...this writer is: JF Rodrigues
He's put a bet on himself at William Hill that he'll win the Man Booker before he's 60. (He's 47 now.)
It's ambitious, driven - I won't be doing it myself but whatever gets you motivated, right?
My favourite grape variety in white wine is Sauvignon (this is relevant, honest) and knowing that the Sancerre region of France is famed for its Sauv Blanc I asked Mario to buy me a bottle last Christmas so I could save it and open it when I'd finished writing something longer than a short story.
11 months on and it still sits atop the kitchen top.
(Now I must reassure myself) Don't panic, Teresa! You are a bitty writer, you write a bit here, a bit there, work on several things at once, all is not lost, etc etc.
ANYWAY. That wine is my motivator. But I'm worried now - how long will it stay 'good'? It says 2009 on it - how long have I got???
What about you, do you have anything set up to motivate you?
Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Here's the plan
You see those lists to the right of my blog? I wanna make 'em longer.
In particular, the 'Waiting to hear back from' section - this is for places I've sent stories to which are being judged/considered.
If a piece is accepted it will be moved into the 'Coming Soon' list, and then the 'My stories appear in' bit.
It's quite a good, simple, motivational tool for me. A kind of reminder to keep things moving and flowing, especially as I'm not really working on any new stuff this week.
But I am looking over old stories and seeing (immediately in most cases) how they need to be edited and re-worked into something publishable.
Along with this, I'm looking at new places to sub, big and small.
So today's new thing I found: a neat little place that only publishes stories that are 6 sentences long. I had an interesting time re-working an already written story made of 13 sentences into one made of 6.
I realise that this could be obvious to the editors when they read it, so it will be interesting to see if they go for it. They promise a reply in 6 days, so I'll let you very soon.
In particular, the 'Waiting to hear back from' section - this is for places I've sent stories to which are being judged/considered.
If a piece is accepted it will be moved into the 'Coming Soon' list, and then the 'My stories appear in' bit.
It's quite a good, simple, motivational tool for me. A kind of reminder to keep things moving and flowing, especially as I'm not really working on any new stuff this week.
But I am looking over old stories and seeing (immediately in most cases) how they need to be edited and re-worked into something publishable.
Along with this, I'm looking at new places to sub, big and small.
So today's new thing I found: a neat little place that only publishes stories that are 6 sentences long. I had an interesting time re-working an already written story made of 13 sentences into one made of 6.
I realise that this could be obvious to the editors when they read it, so it will be interesting to see if they go for it. They promise a reply in 6 days, so I'll let you very soon.
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