Or is it whipping me?
Lesson Learned: Never announce on a public forum that you WILL have your work in progress finished by such-and-such date. Because unless you’re working to an editor-set deadline and have no choice but to deliver the project by said date, odds are something will happen to trip you up. Trip me up, anyway.
I’m still writing and revising the last few scenes of my mystery romance. No excuses, really, other than Elle Muse kept wanting me to change the villain at the last moment. It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to change the villain, but because she kept hankering about it, of course I had to spend tons of subconscious thought time subconscious-thinking about it. Not to mention the additional conscious thinking time. I don’t know about you, but all that subconscious- and conscious-thinking time impacts on my writing progress. In the end, I went with my original villain. Thanks a lot, Elle Muse!
Then, as a result of the crappy economy, My Liege has begun working four-day weeks, using his amassed holidays to enjoy wonderful long weekends every weekend. Which is great! But when everyone else in the family is having a long weekend, it’s much harder to treat Mondays like work days.
Eldest Son returned home from university two or three weeks ago. He started his summer job on Tuesday, and Youngest Son began his college summer session last week. So, as of this week, with both kids absent from the house during the days, and with the little exception of having M.L. around Monday mornings (he usually golfs in the late mornings, so I can get some work done then), I’m finally back to making decent headway on this book. If I weren’t wise enough to follow my own advice, I might even declare that I WILL finish writing/revising this book by the end of next week. But I’m not that foolish, no. You’ll just have to keep checking in and see.
So, about the American Idol finale last night. Kris Allen won, as my buddy Shelinda predicted. I expected him to win, just like last year I expected David Archuleta to win. But I was still hoping Adam Lambert would win, just like last year I hoped David Cook would win (and he did!). I wished Kris had shown a bit more excitement about winning. Instead, he appeared to be in shock and did that Aw-shucks-it-should-have-been-Adam thing. You won, buddy! Soak it up!
Good luck on finishing – yeah, life does have a way of putting obstacles in our path.
Can’t comment on AI as I don’t watch it – but I gather a lot of people weren’t happy with the result.
Oh, Kris is a talented singer. Kind of reminds me of a young James Taylor. Adam will do well no matter what, and I hope someone gives Danny Gokey a chance, too. I would pay to see either of them sing. Kris, not so much. I think he’s more of a niche market. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Danny Gokey wound up being more successful than either of the two finalists. I think he’s the most versatile and has the most unique voice (if not the range that Adam has).
I guess all this is lost on you! LOL, but thanks for the luck. I’m heading back to work…now!
Let me amend that last post by saying I have seen James Taylor in concert – last summer – amazing! But Kris, while he kind of reminds me of JT, his singing doesn’t pull at me emotionally like JT’s does.
I’ve said the same thing about Kris having a career like James Taylor. He’s talented musically and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a songwriter. In the end, it’s not just the voice, it’s the great song, too.
All 5 of the last finalists could have great careers. Definitely Alison will. Her duet with Cindy Lauper was my favorite of last night. I can see Matt on Broadway. Adam is very theatrical, and I know he’ll do well. I agree with you about Danny Gokey. I hope he has a wonderful career.
Good luck finishing your book! I love getting down to the finish.
Thanks, Edie. I’m working on the last chapter. Woo-hoo!