I’ve been journaling a fair amount lately, but a lot of the stuff I’m journaling about is probably not for public consumption. Like, I wrote some a little bit about the fact that readers are going to see the cover and blurb on whatever you write, so of course the first big plot twists aren’t going to be all that surprising, but it was in such a scattered way that it’s kind of nonsense.
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What does the reader know? More things, more stuff. They know the cover & blurb–so they know more of the secrets. Well, you do what you have to.
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See what I mean? Makes no sense.
But when I got the garble cleared out and put the journal down, things became more clear.
Another thing I wrote about was a couple of people who have inadvertently come out to me as being pretty damn sexist, and I came to the conclusion that I had better keep an eye on them (and maybe not get so involved in some projects). That’s been on my mind lately. “Am I burning too many bridges?” And then I realized, “Wait…shouldn’t they be giving a shit about burning their bridges with me?”
But I think I’ll let that ruminate before I write it–a lot of gobbledydook this morning. Like this:
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Also, one more heartbreak–one more sexist asshole dickweed guy. “You can save them!” No, you can’t. They can climb out of the hole, or they can’t.
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Anyway, if you enjoyed this morning’s hurbleburble (although I’m not sure how), please take a look at my book, The Clockwork Alice, which is a historical steampunk/fantasy intended to produce a thoughtful, yet turn-around-in-circles-until-you’re-dizzy effect.