Rant: I've hit the wall.

[Whispersecret]

I'm trying to prepare for a writer's conference where I will be able to meet with editors. I should have a synopsis of my work ready to give them. Blech.

I have a short erotic story that I thought was done and polished, but isn't. I'm sick of looking at it.

My romance novel is coming along at a snail's pace. I can only muster about half a page a day, if that.

I have half a dozen writing how-to's planned for Literotica. They each require some heavy thought. Don't feel motivated.

My second erotic novella is finished, but it needs cutting. And it's too long (at 55,000 words) to ask anyone to help me trim.

Oh, there's nine chapters of my historical time-travel that's been on the shelf for a couple of years, but to dredge that sucker up would require me rereading all the books on the ante-bellum period and slavery so it's fresh again. And that's assuming the publishing industry would even buy a manuscript that's set in that unpopular period.

I love writing, but I hate writing. Maybe I should cut off my ear.

 

[Gus]

My second erotic novella is finished, but it needs cutting. And it's too long (at 55,000 words) to ask anyone to help me trim.

Keep the ear!!!

Seems that the only help that show that you can use is the trim. Send it to me if you wish. I have seven days before I am off to Malta for a holiday, I'd be pleased to help if I can.

Would you be upset if I thought that you needed all of it?

Regards
Gus

 

[Gus]

Just realised, I am free all day tomorrow and Friday.

 

[sylviarockon]

Ugh, I identify with your multi-tasking story projects. Add an ongoing dissertation nightmare that I remain married to after too long and several erotic stories still sitting on my computer haunting my evenings...

All I can say is I empathize and if Hostile Takeover is anything to judge your writing by, I can't wait to read more of what you've written. We are our own worst critics and maybe that gets in our way of completing a project. No one is ever going to be letter perfect to begin with.

In the meantime, go with Gus, Whisper. Don't tell anyone but he's my hero. If anyone will "tell it like it is", he will.

Submit soon! I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for more from you.

Sylvia

 

[Whispersecret]

Thank you, Sylvia, very much for your praise. You're probably right. I am both my own worst critic and my number one fan. Kinda strange how both those personas can reside in one mind, huh!

Well, I'm going to look at the short story a little more and then do as KM suggested and post the sucker. I've gotten a couple more opinions on it now and I'm going to take those comments into consideration.

So, my ears are safe for the moment.

 

[CRaZy]

Ummm....Van Gogh cut off his ear after a major binge on Absinthe. You need to take up absinthe addiction to make the ear cutting part of a genius in tragic decline type event. Seriously, I have been trying to write a thesis for my PHD for about ten years now. It's just become a hobby really. I have been writing it for so long that my original supervisor died and another one has had a heart attack. Unless you find yourself attending lots of former editors' funerals, you should be okay WS.