Tell Your Vision

Okay. I'm back. We had a rough couple of months there, but they're over with now. Spring Break started today and I was calculated and organized enough to ensure that I walked out of the building at the end of the day with absolutely NO school work to do over the next nine days. So now I'm sitting here with all kinds of time off and I'm ready to get back to some honest writing. Or in this case, rewriting. I didn't really do any writing over the past couple of months, but I sure lived a truckload of research, so it's time to get back to it. The fat is ready to be trimmed, the holes are ready to be plugged, the characters are ready to be energized and defined, and the whole sad story is about to become even more painful to read than it was before. Rewrites on "Following Infinity" commence tomorrow.

Maybe you've read it, maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about. To catch everyone up (which feels ludicrous to even think, since I still pretty much feel like I'm talking to myself when I write on my little blog here), this is the manuscript that actually passed in front of the eyes of a real-life literary agent last spring. Or, okay, at least part of it did. I'm not precisely sure how far she got before she sent me my politely-worded rejection. Which, while disappointing at the time, has ultimately been okay. It made me think hard about what else I could do with it, and now, having some distance and objectivity from when it was brand new and fresh, I'm ready to take a run at it again.

So, there it is. In case you were wondering. The reason I bring this up at all is just to say that I'm going to be making more of effort to keep up with the blog than I have been lately. Not because I'm looking to build a writer platform or increase my social-networking profile, but mostly just to practice. Gotta get back in shape if I'm going to do this right, after all. So look for some pretty random business coming soon to this space.

During this interim, I have given considerable thought to everything to do with writing: Why I feel compelled to do it, where it comes from, what my ultimate goals would be, that kind of big-picture stuff. I think I have a pretty good handle on it all now, and maybe having some guided purpose behind what I'm doing will help.

Let's find out....