InsaneJournal

"Wow, I'm like a really good writer."

Not much has been going on lately except that I've been really really sick. I think it's the flu. Whatever it is, it sucks, and it's plagued me for two weeks now. I've gotten absolutely nothing done, and I've missed three and a half days of work. So now I'm sick AND broke.

My book publishing project is coming together at a snail's pace. I found one guy who's interested and he's even more about it than I am. I was ready to write it off but he had already compiled his stories, researched publishing companies, come up with a title and found an editor. So, yeah, it's basically his project now, and I'm just contributing. Hopefully we'll find at least one other writer before we publish.

I haven't gotten around to looking over my stories yet, but I did read "Skin Deep" today and, wow, I'm like a really good writer. I don't want to sound cocky, but I gotta say, that story is pretty damn good. I can't wait to read "It Ate Everything" again. I also realized that I recently switched to PBJ's from tuna salad sandwiches because of a line I used in "Skin Deep," where I described the detached skin from a woman's face as feeling like "a bag full of warm tuna salad." Ew! Just thinking about mixing tuna salad in a sandwich bag like I used to makes me want to barf all over my keyboard. I totally grossed myself out without realizing it. Score!

I bought a copy of the 2008 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market, and I highlighted all the magazines I want to submit stories to. The problem is now I can't afford to order sample copies or print any manuscripts, so that's going to have to wait. Where did my economic stimulus payment go? Oh yeah, Sallie Mae.

I'm trying to work Sallie Mae into a story I'm writing about zombies. I told Chris about "Mrs. Brown," and he thought she was hilarious, so she's now a major character in "My Roommate is a Zombie." It's one of two stories I started at the same time, because I couldn't decide which one I wanted to focus on. I've barely gotten any work done on either of them since I've been sick. My brain is in a fog. I'm only capable of lying on the couch and whining. I can't even take surveys on Facebook. I have to read the questions over and over again to understand what they mean. I need some focus factor or something.

That's pretty much it. Nothing's going on with the band. We haven't been able to practice in a while because of extenuating circumstances, so I haven't booked any shows, and we haven't started recording our new album yet. We're just kind of in limbo right now, like we are when we don't have a drummer, only we have a drummer right now, he just can't do anything because we don't have anywhere to practice. Hey, things have been worse for us. We'll probably end up having to drive to the Northeast or Manayunk to practice every week. It sucks, but what are you gonna do?

That's all I got right now. I can't think anymore.