I haven’t been that good updating here lately, but, at the same time, nothing of great fiction import is happening. I write my faerie story some days. Other days I type my faerie story. Today I worked on Come From Away and it made me sad because there is a great story there, but it’s trapped and for all my trying to get it to come out and the fiction course I’m going over it in, I have no idea how to free the great story trapped inside. I’ve been putting off submitting the next section to my mentor, where one of the protagonists starts to fracture, because I know it won’t go over well and I just can’t afford not going over well with this story any longer.
Geoff just came to ask me if it’s my story that’s a problem or my course. They are intertwined. You can’t untie them back into separate threads. For the rest of its life, my story and this course are the same thing, the feeling of wastefulness that maybe I should just quit. Sometimes I think my mentor wants to say Don’t quit your day job. Too bad. Day job already quit.
No new stories accepted for publication. Not a lot of calls out lately either that I could finesse my stories into being good fits for. I did write a short-short (1200 words) story last week as a procrastination tool about a building in Calgary, I think it was 121 14 St NW, that used to have a sign etched in glass on one of the doors saying Philosopher, which I guess meant you could make an appointment and talk to a philosopher about your problems. I can’t tell if it still says that on the door via google maps. I also don’t know if it’s the right building. There’s a slew of such buildings along that part of 14 St NW in Calgary. It might be another one of those sixties style squat brick buildings. I can’t remember.
Geoff, home because of the strike, so I have incentive to work so he doesn’t think I am lazy. I’m coming near the end of my faerie story planning, which means new faerie story planning. I tried to pay my gas bill but the internet has died. It may be hours from when I write this post to when I post it if the internet doesn’t come back. You will have to wait and see.