did not clock a page, not a page yesterday
usually i schedule 2 days a week off on a woodshed push
because i know its coming and if its scheduled then i dont feel bad like i do today, like i aint serious about this
even god rested one day a week, but when you
only got one week its hard to take downtime
interesting program of rushdie digital archives
keeping your records part of being literary
have to take this digital archiving thing into
consideration in my literary mythworking
when i heard about this deeming move the dems were
going to try i was concerned that it would give the repubs
something else to attack them on and not be considered as viable
but i find that i dont care at this point, reconciliation, deeming, dont care
what you call it, just do it
hanging in there
rdoc
clocked 8 pages yesterday, its all good,
early draft of that legendary dali atomicus photo, it didnt work
took it 28 times to get it right, each time had to mop up the floor and corral the excited cats,
art aint nothing but process and bulldog determination
and vision too
and that attention to detail that make art art
otherwise flabby article about the future of publishing had this provocative paragraph:
"The role of the author would be forced to change radically: No more E.B. Whites tucked away in a Maine writer's shack. The new author, Krozser suggested a little scarily, "has to prove their worth" from now on. According to Stier, it is no longer acceptable for authors show up by themselves; instead they must come with their virtual "tribe." Authors will need to demonstrate a facility with social networking, or foster an ongoing relationship with the text that continues beyond the official publication, through crowd sourcing and customer feedback.”dont know thats actually all new, babajohn was big on teaching his students promotional skilz
and dont know that it just goes for new writers, us old hands got to know how to promote too
i dont put personal business in facebook, thats not what its for for me, it is a promotional instrument
building my online literary persona, and i dont look at promotion as just getting the word out,
i have tried to establish myself, both here and there, as a font of political, spiritual and literary advice
est myself as guide and guardian - its strictly business, im building an army
it boils down to what your definition of literary success is and whether it includes cultural influence
its about establishing a dialogue with your times and your literary line - a lot of that dialogue is online now
i do not have to tell you dear regulators what i feel about books and novels, my struggle is to make sure
my novel speaks to future generations, folk processing information differently these days, their minds
being trained differently and if literature wants to retain its cultural primacy it has to make attitude adjustments
no, let me say we have to make attitude adjustments
in the 21st century and beyond
i believe its just as impo to establish an online literary persona as it is to establish one on the page
thats why i keep doing this blog and facebook, keep floundering
about putting my business in the street like i do
its all about literary mythmaking
in the name of the conqueror
im out
without pages its all a farce
best i clock some
rdoc
i am stressed, the euphoria of woodshed start is gone and all i can see are those days flitting away,
im halfway thru and have progressed one whole page, most of the time
been spent revising endgame,
okay, structural work sometimes necessary but you dont necessarily feel good behind it, if you dont see progress
ifi i end up on the same page after woodshed that i started it on im not going to feel too good
right now i feel like this dali piece, this is arthurs brain on creative fire, damn cats just wont stay still
serenitys latest 'thing to do' is sit in my lap while im typing
i will be glad when she gets over that one
okay, i have about 8 more days of woodshed left, then i have to go back to the realworld
best i buckle down, i think whats about to happen is im going to lower my standards
of whats acceptable
hate to dump on winnie that last post, lot of folk still consider her mother of the revolution
but she been a loose cannon for awhile now, and there have got to be some serious issues
between her and mandela, best i stay out of that one
a luta continua
rdoc
rickydoc clocking pages, so far so good
im feeling the president, give me a vote already, enuf talking, lets get it done
text of controversial interview of winnie mandela slamming mandela
by naipauls wife, winnie has responded to ensuing controversy by denying
interview but not the words, obvious setup, an ambush winnie walked right into
apparently she thought it was off record but naipaul aired her dirty laundry w/glee
takes after her husband dont she - a luta continua
rdoc
FRIDAY
clocking pages, buried in narrative mud but moving, woodshed pace, ie discernible progress - what im realizing is that im going to have to rewrite these last 50 pages or so over and over until they are the strongest most polished part of the novel. i want them to be
riveting,
by the end of summers woodshed i will have rewritten the whole thing 3 or 4 times, including the poetry draft, o its gon be right, pleasure this good kinda frightening, you feel like you will fumble it somehow, an act of god or something
let me get back to work, all my love, rdoc
hello world
im in a very strange space,
almost thru w/my novel after a 10 year grind (found a draft from 1990 but i refuse to count that, then it would be 20)
been strictly on faith, literary world has written me off and the novel just wouldnt come to life
but this the moneydraft, this one works, hard to believe after all this years
got a springbreak week now and the last 40 pages, just me and that novel
i believe i can put it to bed this time, if im focused, if im disciplined, i know i can
ima spend the summer woodshed cleaning it up, but this the draft make it a novel
make it so i can relax some, finish this draft and if i die tomorrow it will be okay
wont be wonderful, but it will be okay - got my novel done
course when i do get this novel done, then i got to open negotiations on my holybook,
prayer of the middle aged novelist upon finishing novel: thankyou god, now can i get 5 more years for this next one, ima work faster next time, but just in case what about 10, can i get 10, ima take care of myself god, ima eat good and go to the gym, ima do good deeds, can i get 10 more years please, one more book and ima be thru
buckle down springbreak week, rick, and its a done deal
tell everybody im gone, if you see me its a mirage
rickydoc is in the woodshed - pray for me
rdoc
THEY WERE TIRED OF THE KILLING BuffaloSoldier salutes Lucille Clifton. When I read your blog, SoulDoctor, I'm reminded of why I love the admittedly sometimes infuriating BlackAmerican. It's that struggle for greatness even though we're almost always written off by others, even other Blacks. The soldering on. I see BuffaloSoldier everywhere. There's a young mother in the house beside me. I don't think she's twenty. We're were at the busstop and she pulled out her itty bitty money and aloud went through how she needed to make ends meet that day. I listened to her and thought about the settlement of 2.5 billion for those Georgia BlackFarmers. LionKing,GolfCabliasian, in the end, I don't know what you think of us? Are we those who have legitimate aspirations to be manipulated? Are we to be avoided? Our darkskinned sisters judged unworthy of your company? I can't say. But I'm with Dr Bell. Those are our faces at the bottom of the well. I'm BuffaloSoldier and I approve this message.
Posted by: BuffaloSoldier | March 10, 2010 at 01:34 PM
Mandela is a god. Winnie is a devil. I still remember her waving boxes of matches in the air to provoke the practice of "necklacing" --- in which a tyre is hung around the neck, filled with petrol, and set alight. Frequently practiced in the apartheid years in South Africa by black people punishing collaborators with the white regime.
masterymistery at cosmic rapture
Posted by: masterymistery | March 13, 2010 at 10:58 PM