Tuesday 15 May 2012

Pretty Pages

Work has been interesting of late... That is work work, you know the folks who pay me. And in my dictionary, interesting means busy and working longer hours and thus I can't count the times I've sat at my computer at the end of the day and thought ugh!

Bad me.

Okay, not completely bad me as I have been plotting and plotting is writing sort of. Plotting is good. Except plotting isn't writing even if I just said it was. Hey, I've been working long hours you can't expect me to make sense especially when I don't always make sense when I'm working normal hours. Plus, plotting sometimes ends up with me singing really loudly and twirling in my chair when I'm supposed to be thinking of ideas. Anyhow, I've taken to carrying around a notebook with me (I've thousands upon thousands of notebooks) and have been scribbling a short story in spare moments here and there because sometimes I need to pants it.

Or maybe just require a kick in the pants.

Plus on a visit to Duotrope I realised I only had seven stories left that I need to sell and I much prefer it when I have twenty. Of course, I don't mind if I sell those seven and have none left. I'm odd like that.

14 comments:

Aaron Polson said...

I don't want to think of the virtual dust and cobwebs littering my Duotrope account. Good luck finding the time for scribbling, Cate. Keep telling stories.

Mary Rajotte said...

7? Is that all?! ;)

My number of stories-in-circulation has dwindled recently, so this post is a good motivator to finish up some edits and get a few more out there.

Not sure if I'll be able to make it to 20, but I'm not opposed to a challenge ;)

K.C. Shaw said...

I have one (1) story at Duotrope. Seven isn't so bad! But twenty would be even better. Hopefully your job will ease up a bit soon and you can find more writing time.

Cate Gardner said...

That you're able to stand at the moment is an achievement, Aaron

Woot for motivation, Mary

Hopefully, Kate. (and I bet yours is one short story and five novels)

Deborah Walker said...

Hey Cate.

If you have 7 you need to sell, where are the others? Or have you sold everything else? Or have you consigned them to the trunk?

Cate Gardner said...

I trunked a couple of stories from last year, but everything else sold.

Deborah Walker said...

Thanks, Cate. That's very interesting. In fact your post inspired me to work on my novella, today. I have too many short stories. Even though they are so much fun to write.

Cate Gardner said...

Ooh, I like to inspire.

Anthony Rapino said...

I can't count the number of ugh moments I've had this year already. I need to do as you do, Cate. For I have *no* stories to sell at the moment.

Simon said...

You're odd you are. But we love youi anyway! Hope you get more writing time soon; we need more Cateness in our lives.

Cate Gardner said...

So wrong, Anthony

You say the nicest things, Simon

Simon said...

Only because they're true. :)

Katey said...

Oh god, my duotrope has suffered so vastly. Every time I log in I'm reminded that I haven't written a short in months. Almost... like, eight months. Argh!

But yay for carrying pretty notebooks. I always try and do it, myself--or at least use the notes app in my iPad. It is full of little digital messes.

Cate Gardner said...

Ah, but we know how many novels/novellas you and Ms. Hawthorne have been writing, Katey ;)