The past few days I've done more research than writing it seems. I've got several works in progress that should be wound up and either submitted or posted by the end of the week. In my fiction and poetry I rarely outline. Sometimes lines of a poem come to me and I realize they belong in the middle somewhere, and I write the rest of the poem around it. Sometimes, the first and last lines come and I muddle through the middle. Or a scence flashes, ans I write it, make note of approximently where it might go, and it may or may not belong there when the time comes.
But the stuff I've been working on lately is of the "5 things for bla, bla bla" variety, Which leaves me with scattered noted and website links to mold into a coherant and useful article. If all goes well I will have a little surge of articles in the next couple days.
I did have a couple of nice surprises -- the first was hearing that the Great Gatsby was being made into a movie again with a great cast, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. It's pre-production, barely even cast so it will most likely be forever before it's out, but I'm still excited.
I also happened to be following Stribooks (StarTribune Books) on Twitter, and caught them tweeting some news from the 2010 National Book Awards. It's like the Oscars, for books. So now there are new books on my read list. Nominees are here and I will need to investigate which ones I want to read. A neat thing is Coffee House Press got a nomination, and they're just a little literary publisher. Love to see the little guy get attention.
Tomorrow, I will get a break from blogging, as I bring in my first guest blogger, A.F. Stewart!
Good Night, Happy reading and Writing
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