The state of the page

It’s been a while since my last status report on non-blog writing, and conscience dictates that I say something or other about what I’ve been up to. On the other hand, that part of me that recognizes the deleterious effects of talking a project out - that is, the bleeding-out of creative energy and inner pressure, let’s say, that by rights should go into the work itself - tells me to shut the fuck up. The post you’re reading now is the result of a compromise between those positions.

So! Not producing as much as I’d like to regarding the long-term writing project (which I guess I should just go ahead and call a novel). I recognize that this is because I’m in an early research mode which dictates more processing than output, but I still feel kind of itchy about it. On the other hand, the research is actually going well; I’m learning a lot about things I know little about. The most positive aspect of the research so far is the realization that my initial notions regarding the novel aren’t wholly and laughably off-base. You have no idea what a relief that is.

Anyway, the research will go on for a while.

As for other stuff: currently shopping a story around and feeling fairly good about it. At any rate, it’s good to have it out in the world, trying to earn its keep.

Another project is trying to get my attention, as though I was capable of managing more than one writing project at a time. That’s funny, sort of.

More to come.

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