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Una Vez Sobre Una Epoca
for the HG buds, there's a story up at Coregroup that i've worked on, if you're interested. yes, it's "The Rose", and any suggestions as to another title would be much appreciated. i hate that title.
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so i was happy i got that finished. it just takes a little longer because of the longhand thing, which is also my excuse for "Una Vez Sobre Una Epoca ( Once Upon A Time )". this story marks the return of Noni, who was the star of "Learning The Hard Way" ( currently being shopped around. ) "Crimson and Clover" is also in the works and i'm contemplating a piece in the same voice as "The Dead Line". a full hopper, in other words, and i have a pile of yellow papers on my bed that sparky seems to think have been put there especially for her to play with.
sometimes i think they would have more use that way.
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it makes me wonder how the hell the classics got written.
*sigh*
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if you ever need a translation, may i reccomend this site. it has helped me immensely. i took high school spanish for three years, can understand un poco and speak even less, but i have always loved to listen to the language. sometimes i turn on the spanish channel on TV and listen for awhile, and at one time i had a spanish music channel that i loved to watch. wierd, i know.
anyway, a little bit of spanish flavor appears in both of Noni's stories. i'm always worried i'm not capturing what i'm going for, and what right do i have to write about latinos anyway? i don't know what compels me! and that's the wierdest thing of all!!
maybe i'm just totally insane and i'm too insane to realize that i've finally gone over the edge from eccentric to absolutely wonking bonkers.
it's a possibility.
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so, that's why i'm behind on prompts, although i'm ALWAYS behind on prompts. they have to percolate, i'm telling you. although i will say, sometimes when the pressure is on something pops out i never even knew was there. i've done that a few times, mostly with 100 word pieces. ( thank god for Flashshot. )
oh well. i think i spend entirely too much time ruminating over the magic of writing and not enough time actually doing it.
is it magic? or is it work? is it discipline? what is it that makes this tick? why am i always, always analyzing things?
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i am not a fan of re-writes. oh, i know they need to be done, and i do them, ( and i may have blogged of this before...i'm sure i have. my apologies, i feel the urge to do it again ) but i think of it as handling something fragile and i get scared. although, i have learned something with "The Rose". ( please, please help me with that title!! gawd dang, how cliche is that?? ) wrote it in the first person, changed it to third and it improved a whole lot. BINGO.
and i liked doing it. *phew*
sometimes, i actually think i can do this.
it's not talent so much ( speaking only for myself ) as determination, stubborness, and a need only writing can fill.
i'm amazed at how hard it is, how easy it is, how fulfilling it is, and how much i love it. i'm amazed at how much i've learned and how much i have left to learn. it's exhilirating, challenging, daunting, intimidating and just a blast.
i can say that now before the rejections start rolling in. should be about a week or two. i've got the dates on my calendar.
that means i need to get more stuff written and cleaned up for the second wave.
:)
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so i was happy i got that finished. it just takes a little longer because of the longhand thing, which is also my excuse for "Una Vez Sobre Una Epoca ( Once Upon A Time )". this story marks the return of Noni, who was the star of "Learning The Hard Way" ( currently being shopped around. ) "Crimson and Clover" is also in the works and i'm contemplating a piece in the same voice as "The Dead Line". a full hopper, in other words, and i have a pile of yellow papers on my bed that sparky seems to think have been put there especially for her to play with.
sometimes i think they would have more use that way.
****
it makes me wonder how the hell the classics got written.
*sigh*
****
if you ever need a translation, may i reccomend this site. it has helped me immensely. i took high school spanish for three years, can understand un poco and speak even less, but i have always loved to listen to the language. sometimes i turn on the spanish channel on TV and listen for awhile, and at one time i had a spanish music channel that i loved to watch. wierd, i know.
anyway, a little bit of spanish flavor appears in both of Noni's stories. i'm always worried i'm not capturing what i'm going for, and what right do i have to write about latinos anyway? i don't know what compels me! and that's the wierdest thing of all!!
maybe i'm just totally insane and i'm too insane to realize that i've finally gone over the edge from eccentric to absolutely wonking bonkers.
it's a possibility.
****
so, that's why i'm behind on prompts, although i'm ALWAYS behind on prompts. they have to percolate, i'm telling you. although i will say, sometimes when the pressure is on something pops out i never even knew was there. i've done that a few times, mostly with 100 word pieces. ( thank god for Flashshot. )
oh well. i think i spend entirely too much time ruminating over the magic of writing and not enough time actually doing it.
is it magic? or is it work? is it discipline? what is it that makes this tick? why am i always, always analyzing things?
****
i am not a fan of re-writes. oh, i know they need to be done, and i do them, ( and i may have blogged of this before...i'm sure i have. my apologies, i feel the urge to do it again ) but i think of it as handling something fragile and i get scared. although, i have learned something with "The Rose". ( please, please help me with that title!! gawd dang, how cliche is that?? ) wrote it in the first person, changed it to third and it improved a whole lot. BINGO.
and i liked doing it. *phew*
sometimes, i actually think i can do this.
it's not talent so much ( speaking only for myself ) as determination, stubborness, and a need only writing can fill.
i'm amazed at how hard it is, how easy it is, how fulfilling it is, and how much i love it. i'm amazed at how much i've learned and how much i have left to learn. it's exhilirating, challenging, daunting, intimidating and just a blast.
i can say that now before the rejections start rolling in. should be about a week or two. i've got the dates on my calendar.
that means i need to get more stuff written and cleaned up for the second wave.
:)
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