Starbody

Writing | Started my first attempt at participating in National Novel Writing Month. With a goal of 1700 words a day to meet the 50,000 word requirement, I certainly have my work cut out for me. As with so many things, this was inspired by the ever creative Sharyn. The idea for me is to crank out the words rather than worry so much about writing a fantastic novel. As Mark once said to me, it’s not necessarily the quality of my everyday writing but the fact that I do it.

Hunting | Money isn’t everything. It certainly keeps the house and dogs going, but I’ve long passed the point where I’m willing to sell my soul for a huge paycheck. Although word has come from most people I know that the job market is horrid, things have been moving along. Lest I jinx myself, I’ll just say that I have been interviewing and hope to have some good news in my future.

Listening | Fiona Apple’s latest (and long awaited) album Extraordinary Machine is phenomenal … amazing even. It rises above just the typical indie pop, sad-girl, singer songwriter stuff that she could have easily melded in to.

Trying | Trying out CopyWrite in the search for an easier way to organize and write. Word, Appleworks and other word processing programs seem to do just that … process the words. They’ve always failed as uninspiring and cumbersome in the area of recording ideas. I tried Ulysses awhile back, but at $120.00 the price seems a bit steep. If CopyWrite does what it promises, it’s a bargain at $29.99.