Song mood: Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. I’m not sure what story I’m writing. Although I am editing the novella that I wrote this year. Initial process is to run the sections through my editing software. Then pasting the sections into the word document that is formated for print. So I can see first hand how it will look like. I thought I put all sections in the order I wanted but found one out of sequence. Upon reading I may find it was in the right sequence. My idea or current philosophy on editing is I will read it and correct it until it reads like a story I want to read. Currently the title is ‘The Castle of the Dark Prince.’ My current realization is that I write things and find excuses not to do anything further, not to edit, not to seek publication or self-publication because it’s not good enough. So I need to work with these projects and get them as good as I can get them, self-publish, and move on to the next project. The idea is to get as many
Song mood: Mysterious Ways by U2. Currently I’m listening to The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan. I’ve listened to a couple of novellas that she wrote where her detective Cormac Reilly briefly shows up in and liked them. This is the first book with her star detective. Between McTiernan and Trevor on who writes better suspense, I would say hands down McTiernan. A person who writes mysteries as a genre follow a set of conventions so that the reader isn’t in a state of confusion. One great example is putting dates before each section or series of sections. Literary writers don’t follow conventions and the confusion at times come from the writing. Where I say, let the characters mislead the reader not the writing itself. I am enjoying The Ruin . It’s nice to get back to a solid mystery. I continue to walk at the lake. Although, it’s a modified path where I get around 2.5 miles instead 4 miles. I still need to figure out what to do for exercise in the winter. I want to get a rowing m