Carrying on.

Well, I’m back in the real world again, but I’m keeping one foot in the con world. I’m going to start getting ready for next year’s con and keep the spirit of the fun and events alive through projects and working to help them get things set up for next year.
But before I start doing much of that let me just say that while I’m doing fine with my writing goal the idea of giving you a working title and a basic premise of the story is not working for me. I think the more valuable use of this blog will be about the experience of writing and the way it plays a role in my life. Additionally I would like to include more than just the writing event in this blog.
So to start the new way of doing this. I’m enjoying the new style of writing, I may have more flubs by the end of it but the task of writing such short and to the point fiction is interesting. It challenges me to communicate a character that you can get a feel for and then put them in a situation that you want to observe, all in the space of a few pages. It’s entirely new to me; I prefer deep contemplative characters in epic and layered stories, which just don’t fit the format. I think by the end of the month I will have learned ways to tighten my writing up no matter the style, and I’ll have gained a valuable tool for writing.
I can already see advantages to story pacing that can be used for longer works. By simply shifting to the tighter 1000-3000 word format you can create sequences of fast or slowed time and moments of intensity in a longer deeper story.
So I’m quite pleased with the experience and look forward to more.
In the other news department, I made it to the casino and played a little, I’m such a tight wad though that I set a limit on myself. I was not going to spend more then 25$, and I stuck to it. Though, it was hard at the end when I used the last of my 25... And won 40. I felt like I could get more if I just kept at it. I just had to keep telling myself that the ability to walk away when you are ahead is a skill that’s worth more than being lucky.
I also got a 20 minute shiatsu from one of those chairs in one of the casino stores, for free. So all told I feel like it was well worth it. Some flashy casino entertainment, a massage, and fifteen buck profit for an hour or so of play. It’s sort of like getting 8 dollars pay for a few hours without having to work for it.
Hope you all have a few good days like this yourselves.
Until next time,
Take care of yourselves,
Roving Jack