Ubiquitous Bubba! STATUS REPORT TIME!

(Rats!  I knew this day would come!  I need a clever distraction...)
 

 
Thanks for asking.  I've been seriously under-motivated during the last few weeks.  My day gig takes up a lot of time and energy.  I wake up tired every morning and the road ahead seems incredibly long.  Managing my time for writing has been very difficult.  I wrote the first book because it was fun.  I wrote a short story last year for the same reason.
 
This isn't fun right now.  Deadlines are not positive moments.  Defending myself against other writers is not enjoyable.   Marketing is not a good time.  Failing to market is not as pleasurable as you might think.
 
I like fun.  Fun is good.  I wish I had more of it.  When I start writing, I get into it and I really enjoy it.  When I shut out all of the voices that try to stop me in my tracks, I feel like I'm watching a movie unfold and I can't wait to see where the characters are going next.  
 
Book number 2, Blithering Genius, still has a ways to go before it is finished and ready for editing.  I keep going back and re-writing sections of it.  I struggle with being overly critical of my own work.  I worry about whether the material is too stupid, too boring, too fast/slow, too nonsensical, too cerebral, too juvenile, or too Profound.  In general, though, I like this book.  Some of the characters crack me up.  I keep putting them in situations and then wondering how they'll react.  This book confuses me and I like that.  Maybe that's another strike against it, but I enjoy stories that make me ask, "What?"
 
I'm very sorry that it has taken me so long to write this thing.  If I were a better writer, this would have been done long ago.  Because I've been wrong before, I don't want to predict when this one will be done.  I'm going to take this fred as a prod to stop whining and get back to it.  So, thanks for the motivation!  I appreciate it.

Im waiting for the Movie

Can't you just copy/paste from the FSF? or is it to profound?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
btw, if you want a proof reader...  I found 3+ errors in Reality Challenged...

BUBBA,
 
I yAm fun.......
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ky

Karyn
Can't you just copy/paste from the FSF? or is it to profound?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
btw, if you want a proof reader...  I found 3+ errors in Reality Challenged...

Did ya PM him with the details Karyn?
 
('Cause I did! )

I keep seeing all these commercials with hashtags, so I guess I'll have to get with the times eventually.
 
Example:  Bapu #unfunny #Am #StupidFace #Alembic #moobs #blesshisheart #serialposter #CHB

Hi,
 
Don't feel bad. I have 2 novels working and a third one on hiatus. The two stories were just happening, and I can still see them in my head, but sitting down to write them? ... I probably need to take a week off work and be tied to a chair!

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Perhaps you could use your time machine to go back and sign her copy?

Why doesn't Bub use his time machine to go into the future and get a finished copy of the new book?

craigb

Karyn
Why doesn't Bub use his time machine to go into the future and get a finished copy of the new book?

Because, until he writes it the first time, it doesn't exist in the future.
 
(C'mon Karyn, that's Time Travel 101!  )

Also, the time machine is broken........don't think he'll do much traveling.