Glah. Drinking a lot of (uncaffinated) herbal tea is not at all beneficial after a bout of insomnia. Screw the decaf, gimme some coffee!
Writing stats:
I had three, or was it four more critiques of “Running” trickle in from Critters after I mailed off my final draft to a market. No biggie, the macro comments had been made in the previous critiques, except the very last one found a leetle, bitty, itty-eenie typo that all of the 24 or so previous critters (and myself after a gazillion read throughs and my first reader on his two passes) had missed. AGGGHHH!!
It’s tiny. I dropped a letter in the middle of the name of one of my secondary characters. It doesn’t impact the story and odds are the editors/first reader won’t even notice. But . . . dammit. Fume.
Better news:
2500 words into “Two Minds.” I actually outlined this one (*gasp* high fantasy and outlined! What is the world coming to?) It’s likely that it’ll crest into novelette length as well. Hmm. I’m writing longer works recently. Wonder why.
Pet the muse. Nice muse. Would musey like a cookie? NO, she’d fucking like some coffee! NOW!
Eep. You heard the lady.
one cup of joe…..
….coming right up. Hi! Found you on Mouse’s journal and thought to pop in and say howdy.
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And howdy right back, good sir. Java (the beverage, not the language) is always a fine idea. 🙂
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I gather from your journal that you write high fantasy? How is that going?
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Actually, high fantasy is something of an aberration for me. The piece I’m currently working on is one of my few embarkations into that sub-genre. I do write in most of the speculative fiction sub-genres, but primarily urban fantasy/slipstream, horror, and straight sci-fi. Oh, and I do children/YA works too, and those are typically of the fairy/folk tale variety.
More information that you really wanted, huh? 🙂
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It’s ok. Mouse tends to do the same, even in person. I fix computers even though I have a B.S. in psychology. Still trying to figure out what I want to do I guess. Have you had much success?
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Have you had much success?
Err, in figuring out what to do with a psychology degree or with writing?
Just to be safe, I’ll do both:
When I started my MA program in Developmental Psych., it was with an eye towards going on and getting my PhD. It’s really not possible to find work in the psychology field with only an undergrad degree, in my experience. At least not in the areas I was interested in. But I discovered that I was simply burning out on school. So I hired myself out to the private sector as a computer geek (systems analyst) where they pay me gobs of money, thereby making it far too comfortable for me to want to go back to academia. Sometimes leaving the psycholgy field makes me a bit sad, but then I go splash around in our hot tub and my perspective shifts.
On success in writing, a little. Not as much success and accolades as Mouse has, but enough to have to pay taxes on.
So what parts of psychology interest you?
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I ment with your writting. Didn’t know that you have a degree in psych. You heard the siren’s call to the tech field also? I’ve been doing it for about 3 years, apparently in all the wrong places. I tend to laugh bitterly at those “the hardest part about working in IT is working with people who don’t work in IT” commercials because I’ve been on the receiving end too many times.
I’m enthralled by academia, but too many years away from earning money in it. My interest is either Clinical or research in learning.
Glad to hear you have had some success in writting, even if it is just enough to catch the eye of the IRS. Do you find writting more rewarding than computers?
Sorry to hear of the difficulty with the stalker.
BTW, I’m having difficulty returning the courtesy and making you a friend in LJ. Any suggestions?
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I’ve been in the IT field for . . . going on eight years, I think. Once you start down the private sector road, it’s really hard to turn back, ain’t it? I knew I was burning out on academia when I realized that during holidays and weekends I could never completely relax. I felt like there was something perpetually hovering over my head that I ought to have been doing instead–working on a paper, studying for an exam, etc. etc. It was the most luxurious sensation, my first week as a non-student, coming home from work and knowing that I didn’t have to do anything at all. I could read a book for pleasure instead of for research, see my friends, or just veg out in front of the boob tube if I wanted to.
“Do you find writting more rewarding than computers?“
Oh Gawd. In a single word, yes. Sadly, there’s money in computers, not so much in writing. I don’t foresee being able to quit my day job any time soon, but it’s a pleasant pipe dream and a bitty bit of supplemental income.
“BTW, I’m having difficulty returning the courtesy and making you a friend in LJ. Any suggestions?
Odds. What have you tried? Have you clicked on the “Your Friends” link (under “Your Settings”) on the side bar when you log on? Are you getting an error?