Minor update on the foot and flash fiction

Well, it turns out I had sprained my foot (thankfully, the worst of the pain is gone), so I'm wearing a orthopedic shoe and taking some pain meds now until it fully heals.

Still working on flash fiction and having a good time with it.

Not much insight for now. Until next time...

'Tis a humble update, in the form of a poem, apparently...

Lack of motivation, dammit
you seem to always
haunt, disturb me
giving me reasons
no, false ideas
as to why I should throw
all my talent aside and say
"eff this noise, I'm gonna nap".
Alive, I don't feel like it
having dreams of crying
something is up
but the thing has no name
it is there, a spectre
and thy name is not
Writer's Block!
but who or what are you
spectre?
You have the shape of me
the voice of me
but not the words of me.
Arrows of fire will
hit your forehead
anyway.
Eff this noise, I'm gonna nap.

Brace yourselves...

I'm working on the review for The Red and the Black (delayed that thing long enough, huh?) It will be posted on Friday, so y'all be looking out for that. I thought I could get it done, but like the other review, I couldn't finish it in time. These things can't be rushed, y'all.

I'm also stuck on what writing project to do. It may be back to Invisible, but I can't recall what I was doing or what was going on before I stopped a month or so ago.

Anyway, a review and more Invisible griping is coming y'all's way! Just remember to duck, getting smacked by all that would hurt like a f**ker.

Imagine A Title Here

In all honesty, I planned to skip writing a post tonight, but I made a deal to myself to update every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And so, here I am.

I have nothing much to say, despite my hopes earlier for something more substantial. I'm finishing a book on Shirley Jackon's life, which makes me want to revisit everything by her ASAP. But due to the growing stacks of books, a reread of her bibliography will have to wait.

And I rather not talk about writing. I'm too mad at myself at the moment about my discipline. But yet, I do know one thing for sure: I do miss it.

Whoa, Nelly! It's storytime!

Okay, no review today or anything about writing. Instead, I drove my ass up to a William Gibson book signing. It was about two hours (thirty minutes longer 'cause I got sidetracked several times). It took about the same time returning home only because most of the highway going into town was closed off for construction. The cool thing is that driving out of town was one of my goals. So yeah, three down and forty to go! (Yes, last time I counted, I did it wrong. This is why I'm an English graduate.) I should note that I never drove out of town before, not until tonight. And it was nearly four hours total, going to and from!

One more thing: I'm changing goal #34 to: making my own Talking Heads shirt. I need one in my life, so I shall create it.

~

Wait. You dunno who William Gibson is? Get schooled!

So yeah, after waiting twenty minutes, I got my copies of his latest and Neuromancer signed. Pictorial evidence, y'all:

He was pretty cool, and freaking tall too. Like over six feet for sure. He had this leisurely way of speaking, but if you watch this clip of him from the eighties, he's always talked like that:



I asked him what his favorite J.G. Ballard novel was (he mentioned the author during the Q&A, in terms of influences). He didn't have a definitive favorite, but said "all of them were good". That is a valid answer.

So not only did I achieve a big goal, I got to meet the guy who came up with the term "cyberspace". Ace.

Until next time, Hazmat-wearing ponies.

Posting this thing, fifteen minutes until midnight...

No entry from Friday because I was eager to finish The Hunger Games. It was a fantastic book. I have plans to read the second one ASAP.

In the meantime, I'm also working on a review of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. I thought I could post it soon, but I can't rush this thing. Because of upcoming events (including an unexpected one), I may have to get the one for The Red and the Black done soon and post it early on Friday morning. I'll explain the Friday business once the obligatory "rest period" has passed.

In the meantime, please enjoy this Monday post. Oh, and a clip of a song from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: