writing/theatre stuff

[rm]

So the screenplay with Kali is going really well. Early days yet, but I'm really happy with what we've managed to figure out so far with character and structure, and we are, thankfully, very much in agreement on trops we like and tropes we don't.

Meanwhile -- me and that damn book. *grumble*. I've realized yet another piece of arbitrary and perhaps not useful information, and that's that one of the secondary characters is The Guy Readers Will Fall in Love With. There's utterly no way to make him a more significant character in the piece, but as I'm working on it I can already hear the voice of anyone who reads it going, "but I want to know more about him." *grumble* Not that he isn't endlessly fascinating, but he lacks a dramatic narrative arc other than having to Put Up With Other People's Shit.

In the world of non-fiction, Associated Content is now giving payments for pageviews on top of what you get when you sell teh article in teh first place. This is good, largely because some of my articles that they paid the least for are of course the ones with the most page views. So ha.

Meanwhile, trying to do background work on Tuesday because that would be a right good pleasant thing (an opinion that will no doubt change when I actually do it. I am also thinking about whether I want to direct something full-length (not mine, probably classical) in the late summer.

I'm also looking forward to Lunacon next weekend as it looks like I won't have to be anywhere early in the morning and that the Snape panel stakebait has drafted me on to sems to be, esentially, in the middle of the night. Now I just have to come up with something to say, since it's theme relates the most of the fic I wrote that's no longer available because I realized it was the germ of my novel. Of course, acting as if I have nothing to say as regards anything related to Snape is the big stupid.

Oh yeah, and I should edit that thing I wrote about filth today for Snapecast.

Finaly, I've been staring at a grant application for about a week for the production of a full length play. The themes of the thing entirely fit with the themes that obsess me in everything in life, and I could easily send a short piece in to be reworked into a long piece, or I could branch off into something totally new -- but although I know what I'd like a totally new thing to be about, I don't have a remotely solid enough sense of it yet t start work.

As to the secret project of "my real name will never grace these pages" I am drawing little structural charts and awaiting research (dreaded research) materials from someone.

Still need to write the damn fish story. Would probably be more motivated if I knew where I was going to submit it to.

Peripherally wisihing I was still capable of writing poetry, but I really think I'm not.

Wondering what to do with the scads of stuff I've written about fencing so far, but realize I'm miles, if not years away from finding a hook for it.

I've become busy in the truly oddest of ways lately.

Also: Celiac Disease Six Months Later: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976928959

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cuz i'm an annoying teacher

[miep.livejournal.com]

gather article has a significant number of typos in it-- the kind that aren't caught by spellcheck. I don't know if that matters to you, as it doesn't detract from the usefulness and narrative ease of the article.

Re: cuz i'm an annoying teacher

[rm.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was going to be nagged about Descensus or Ghosts (and truth be told, I should probably be nagged about Ghosts).

It doesn't matter except in, of course, that I believe everything matters, which is more tiring some days than others.

Thanks, I'll take another read through the thing when I can stand to (once the laundry is put away).

Re: cuz im an annoying teacher

[miep.livejournal.com]

well, I do want more ghosts. the wedding took me by surprise.

isn't laundry one of the less tantalizing of the household tasks? the only part I like is sticking my face in the pile of warm, clean stuff from the dryer.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Dude, you know stakebait? How strange; I used to be very good friends with her, years ago. We didn't fight or anything, just drifted apart.

Also, wow, I didn't realize it had only been six months since you figured out you had celiac. You seem so adjusted to it.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's in my Regency dance class, and will be at Lunacon with us all (something we need to logisticize on at some point, although I keep saying this -- may be there is less planning involved than it hink).

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know she did Regency Dance! Ah, how strange.

I'm up for logisticizing, but what, really, do we need to plan? Other than how to get to and from, I suppose.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I think that's it. I have to look up teh train schedule. And speak to my houseguest, and all such crap. I suppose I shall, when I'm not trying to write bitchy HP fic in another window..

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee. Well, feel free to just give me orders rather than bothering to ask for best times, as I'll be available whenever.

[themacguffin.livejournal.com]

Hi, i added you as a branch off Billijean's tree, I am writing screenplays myself...