I've always wanted to be a writer, or at least for as long as I can remember. I have been published by a few small literary magazines, but than was back in college. What I really want is to write a great novel. Not just any novel, but a really great novel that people would remember. I started once. I was very happy with how it was coming. About a hundred or so pages into it, my computer crashed. I had no backup. It was gone. All gone. I tried several times to start over but it was too frustrating. So I gave up completely. Lately, however, I've been thinking about starting again with a new story and leaving that one. Maybe I just need to start fresh. Maybe one day I will finish a novel, just not that novel. And maybe one day I will get back to that one after all.
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
N is for Novel
I've always wanted to be a writer, or at least for as long as I can remember. I have been published by a few small literary magazines, but than was back in college. What I really want is to write a great novel. Not just any novel, but a really great novel that people would remember. I started once. I was very happy with how it was coming. About a hundred or so pages into it, my computer crashed. I had no backup. It was gone. All gone. I tried several times to start over but it was too frustrating. So I gave up completely. Lately, however, I've been thinking about starting again with a new story and leaving that one. Maybe I just need to start fresh. Maybe one day I will finish a novel, just not that novel. And maybe one day I will get back to that one after all.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Summer Blog Challenge: Day 69
Today's Challenge: Post a bucket list with at least 10 items on it.
I actually do not have a bucket list, or at least nothing by that name. There are, of course, things I would like to get to do before I die. I guess that means I am writing my first bucket list today.
These items are not necessarily in order of importance. They are in the order my fingers typed them, which has absolutely no significance. Here goes:
I actually do not have a bucket list, or at least nothing by that name. There are, of course, things I would like to get to do before I die. I guess that means I am writing my first bucket list today.
These items are not necessarily in order of importance. They are in the order my fingers typed them, which has absolutely no significance. Here goes:
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- Go to Alaska. I would rather move there, but I would certainly settle for a nice vacation.
- Buy a farm. A small one will do.
- Write a novel. And finish it. Getting it published would be a bonus, but I really just want to write a complete novel.
- Tour the British Isles. Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales. Preferably with a literary itinerary.
- Have a relationship that lasts longer than a mouse lives (Admission: I borrowed this one from a friend's list...but it's good and it's applicable!)
- Go hunting. Preferably in Alaska.
- Go kayaking. Also preferably in Alaska.
- Brush up on my French and give myself a reason to use it. Like a trip to France. (Gee, I guess I want to travel, huh?)
- Be the boss. Whether that means owning a business or running someone else's or not working at all.
- Have the most awesome blog ever. The #1 blog in the world. With so many pageviews that the internet has trouble keeping up!
You know that was hard! It took a long time to write that list! I think I will have to start a separate savings account now, though, so that I can afford to do those things one day!
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