I’ve mentally started this blog entry about ten times since yesterday morning. One draft is still sitting in my ‘posts’ list with no title. I don’t remember any of those ideas now, but I do remember it felt like I’d be reaching to associate them with writing.
Oh, except the one about doing my hair. I could totally associate that with the craft 😛
A couple of days ago, some guy spammed a bunch of literary agents on Twitter with a link to the chapter of his first novel. Most blocked him as far as I could tell – you could visit his page and see that he’d spent the entire morning sending these links out. One was kind enough to reply and tell him to please query first and wait for a request for a partial. He said ‘Okay, thank you very much!’
- How many people did you just alienate in spamming them with unsolicited material? Publicly? So that everyone could see you were doing it?
- The agent who replied – that wasn’t an acknowledgement that you did it right. She didn’t ask you do to any more than she asks of anyone who wants to query her.
I’ve heard lists are good in blogs. Things that are easy to scan for the distracted reader. I prefer a fast moving voice that’s easy for me to follow, but that’s just me. I’ve also heard that you should always end with a question, because readers like talking about themselves. I dunno…how you do you feel about the whole question aspect of things?
My thoughts are all a flutter this morning. It’s a nice feeling. Yeah, having my brain go haywire is nice ^_^ If I could find a drug – you know, anti-depressant or something – that would make my brain go-go-go during the day, and then just shut off from around 10 pm to 6 am, I would be a happy Loklette.
Like it? I just came up with it. If I still think it’s clever this weekend, maybe I’ll do something with it. (Update: Five minutes later I no longer thing it’s clever. Back to the religion drawing board)
What does any of this have to do with writing? My brain wants November to get here. My imagination can’t believe I make it wait to spew itself onto paper. I mean really, who waits to write an idea just because it’s not November yet? My thoughts and feelings and mental images are screaming at me “GO PLAY!”. But I’m relishing the next (checks calendar) 11 days as day dreaming time. I get to play mentally before I write. And hope that it looks at least a quarter as good on paper as it does in my head ^_^
I’ll finish with a list (because all the ‘how to blog’ sites tell me I need lists. Bullet points. Things that stand out. And I like ul and ol tags). And the questions to these answers have been sealed in a mayonaise jar on the steps of Funk & Wagnalls since noon today.
- Caramel Machiato
- Evanescense
- Too many data base queries
- Sexy male gaming avatars
- Playing mind games with gods and angels.
What’s got your mind in a flurry?
It is always amusing to see what you’ll start a blog post with and how it will get related to writing. I love the title for this blog post, just so you now.
I don’t often do lists but I try to make sure I don’t have blocks of text so it’s a little easier for the reader. And I do end in questions, sometimes, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Doesn’t always get comments but it probably doesn’t hurt either. Depends on the type of post really.
This one may have rambling but at least it’s interesting. 😉
Thank you ^_^ (your comment made my day yesterday)
And I read your blog every time you post – I’m just not as good at replying as I should be. All I can ever think of is “Wow, you’re right”