While I’ve had the best of intentions, it’s obvious that I’ve little time to read the past couple of months. But what’s better than reading? Only writing, and that I’ve been doing dawn till hours after dusk.
We’re at day #51 in the 100 Days Project and I’m working on that fifty-first short story in hypertext form right now. Over at Hypercompendia I’ve posted some thoughts as we reach the midpoint of the effort. To be more personal here about my own work, I’ve found that I can respond to deadlines; I can come up with a new idea every day; I can follow prompts or be inspired by outside forces; I can write humor, mystery, contemporary, poetical prose, change voice, braid stories, and most importantly, learn something new every day both about story form and hypertext.
Though I am still reading as much as possible, possible seems to be near zilch with gardening, housework and job all screaming for attention. I’ve been really tempted several times to back out of this 100-day project deal for lack of time, lack of group support, and lack of being able to bend my left ring finger. In the end, this is more than an important exercise for me, it is a step forward in a plan to create a website dedicated to hypertext fiction for all ages. A free site where there will be a library of short stories, poems, and visual graphics all in the hypertext format that will be added to on a regular basis by writers and artists willing to share their work in order to generate more interest in the hypertext form by example and instruction.
So that’s were I’ve been. Not lazy, not dropping out of sight here on Spinning, but dedicating my creative energy and time to a project I think will blossom into more than just some summer stories.
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