Melonade

All week I've been trying to get back to editing the book, and all week I've been failing big time. It's not a lack of desire. I've got that in abundance. But when I open up Copywrite, I just end up staring at the words and wondering where I was and how I get back there. So I printed the twelve-ish chapters I had seriously manipulated in the last 3 months and started reading them again. I didn't know what to expect, but it was a decent way to start.

Today I had lunch at a little mafia-themed pizzeria in Edmond. Armed with a slice of pepperoni, I disobeyed the direct order on the pizza rules list and ate most of it with my fork while I finished reading and marking up chapter one.

I felt good about my accomplishments, strangely enough. I didn't take much out, but I added a few bits, and none of it felt like fluff. I'm going to see if I can copy that success in a few more chapters this weekend. Wish me luck.

Well I should really be writing or reading or something non-laptop related, but I wanted to stop by the blog before I pry myself away from the keyboard.

The truth is, this blog is boring.

There are a number of reasons.

1) I am a boring person. Ask anyone who knows me in real life.
2) When I think "Internet time!" I rarely think "Blog time!" Sorry, but it's true. What else is occupying my attention? Oh, just this and this and this.
3) The readership of this blog is slim. I know it was bigger back in its heyday, but that was about 2 years ago(!) and it's my own fault for neglecting it.
4) My next door neighbors are smoking, Nickleback-lovin' boys who play their music at teeth-rattling levels and fill our apartment with the stench of their nicotene habit.
5) #4 doesn't have anything to do with the blog, but it's taking up a lot of my thought space. (Here it comes again. I'm going to have to close the window...Somebody get me a candle!)

So I've been thinking, maybe it's time to shake things up. Maybe even (gasp) move the blog elsewhere. Meet new bloggers. Waste my time on other sites. Blogger, you've been good to me, but maybe we need to see other people...

No firm plans yet. If I load up the posts and move somewhere else, I'll let you know.

Goodnight, and don't pollute your neighbors' air!

Confession: I usually start the day by inking in a few answers to a crossword puzzle. I find it helps my brain get from that groggy dreamworld to the real one where I need to operate a moving vehicle and talk to people in complete sentences. Various puzzle books are scattered around my house, car, and purse. I like doing them while waiting in the drive-through line or in the theater before a movie starts. Wednesdays mean a new NY Times crossword in the OK Gazette; they're by far the most difficult, and also the most rewarding puzzles to complete.

I just stumbled across this little tidbit of crossword history on Neatorama. Click and learn.