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Jun. 3rd, 2019 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skye_writerMy head is a big jumble of things I've got to do, and I have so much trouble just picking one out and doing it. I've sort of been bouncing from thing to thing without any direction. Maybe I need to start putting to do lists in my bullet journal again. I kind of already have a to-do list, but it's basically just daily chores, not specific things I want to accomplish each day.
I finished Tempests and Slaughter yesterday. Pretty good, if a little plotless. Also I feel like I'd be a bit more invested in it if I'd actually finished Pierce's Immortals Quartet. Reading that might be a project for after I get through my library books.
In turn, I started reading Crazy Rich Asians, which is interesting enough, though I'm not fond of the author's choice of an omniscient narrator. I'm used to stories where the viewpoint stays firmly in one place for each scene, rather than jumping around constantly. But it's not enough to turn me off the book completely, and I'm already 60% through it by Kindle's reckoning, so I'll have it finished in the next day or two.
Writing-wise: I've decided not to focus on just my novel this month. I think my imagination would like a little variety, so I'll be dipping my toe in here and there throughout the month. I'm doing the Mid-Year Marathon over at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
getyourwordsout, which means I've got to shoot for at least 6k-ish this month, which is the pace for my pledge. Barring any huge disaster, I should be able to do that, as long as I keep at it most days.
(Because I am a huge nerd, I thought I might take the prime-numbered days off from writing? Just to give myself a little break, and also because primes are nice and did I mention I am a nerd?)
I rented a bunch of movies that need watching. I tried watching Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham's directorial debut from last year), but it was just not pulling me in, so I gave up on it.
(Slightly related: why do all the coming of age movies about teens involve the main character lying about something to impress someone? It happened in Lady Bird, and this one too. I don't get it, and it just immediately turns me off the movie, because I know that the character will be found out and it'll end badly, and I just... I don't get it. Maybe it's because I never did shit like that? Middle school and high school were hell enough without me making things worse for myself by lying about big things like happens in these movies.)
Back to my rentals: I also have Blade Runner, It Follows, and Loving (which is about the couple behind the case Loving v. Virginia that legalized interracial marriage in the US and also it has Ruth Negga which is about 75% of my interest in it). They're due back on Wednesday, so hopefully I can get through those in time and not have to worry about a late fee.
There's just...
I don't know. So much to do. And I'm not the most effective at managing my time. I need to crack that nut at some point. But it ain't happening now.
Hope you're all doing well.
I finished Tempests and Slaughter yesterday. Pretty good, if a little plotless. Also I feel like I'd be a bit more invested in it if I'd actually finished Pierce's Immortals Quartet. Reading that might be a project for after I get through my library books.
In turn, I started reading Crazy Rich Asians, which is interesting enough, though I'm not fond of the author's choice of an omniscient narrator. I'm used to stories where the viewpoint stays firmly in one place for each scene, rather than jumping around constantly. But it's not enough to turn me off the book completely, and I'm already 60% through it by Kindle's reckoning, so I'll have it finished in the next day or two.
Writing-wise: I've decided not to focus on just my novel this month. I think my imagination would like a little variety, so I'll be dipping my toe in here and there throughout the month. I'm doing the Mid-Year Marathon over at
getyourwordsout, which means I've got to shoot for at least 6k-ish this month, which is the pace for my pledge. Barring any huge disaster, I should be able to do that, as long as I keep at it most days. (Because I am a huge nerd, I thought I might take the prime-numbered days off from writing? Just to give myself a little break, and also because primes are nice and did I mention I am a nerd?)
I rented a bunch of movies that need watching. I tried watching Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham's directorial debut from last year), but it was just not pulling me in, so I gave up on it.
(Slightly related: why do all the coming of age movies about teens involve the main character lying about something to impress someone? It happened in Lady Bird, and this one too. I don't get it, and it just immediately turns me off the movie, because I know that the character will be found out and it'll end badly, and I just... I don't get it. Maybe it's because I never did shit like that? Middle school and high school were hell enough without me making things worse for myself by lying about big things like happens in these movies.)
Back to my rentals: I also have Blade Runner, It Follows, and Loving (which is about the couple behind the case Loving v. Virginia that legalized interracial marriage in the US and also it has Ruth Negga which is about 75% of my interest in it). They're due back on Wednesday, so hopefully I can get through those in time and not have to worry about a late fee.
There's just...
I don't know. So much to do. And I'm not the most effective at managing my time. I need to crack that nut at some point. But it ain't happening now.
Hope you're all doing well.
