July 15, 2008
YOU'VE GOTTA FIGHT | FOR YOUR RIGHT | TO DREAM
I have been fighting against the plain jane everyday forces that seem to battle my desires and dreams to finish my novel. You hear stories about people that struggle with their art ... and sometimes I think, 'That won't happen to me. I'll just do it and it'll be done.' I had some great starts on my novel. I used to take my Managing Editor with me to a coffee shop and sit for 3 hours and force myself to write. The words would flow at high speeds. Sometimes "forced creativity" really works. Lately it's been a case of: "I'll work on it some more as soon as the next deadline is done..." and that keeps repeating itself with no progress on the story. This past pre-deadline (the last two weeks of production is what we call "deadline" around here) period I have forced myself to steal time away. Sometimes I will get started earlier and put an hour in. Even just a little bit here and there helps.
So, anyway, that's kind of one of my lame excuses for not blogging in a while. Being gone at a week-long festival puts a kink in the day-to-day routine, too. I hope to get back on track soon here.
In the meantime, if you are in a band or know someone who is (and this band is unsigned), be sure to enter the Independent Music Awards.
