Hit 5k words today alone. Why do fiction writers keep acting like this is so difficult?
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 51m agoStarted my first novel today! It's currently called Trampoline: The Rise and the Fall
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David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 51m agoStarted my first novel today! It's currently called Trampoline: The Rise and the Fall
Going to bed at the time my body naturally wakes up—wish me luck.
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Finished my read through and time to enter the initial edits before the massive reordering happens. It feels good to be excited about a creative project again. I don't think I've edited any previous MS as extensively and I really hope it ends up being something awesome.
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 2w agoSo in my editing of my HULK erasure MS, it's actually becoming something more than just erasures of the novelization of Ang Lee's HULK? So now I'm like, do I need one for every page? Should I cut some? Reorder them? Why was I holding myself to including all of them in order???
I love how one of my jobs that is beginning to use AI in the production process told us, in the same breath, that they are using AI to SAVE jobs but also if it takes us 8 hours to do a task (we're paid hourly) and AI 8 minutes, it doesn't make financial sense to have us do it.
I'm a little late, but if anyone wants to add my book (2017) or my chapbook (2023) to their #SealeyChallenge list, I have a lot of copies of one and a few of the latter. $12 each (covers shipping). Just message me! I'll mail them out as soon as I can!
After a wonderful beach trip and family visit, I now have to contend with a terrifying backlog of work emails. On a Saturday because I don't have good boundaries. I want to be back on a beach.
Barbie Ken: Ryan Gosling's Beach Day
ALT: Barbie Ken: Ryan Gosling's Beach Day
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Bless my wife for seeing a shirt that said “Pop-Pop” and thinking it was a Community reference and not a nickname for a grandpa.
Magnitude's Iconic 'Pop Pop!'
ALT: Magnitude's Iconic 'Pop Pop!'
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My NJ born and raised self somehow hasn’t been to the beach in over 10 years. We’re fixing that.
And yes, it's very fitting that a MS made from the HULK is transforming.
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 2w agoSo in my editing of my HULK erasure MS, it's actually becoming something more than just erasures of the novelization of Ang Lee's HULK? So now I'm like, do I need one for every page? Should I cut some? Reorder them? Why was I holding myself to including all of them in order???
So in my editing of my HULK erasure MS, it's actually becoming something more than just erasures of the novelization of Ang Lee's HULK? So now I'm like, do I need one for every page? Should I cut some? Reorder them? Why was I holding myself to including all of them in order???
Working on new website copy for @postcardlit.bsky.social because I'm making some big ch-ch-changes to how it's delivered...
Of all the movies to be excited about this year, I'm probably most excited about this.
Rotten Tomatoes@handle.invalid · 2w agoWatch the final trailer for Coyote vs ACME, in theaters August 28.
A few months ago I moved my office around. Being older and somewhat smarter now, I knew I didn’t have it in me to keep moving stuff till I figured it out so instead I measured everything and made scale cutouts to play with. My wife found this hilarious.
Can anyone recommend the Charlie Kaufman novel? It sounds interesting and I love his movies, but the size of it makes me think because of his fame an editor was maybe afraid to be honest…
We know a guy who designs really gorgeous poem postcards in case the Slowdown ever wants to collaborate in the future!
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We also made graham crackers this weekend. We did not make chocolate.
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’ve been baking something new every month so this month Lindsay wanted to make marshmallows and that’s what we did (not really baking but we are gonna make graham crackers too):
We also made graham crackers this weekend. We did not make chocolate.
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’ve been baking something new every month so this month Lindsay wanted to make marshmallows and that’s what we did (not really baking but we are gonna make graham crackers too):
I should have been keeping a list of all the weird, silly, and batshit stuff I see as a vanity press interior designer...
Issue 7 is here! Poems from @adamg.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social Jill Crammond @fakeourway.bsky.social & AJ Wright. Art from @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social and featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social asteralesjournal.com
We’ve been baking something new every month so this month Lindsay wanted to make marshmallows and that’s what we did (not really baking but we are gonna make graham crackers too):
Editing an erasure is fun because now you have an erasure of an erasure.
David Wojo@mrwojorising.bsky.social · 3w agoI’ve had a lot of trouble titling the Hulk erasure MS, but as I’m finally editing the whole thing (planning to publish it myself) I found a line that would be an amazing title and I’m legit giddy about it.
The last 10 minutes of 28 Years Later has no right being so beautiful.
28 Years Later Memento Mori
ALT: 28 Years Later Memento Mori
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