Rainy Dayz
Looking forward to a couple of raining days this weekend so I can get cracking in earnest on my latest writing project. Unfortunately, I still can't divulge the details of it, as I've been sworn off doing that for at least another month. Suffice it to say, though, that it's 40K, something of a departure from anything I've done before (and indeed BL), and I'm about two and a half thousand words in.
Weekends are my main writing period, the busy day-to-day of being a commissioning editor taking up most of my time in the week. I do usually hope to get around 500-1,000 words done in an evening (doesn't sound like much maybe, but it certainly adds up and takes the pressure off on the weekends a bit).
So, big session today. I'm aiming to get around 8-10,000 words in over the two days, so the inclement weather with definitely help (saying that, it is extremely muggy right now and the sun keeps poking its head out). Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Morlock, but I do like to write when the weather is bad; it just seems more atmospheric somehow.
To help with that I ordered a couple of CDs that arrived yesterday/today: Aliens and Empire Strikes Back, no less (and for a sweet price, too - always check out the New & Used on Amazon...). I'm a big believer in having some nice atmospheric music playing when I'm writing - hopefully the drama and action of these seminal soundtracks will rub off on me to an extent.
Well, can't sit here blogging all day, there's writing to be done. I've got my obligatory cup of coffee, cranked up the Media Player and plugged in my desk fan. Time to get freaky!
Weekends are my main writing period, the busy day-to-day of being a commissioning editor taking up most of my time in the week. I do usually hope to get around 500-1,000 words done in an evening (doesn't sound like much maybe, but it certainly adds up and takes the pressure off on the weekends a bit).
So, big session today. I'm aiming to get around 8-10,000 words in over the two days, so the inclement weather with definitely help (saying that, it is extremely muggy right now and the sun keeps poking its head out). Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Morlock, but I do like to write when the weather is bad; it just seems more atmospheric somehow.
To help with that I ordered a couple of CDs that arrived yesterday/today: Aliens and Empire Strikes Back, no less (and for a sweet price, too - always check out the New & Used on Amazon...). I'm a big believer in having some nice atmospheric music playing when I'm writing - hopefully the drama and action of these seminal soundtracks will rub off on me to an extent.
Well, can't sit here blogging all day, there's writing to be done. I've got my obligatory cup of coffee, cranked up the Media Player and plugged in my desk fan. Time to get freaky!
posted by Nick Kyme at
10:13
5 Comments:
Well judging by the soaking we got on Saturday afternoon (after getting tropical honeymoon brochures funnily enough), you must have got some good work done!
I'm sure those soundtracks are pretty atmospheric, which I'm sure must help (I must admit to occasionally having had Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula OST on while working on my vampires), but why the desk fan? Just because you get hot, or do you like to feel the wind in your hair whilst you write? :D
It's certainly interesting to hear how authors get their work done. Do you do all your work at home or do you travel with a laptop and do some on the go?
Ha, ha - the desk fan was because it was a humid day, and I struggle to write in the heat (you just ask the other eds at BL - they are always moaning that I have the air con on too high).
Can't say I'm that much of a fan of having the wind through my hair, given my cut is pretty short.
As for the writing locale, I usually do all my work at home but vary the room (sometimes the living room, mainly the study, but occasionally the kitchen! - it's closer to the kettle for coffee-making). I reckon I might invest in a dinky laptop soon (mine is a little too big for trips around Nottingham), a 7" Asus, so I can frequent the coffee shops like a true bohemian.
"I reckon I might invest in a dinky laptop soon (mine is a little too big for trips around Nottingham), a 7" Asus, so I can frequent the coffee shops like a true bohemian."
Don't get sugary tea spilt on your keyboard, that's bad - just ask Mr McNeil...
GAV
Wise words, Mr Thorpe, wise words indeed. Quite the cautionary tale.
Mr McNeill, if you're listening, you have my sympathies...
Ah, the occupational hazards of the coffee house novelist...
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