Month: October 2003

I’m starting (or maybe continuing) to have second thoughts about this whole novel-in-a-month thing. It’s that 50,000 word limit that I’m having trouble with. That’s six to seven pages a day, every day, from November 1st through the 30th. That’s roughly the equivalent of a short story every day. I have a tough enough time just with writing at all, and on my best days I’m lucky to produce one or two pages. Add to that the fact that I have to be at work every day, have other writing deadlines, and don’t expect to get much writing done at the end of the month around Thanksgiving…

Well, I understand the point of Nanowrimo, and I do need to write more, every day. But I honestly don’t know where I’m going to find the time or energy to jump in and start producing anything that approaches that kind of volume in that short a time span. I have the shape of an idea in my head, but I don’t know if it’s enough for a novel, and I don’t know if I can figure out how to start writing it by Saturday.

I think last night’s PSN-TV premiere went about as well as expected. Except, the band that was supposed to start at 5:15 didn’t start until about twenty to six. And the televisions that had been set up at first wouldn’t work, and we missed the first show. And I think maybe only six or seven people from my show turned up. And I think most people turned up just for the free pizza and weren’t involved, interested, or even aware of what PSN-TV is supposed to be. And each of the shows suffered from low production values and some were almost impossible to hear. And the crowd got steadily smaller as the evening progressed. And we didn’t get as many laughs as I would have liked.

But I was generally pleased with what I saw last night, and I think it’s a good place from which to start. Initial kinks and glitches were to be expected. And even if it is just student television, it was nice seeing my name up there in the credits, and I was really pleased with how our show turned out. Our biggest problem, I thought, was the really awful sound quality of our live performance, which made up the bulk of last night’s show. If the audience didn’t laugh, I think it’s because they couldn’t hear. The material got laughs when we performed it live, as did my Waiting for the Bus sketch, which had much better sound.

Oh, how quickly the enthusiasm of a job hunt fades. I’m still applying, but it’s tough when for the most part you have to tell people, no, I don’t live there, I won’t unless I get this job, and I would prefer not to for another six to eight months.

Usually, I just assume no one has anything to say, but this time my comments really don’t seem to be working. I’m getting a permissions error whenever I try to post one, which is very odd, since I haven’t changed any of my settings (nor been informed by any changes by my web host). If you’re able to comment, though, by all means do so.

Or, if you can’t, feel free to tell me that, too.