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During spring break I managed to spend most of my time-off working on ficion. Now that classes are in session again, I find myself having a hard time getting back into the flow of doing course work instead of making more short stories or starting the next novel.

Luckily, it seems that I've hit another moment of being between projects. "Equation" has been cut down to 7600 words and is now in that stage where it needs to sit for a week or two. The Lighthouse and Sea-Ghoul story is up on the shop. I poked at various other pieces, but none of them showed any signs of life past a twitch or two.

I did wake up this morning with the lines "Somewhere in the world at any given moment, Roy Orbison is singing. It's very important that you remember this." We will see if it goes anywhere.

Since I've hit a stopping point, I figure now would be a good time to knuckle down on course work, especially my Short Story Class, which is self-directed and paced.

Yup.

Yesterday, I discovered that Neko Case has a new CD out. Glee!

In Peace
Michael

Roy Orbison is singing

Date: 2006-03-28 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wordswoman.livejournal.com
I love that Roy Orbison line you found resonating in your head this morning. Of such lovely, surreal sentences are great story ideas begun. :)

One of the stories-in-progress that I just mentioned on my own blog, about a kid finding an enormous (like, giantess-sized) brassiere, came from a dream. Now if I'd just have another dream to tell me the right ending, I'd be a happy writer!

Re: Roy Orbison is singing

Date: 2006-03-28 11:38 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com
An amazing number of the stories I've written started as a line or two that just popped into my head for no apparent reason. Of course, an amazing number of lines that just pop into my head for no apparent reason never go anywhere past being a just line. Though I'm begining to feel like I can put the Roy Orbison line and the phantom streetcars I've been contemplating together in one story. hhhmmm...

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