'Cellar Door' is the working title of my baby. My manuscript. It's been through four drafts and somehow I always find more drafting to do. It's not ready yet and I refuse to send it out into the world and just hope everyone else likes it better than I do. I think the last time it was a topic of conversation with a friend I got a morose head wag and "You gotta focus, man." It's not so much the concern in that reply that bothers me, but the implied judgment. Why do I 'gotta' to do anything for anyone except myself where my own work is concerned? I don't think I do.
Actually, I'm not lacking focus, just speed. That's my choice in the interest of quality, not a flaw. It's also the result of needing to pay bills in the present. To that end, I work a day job and produce jewelry to sell. But I also work on CD almost daily; writing, editing, continuity... I think part of my problem is that I want to do all of the jobs concerned in creating a novel, not just write it. Control freak much? *nods gravely at the question* Anyway, when I have news or thoughts to blab on the project, I'll do it here.
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