I hope everyone is still hanging around especially since it’s been a while since I’ve wrote anything. Whether it’s been a blog or just writing in general. Sometimes I get in slumps and cannot get anything to flow out of my fingertips. (At least that’s the excuse I’m giving as to why I haven’t been writing on Frost. The blog excuse is different…)
A few months ago we adopted two cats, a white one named Milo && a black one named Chang. (We lost Chang on Sunday &&& I miss him terribly.) The Boyfriend and I left for work and apparently the cats got extremely upset and went crazy in our bedroom knocking over a glass of water I had sat on my side table. The end result? Well, I just bought a new laptop, if that can give you any indication where the water landed &&& what it destroyed. Yeah. I had to wait until I had the money to replace the laptop.
o&&&& I would just like to say that I never realized how much I depended on my laptop when it came to writing. I bought it, got it home, opened the box and sat it up then I just sat there staring at it. My first thought? “What am I to do now?” I mentioned my thoughts on Facebook &&& everyone basically said the same thing, “You could write now?”
&&& they are right, I could write. I could write all kinds of things. But the part of my brain that has control over my writing is dead. Actually, no, it’s not dead – it just has so many ideas that I can’t keep up with it. Then there is Frost.
Oh Frost. Remember when I said that Frost was finished. The first draft, that is. It is, I didn’t lie. However, every time I sit down to edit the story I always seem to change things. Then I stop working on it for a while and when I pick it back up, I change things again. I can’t stop myself! IT’s like a bad habit. Almost like my own little drug.
My drug of choice? Changing my story over &&& over again. If only they had a meeting for that. Or an app. Maybe an app that would zap my fingers every time I thought of a new way to change it. (((I’ve also changed my characters names at least eight times since I started writing it back in November 2012.)))
How long does it take before people stop believing you about writing a book? I started this story in 2012, can still remember what I was doing, what I felt like and the fact I sat on my bed (didn’t have a desk) for six hours straight writing. I feel like I’m doing something wrong, most people finish books within a year, and here I am six years later.
I don’t know.
Off thought, I think I may like this new editing screen. I’m not sure how long it’s been different, but this… I like.
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