I’ve just found out earlier today that my mother has breast cancer. I heard it’s not too serious and she’s really optimistic about getting through this, but even with my Asperger’s riddled mind I know it’s gotta be bothering her.
But I have to go on record with this statement: Anyone who openly declares their jollies over my mother’s illness will be hunted down. I know you’re out there. If it happened to Tony Snow and Jerry Farwell, it will certainly happen to my mother. Maybe it’s that shell shock I have since the ninties. Maybe I know the Troll sites too well, but when I heard the news over my mother, the first thought was for my mother’s well being. The second thought was about what the trolls would say.
Sad isn’t it? Thank you Radical Left Wing.
It took me a long time for me to get back into gear. It’s hard to get going when
you don’t have a good view of your destination, and for a few weeks I didn’t
have that. Especially when I don’t get much feedback over exasperated sighs
and a “Do. Whatever. You. Want. Damnit.” delivered at top lung. Sometimes
you just need to ask for directions when there’s multiple ways to go.
And now I found a decent goal to strive for: I have gathered all the cards I need
to write the rest of Scarlet’s first novel, “Murder in Main Street USA.” At this
moment, I have about 5.1 K of words typed in, a total of 53 ‘Pieces’ (Remember
with LBF I think of books as a puzzle with pieces that need to fit together,) and
I set a goal of a completed first draft within 45 days, which will last me til Mid-
July. There may be some additional notes to get, but I have enough for me to
NaNoWriMo all the way through. (I use ‘NaNoWriMo’ as a verb to signify
writing a book as fast as I can, with the eventual goal of writing a the first draft
within a month. I need to build my confidence up to that level.)
“Murder in Main Street USA,” which I’ll designate as either MiMSUSA or SPI01,
will be my second novel. It is also the reason why I’ve taken the comic strip to
the back burner. It was getting harder and harder for me to make the strips,
and if you’ve seen the meandering plotline, you’ll understand why. I hope that,
while I NaNoWriMo MiMSUSA . . . Mim Su Sa, at least it rolls off my toungue
right. My apologies for anyone who has that for a name . . . I think up a decent
chapter.
Meanwhile, I’m also happy to report that I’ve been getting some sales in the
book. It’s not much now, but not only is it still young and I’ve haven’t been
promoting it enough, it’s also the encouragement I needed.
And promoting it more is what I’ll be doing when I’m not typing up a storm. I’ll
be planning to make small promotional pieces I can pass around advertizing
the book, and I’ll be adding to the LBF site.
The biggest addition will be Adam’s return to the web site with his own blog.
I’ll put up a header graphic to announce his entries, and his first one will be a
catching up to speed with his readers. He also might tell of how he meets up
with Scarlet, as well as other stories.