tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670935301313488942.post547579860587061114..comments2018-12-06T18:42:49.592-05:00Comments on Nature / Writing: Why I Didn't Write a Novel This Weekend (A Post for Pam)Marilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577252936639636125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670935301313488942.post-46229584487126250592014-09-02T00:03:39.689-04:002014-09-02T00:03:39.689-04:00Congratulations on completing your 3-Day Novel! It...Congratulations on completing your 3-Day Novel! It sounds as though it was a good choice to resist the other idea that reared up mid-weekend. :)<br /><br />And you're very welcome for the post - thank YOU for the comment that prompted me to write it. I should have done an update long before now, but I'm easily distracted. You know, shiny things and what-not.<br /><br />Happy writing!<br /><br />MarilynMarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577252936639636125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670935301313488942.post-73882508449450761642014-09-01T22:53:49.877-04:002014-09-01T22:53:49.877-04:00Hey there, Marilyn - WOW - this is, far as I know,...Hey there, Marilyn - WOW - this is, far as I know, the first time any one has ever written a blog post just for me.<br /><br />How FREAKING FANTASTIC!!!<br /><br />And girl... do I feel ya.<br /><br />I so know what you mean about the Finishing things.<br />I do... ok... I have finished things. Plays, my first novel, Mostly Happy, the odd essay.... things that are wandering out there in the world.<br /><br />BUT... I am super slow on the finishing front.<br /><br />Currently mid reVision on my second novel.<br />it has been....<br />a long<br />time<br />coming.<br /><br />So, yeah. I hear ya.<br /><br />Yesterday, I went looking for something... a note I had made for something that I thought might "help" with the thing I was building during the 3day.<br /><br />found the beginning of a story<br />that looked<br />oh so much SHINIER than the thing I'd been banging away at for two days.<br /><br />I stayed on the horse what brung me.<br /><br />and..<br />I just hit PRINT on this years 3day sub.<br /><br />I ache in so many places<br />but my soul is smiling<br />and... after sleeping tomorrow and going to the post office to mail in my sub (Old School!)<br />...<br /><br />I will return to those reVisions<br />on novel #2.<br /><br />write on, sister.<br /><br />Thanks for this.<br />it really is an honour.<br />and I love meeting folks out here in the blogosphere.<br /><br />On we go.<br /><br />go easy ~pPam Bustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630599077179367079noreply@blogger.com