2005-11-18 - 11:15 p.m.

so, i'm still shamelessly plugging my friend's book. my copy hasn't arrived yet. when i checked online it said i'd get it by next monday instead of this coming monday.

poo.

anyway, i'm sitting here taking a break and drinking apple tea with honey and cinnamon from a skull. all right, not exactly a skull. it's a skull challice. jack skellington to be precise.

i've had a fairly busy day. i met with ross as per usual for a friday. did the usual chores (so much easier with the dishwasher now! squee!!). but the break i'm taking is from writing.

i finally busted through the writer's block i've had on this one story. i've written 10 pages so far this evening. it's exciting, especially since it took me over two years to write the first 10 pages of this particular chapter. but over the last week or so i've been able to get things rolling again.

and now they're flying.

i'm really enjoying it because my main character in this book is a very strong woman. she's sort of a ninja witch. needless to say, she kicks a lot of serious ass.

almost everything i write has a strong female character. they tend to be well rounded individuals, but not without their demons. they're only human after all.

i guess i'm sick of guys getting to have all the fun when it comes to kicking ass. and i'm sick of women being portrayed as sex objects. the women i write about are beautiful, but not always conventionally. one is very short and tiny. another is somewhat masculine. and pumpkin pyra is a bit on the heavy side.

i have been enjoying some of the newer action adventure bits where women get to have some real fun. like the tomb raider movies (and really anything with angelina - yum!), tank girl, and eowyn in lotr.

unfortunately i haven't encountered too many strong heroines in literature. admittedly, i haven't read much recently. there was just susannah in the dark tower series. but i didn't particularly like her character.

so i like to come home when i'm grumpy, pick up a pen, and let kristine or michaela or pyra kick someone's ass. and i pretend i'm the one actually doing the ass-kicking, and i pretend the person getting their ass-kicked is the person whose ass i'd like to kick in real life.

of course, my writing isn't just full of graphic violence. it's just sort of a chance for me to play pretend. it really is therapy. i know every writer says that and it's become cliche. but it's so true.

i work through so many of my own issues by projecting them onto the characters of a story and then working them out on paper. plus i get to play pretend and just have fun with it. it's just such a complete release.

and sometimes when i write, i get to be a kid again. i can be as goofy and as silly as i want and not fear judgement, cuz the characters are all cool with it. most of them are equally as nutty as i am (or worse).

as i think i've mentioned before, i get bored with real life, and writing allows me to travel to far off places and have fantastic adventures. it's almost like reading your favourite novel. only if there's a part i don't like, i can change it.

it does sort of give me a god complex though.

meh, what can you do?

i've also grown rather confident in my writing. particularly with the trilogy. i'm confident that i can get it published. it's a modern day fantasy, with strong characters, and prominent females. i'm finding that it's sort of what the market is looking for. and since i've got a whole trilogy, plus other novels in the works, that just helps my cause.

i think tomorrow i'll pick up the new writer's market so i can get started on sending out manuscripts. i didn't realize just how old my current book is. so i want to get the updated version to see what changes have been made and if there are any new publishers i can look into.

if anyone would like to read the first book in my trilogy, just let me know. i can email it to you.

daily dose of george carlin:
there should be some things we don't name, just so we can sit around all day and wonder what they are.

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