throws up a little bile in the mornings. I thought maybe that was what was happening, but no. Little boo boo bear. Fucking love my dogs. She goes to her second Agility class tomorrow, and I get to go this time. Looking forward to it very much š
Goodnight, guys. Today was a good day. Oh! And I watched Edge of Tomorrow again because it was playing on HBO and it had started just as I turned on the TV. I LOVE THAT MOVIE IT IS SO FREAKING GOOD. I was reading about how *several* critics put it on their Top 10 lists for 2014, and I was thinking that it absolutely goes on mine. Also, in an age where we can have 10 freaking Best Picture Nominees, it is without a doubt a snub this year. Should have been nominated. There’s precedent, too. District 9 was, and this movie’s even better than that was.
Anyway…
See you tomorrow!