Try, try again.

I'm actually getting internet in Barnes and Noble today, so I'm going to make the most of it, before it disappears.

I finished the rough version of Chapter 8 in The Suits today. Hurrah. But I'm still behind on my 750/day goal. I'm not terribly concerned, as long as I keep up with the writing. I'll likely be fine tuning chapters 7 and 8 tonight and updating those on Writers' Cafe so that I can get a little bit of feedback. I like knowing that I'm still headed in a good direction.

Though some of the things about Christian Dogma that have been coming out recently may very well inspire my college to burn me at the stake. Hopefully I can meld it into something less harsh (as the idea is a new myth, not the total obliteration of Christianity) by the end, or that the ending attitude is a bit different than the beginning's animosity. It probably will, since I think it's the first person immersion into character that's producing the harshness, rather than an outright bad attitude on my part.

We'll see how it turns out. And there's always the editing process to consider.

I also got rejection letter #8 this last week. But it was a nice one, in which the agents told me they were positive that someone else would want the book. That could just be a form letter (and it likely is), but coupled with Kelsey finally finishing it and telling me that she loved it, made me feel a little bit better about Nocturnal Melee as a finished product the way it stands. So, I may send out letters to the rest of my list (which, I believe, consists of about 5 or 6 more agents), and I'll wait out letters #10-16. If those are all rejections THEN I will likely seriously move on with the rewrite of the project.

And Janet Evanovich's confession about having several first books that were never published made me feel a bit better about the process of getting an agent--it isn't the end of the world. Though I really do enjoy Nocturnal Melee, especially as a reader--it doesn't feel like I wrote it. Especially when I compare it to The Suits. The tone is so different, it astounds me at times. But whatever. The break will come sometime. It HAS to. I just have to keep at it. Perserverance is a virtue, isn't it?

Also, They Might Be Giants is likely one of the best musical artists to write to. This is a new discovery as of today. And it produced a whole chapter. I just hope the random music that is the background for this book doesn't effect the tone too deeply. Hah.

Where's Your Crown?

I've finished it. Shawn says it works, and we worked on the things that didn't. So, the new short story is basically done. "The King of Nothingness." It's based both on The Sandman and Metallica's "King Nothing." This random piece of literature just...popped out.

And it's awesome, because I am REALLY sick of reading memoir in Creative Writing. Apparently that's the only literature that means a damn. *eyeroll* Whatever. It's dark, funny, and philosophical, and I am rather pleased with the outcome. That isn't to say that it's perfect, because I'm sure someone in the workshop will have issues with it.

I just hope it doesn't get reamed because it's not "real." Literature can be an escape too, can't it?