Writing Workshop Wednesday will be on vacation until September… like the rest of New York City. It shall make a triumphant return after Labor Day!
Unlike the rest of New York, however, my husband and I aren’t taking a chunk of time off this month to do anything interesting. We’ve taken one weekend trip already and we’re planning another, but since we’re skiiers, not beach folks, we tend to hang out around the house this time of year rather than go out of town. We also have the kitten who, being only six months old, requires more attention than an older cat. So like new, paranoid pet parents, we’re not taking any far-away trips any time soon.
But I have been going on “vacation” in a manner of speaking. I’ve been devouring books. The past three days have been occupied by The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Those are some serious thwwwp books! Mockingjay comes out next week and I am very, very excited. (I preordered it weeks ago. I’m hoping the delivery guy gets it here on the same day.) I’ll be twitching until then. *twitch*
My to-be-read list is long. While I am trying to prioritize books I haven’t read, I keep getting interrupted by the desire to re-read books — and then there are the two writing projects that keep calling to me. Very different in characters, setting, scope. I keep getting snippets of dialogue for them as I’m washing the dishes or in the middle of a scene while reading. Just — bam, insert my characters into my brain, insisting on a little bit of dialogue. Drives me crazy but at the same time, this is how it always happens. Until I get the whole thing out on paper (or, well, metaphorical paper on the computer screen) the characters will keep popping into my head and running through their lines over and over like actors in a play until I just write it simply to get it out of my head. Once it’s out of my head, there’s relief. For a little while.
*twitch* Is it Mockingjay release day yet? No? Sigh. *twitch*
So my vacation isn’t much from a physical leaving-the-house standpoint, but when I’m sucked into a good book I may as well be far, far away.
What about you? Are you reading and/or are you actually leaving town this summer?
Kristan
/ 18 August 2010YAAAAAY I got you to read HG! YAAAAAAAY Team Peeta! YAAAAAAYYY Mockingjay soon!
Boo not Mockingjay RIGHT NOW, but you know…
Well you know what I’ve been up to, lol, but it’s good to read about your stay-cation. :)
From Kristan’s [type]: Writerly Wednesday- Food for thought
Shari
/ 19 August 2010Isn’t that how it always happens with characters and dialogue? They just insist on inserting themselves into our thought processes whenever they so please ;-) I used to wonder if that would ever stop as the writing progresses, but I’ve learned now that it just comes naturally with something like this.
We’re (fingers crossed!) heading to the NJ shore in a week and a half for our vacation … looking forward to it! Glad you’re enjoying your time off to relax, read, and rest :-)
From Shari’s [type]: Breathe in- breathe out