Monthly Archives: October 2011

A Body In Motion (or: Arghhhh)

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A body in motion tends to stay in motion.

While writing Wolfsong back in April, I wrote every single day, sometimes twice a day, because the story wanted OUT. Out of my mind, onto the page (hey, that’s fine with me!) and I had fun with it. I found myself waking up automatically at 7 am (and I’m a wake-at-noon sort of girl :P ) with the next scene fresh in my mind. I’d boot up Seven, write 1500-2000 words in a sitting, then crash til noon. Then depending on what I had going, I might’ve written another 2k before bedtime. I was Turned On.

Then I got tangled up in a hangup that I thought was a Big Deal…and I stopped writing, put the brakes on and skidded to a dead halt. I fretted, stressed, and worried (but ultimately figured out my problem)…but I didn’t write for a week and a half. And it was so. so. so hard to get back into that story. I was no longer a body in motion, but a body at rest. It sucked, but I powered through it and wrote the rest of the story that month (but still, I whined…a lot).

At this point in time, I’m 90% through my rewrite of Spellbound…alllmost to the point where I get to finish the rest of the book with Brand New Words. But I haven’t written in like, ehhh…almost two weeks. And I’ve found myself avoiding all things writerly. Which is Bad, seeing as I need to get “the Trio”  up by Halloween. Blargh. I know it needs to be done. I just would rather slack :P (I know -tases self- BAD WRITER!)

It’s hard, when you don’t want to do it. When you’re making up excuses (“But I need to clean the bathroom!”) BUT I know if I can -just- get myself back into the habit of writing daily, I’ll be back on the Train of Awesome! (And the soap scum in the tub will wait until I finish that story, I assure you!) …guess I’m headed to Seven to finish up the rest of the rewrite part before NaNoWriMo! XD

Anyone else having trouble motivating to do something? Do you have tips to make Jumping Back Into Writing easier? :)

The Adventures of Gumby and Pokey

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Surely you guys remember Gumby and Pokey. Little green clay guy with his faithful pony-pal, Pokey? Their clay buddies, Prickle and Goo? The rambunctious deeds of the Block Heads? They’re featured on today’s Google Doodle and it made me remember simpler times in my life…

Gumby and Pokey

When I was about 6 or 7, the Nickelodeon channel played Gumby and Pokey episodes and me and my little bro would watch them. Mom recorded them on an old VHS tape and we watched it over and over until it finally warped and our VCR ate it in a mess of screeching and pulled out tape. That was a sad, sad day…

Last year for Christmas, we found a DVD of some of the ‘best’ episodes of Gumby… And I had to laugh. Nothing like I remembered as a little kid. So we showed it to my then-5-year-old stepsister. She thought it was “lame” and would rather watch Sponge Bob and Scooby Doo (her two staples when she’s here).

Still, I got a kick out of watching it. Oh, how it would feel to be 6 again, endless energy and the biggest problem of the day being earwigs in the sandbox and warm strawberry Kool-aid! LOL Simpler times.

Do you remember Gumby? Did you love it, hate it? Or do you have another nostalgic memory, from when you were little? :)