the beginning
Paul & Joe and Phillip Lim Spring 2008.
I'm already in denial about how hot it's going to be today. 90, you say, little weather widget? No. You must be kidding. You must have a fever.
Yesterday (not quite as hot, but close) we hid indoors during the more saturated, burning part of the day and were out and about in the morning and evening. In the morning there was a car show within walking distance – I can't recognize a Nova to save my life, but I understand the pride and nostalgia and all that. In the evening, we made a run to the discount bookstore, and let's just say that it was a godforsaken heat trap in that place, and the heightened scent of aged paperbacks did it no favors. But I found what I was looking for: a hefty medical reference book for the novel. (My story is not health-themed by any means, but I need to get things right when they do come up.) I worked on my outline for an hour or two, figured out the first of many problem areas.
And (I promise not to continually blog about this, because I don't think it's very interesting to anyone other than myself) I feel the need to add a caveat to my previous declaration about writing the novel: this is not one of my countless spur-of-the-moment projects. It's not like the crafts, the pasta making, the occasional mixtape. I have had the hankering to write this book since fourth or fifth grade. It's been lingering, boneless and restless, in the back of my head. With recent inspiration from other novels, setting a daily routine, and some support on your end (I'm not fishing for it – I'm just pointing out that the comments left for the other post were appreciated threefold), now feels like a good time to seriously get to it. So. I'm getting to it.
Today's unrelated checklist: find a new colander with feet and a ladle that doesn't cost $30 (sorry, Whole Foods). Find new summer clothes, because mysteriously, all my skirts are either too big or too tiny. Find a way to savor the weather without being scorched alive.
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Oh the weather...I cannot stand the heat and the blistering sun!
We have gotte rain here the past 2 days but today the humidity was horrible and I could not breathe.
I thought most stores had air conditioning... I feel bad for the people who would work there.
Your book shall be awesome, I know it.
That is all. Hehe.
Posted by: Patrizia | June 29, 2008 at 05:17 PM
Good luck with the novel! I can't wait to read it.
Posted by: sewbettie | June 29, 2008 at 08:18 PM
love the shoes on the 2nd pic
Posted by: Fashionispoison | June 30, 2008 at 08:17 PM