three days of words

[jazzfish]

I've been out here writing for three days, more or less. In that time I have:

• polished and submitted "Bookwyrms"
  
• half polished "In the City of Memory" (formerly "voice")
  
• written another half scene and done a bit of plot noodling for "Southbound"
  
• gotten halfway unstuck on "One Only"
  
• started writing another Bookwyrm story

I've also visited Forks, WA; learned that not everyone who says "yeah i'll read your story and get back to you" actually will; almost been solicited for an anthology (and if I'd had a sale already I would have been; to the left, that's just based on being here with the editor, so not as impressive as it sounds); listened to talks on outlining, plot vs story, and how to read aloud; and hung out with Klagor, Nicole, Amanda, and various people I didn't know before this week.

It's been fun but I'm not entirely convinced it's my thing. Still feeling a touch isolated, still not confident or comfortable enough to break through that. I may do better just taking a weekend off by myself every so often and holing up in a cabin or hotel room or whatever. But it /has/ been good to meet the people I've met, and to spend some time around other writers. Will think on it.