Motivation
Nov. 7th, 2008 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudFor those of you who, like me, sometimes wonder if all this writing angst is worth it; if the Publication Gods will ever see fit to rain forth with glory and paperbacks and hardcovers, I give you these words of wisdom. The link was garnered from somebody-or-other's blog, I really don't recall. Probably Jay Lake. I really enjoyed the article though. My favorite quote below. Go here to Clarkesworld for the full article.
"Voodoo Economics: How to Find Serenity in an Industry that Does Not Want You", by Catherynne M. Valente
"... publication was never the point. The point was the work, the book, the voodoo, the faith. The point was the sheer joy of creating something out of nothing, crystal out of gross matter. They will never really want what I have to give."
NANO progress: Bah! November is a HORRIBLE month to concentrate on writing. I had a trip for the first 5 days. Thanksgiving is coming up! And need, I say, THANKSGIVING IS COMING!!!!! November is my drive-myself-crazier month of cleaning and cleaning and then cleaning some more. I can give some of that up. But I don't think I can get myself motivated to write 50k in one month. I'm not quitting, I'm going to just see how many words I can write. But I don't think it's going to be 50k.
Oh. And speaking of writing a lot of words in one month. Good God,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaylake is an animal. The man wrote an entire book, which I think is just under 200k, in like two months. And from the excerpts I read, they're not a bunch of crap, either. I drool with jealousy.
"Voodoo Economics: How to Find Serenity in an Industry that Does Not Want You", by Catherynne M. Valente
"... publication was never the point. The point was the work, the book, the voodoo, the faith. The point was the sheer joy of creating something out of nothing, crystal out of gross matter. They will never really want what I have to give."
NANO progress: Bah! November is a HORRIBLE month to concentrate on writing. I had a trip for the first 5 days. Thanksgiving is coming up! And need, I say, THANKSGIVING IS COMING!!!!! November is my drive-myself-crazier month of cleaning and cleaning and then cleaning some more. I can give some of that up. But I don't think I can get myself motivated to write 50k in one month. I'm not quitting, I'm going to just see how many words I can write. But I don't think it's going to be 50k.
Oh. And speaking of writing a lot of words in one month. Good God,
jaylake is an animal. The man wrote an entire book, which I think is just under 200k, in like two months. And from the excerpts I read, they're not a bunch of crap, either. I drool with jealousy.
