Saturday, April 20, 2002
Caitlin's First Rule of Writing: It does not matter whether or not you want to write on any given day. Desire is irrelevant. You write regardless of desire.
Today was the sort of day when I had to keep that maxim floating somewhere between my eyes and the iBook's screen at all times. If asked, at this point in my career, I'd say that becoming a writer who can make a decent living at writing is 25% talent, 25% luck, and 50% perseverence. I'd even go so far as to say that you can get by without talent, but luck and perseverence are a must. Especially perseverence.
I wrote 1,172 wds. on Chapter Four today. Something about this novel is feeling much more mature than either Silk or Threshold. It's a peculiar feeling. I expect to finish Chapter Four by Sunday evening.
Since I don't really have much else to say tonight, I'll take a second to plug Voltaire's new disc. Here's a message from the Spooky One himself, by way of Sam Rosenthal:
I wrote Boo Hoo during the last year or so of a 12 year relationship
that went down the tubes. Needless to say, I went through all sorts
of emotions during that time and I think it shows in the songs....
okay, let's just get to the point.... I had the WORST year of my life
last year and right now the ONLY thing that is going to cheer me up
is if I sell a million copies of Boo Hoo so that I can spread my pain
throughout the land! So buy my damn record, or I will come to your
house and cut your finger off. Yeah, and buy one for your ex, too and
send it to him or her .... along with your dead finger.... Nothing
says love like sending your ex a copy of Boo Hoo with a severed body
part attatched. Go on, make me rich so that I can buy me some love.
Thank you,
Voltaire
(who feels better already)
So visit the Projekt Records website, or Voltaire's (@Voltaire) to insure that Voltaire can buy some quality love, not that cheap stuff that turns green on your finger or shrinks the first time you wash it. Be a mensch, not a schmuck!
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