Bloody Beans

[erastes]

I feel a lot grateful for LJ today, the outpouring of support and affection that you gave to that LJ post I mentioned yesterday, and the fact that you never fail to amuse and support. 

It’s a difficult time for me to bang on about nothing much in my LJ, although I know that many of you say you enjoy my cat-ramblings or wibbles about research, but being “mid-novel with no publisher in sight” is one of the toughest times for me.

I read my friends-list and everyone’s soooo productive. Wonderful for me as a reader, because I get to read 3 books a year of people I like, but rather depressing as a writer to think that Mere Mortals won’t be in print (and that’s if it even gets picked up) for at least 18 months. No, no, not whining.  Just wish I wrote 3 books a year is all. Just not possible.

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Things I loved about Torchwood: Children of Earth Day 3

1. Change in pace. Less running around and more political machinations.

2. Taking a tip from what I consider to be the scariest movie of all time (and only because of Hopkins behind six inch glass) The Silence of the Lambs, and all the best scary movies, Russell T Davies lets us use our imaginations.

3. Using contact lenses for “fun”.  “Been there, done that.” says Ianto.  THE MIND BOGGLES.  IT BOGGLETH.

4. “Bloody beans.”  Best. Line. Ever.

5. Torchwood turning into The Hustle.

6. The COAT. With sweatpants.  Hee hee.

Comments

[beckyblack]

Yes, just seeing glimpses of the alien is definitely good. Getting too good a look just loses suspense, plus the longer you look at it the more you see the strings (metaphorically!) Like at the end of Alien, once you get a really good look at the alien it's suddenly a guy in a suit. Where the glimpes of it were much scarier.

My favourite scary movie of all time is The Haunting (the 1963 version) and you see nothing in that, but it's utterly terrifying.

I'm really enjoying Peter Capaldi as Frobisher. In fact all the guest performers are good.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Peter Capaldi! OMG! Yes! It is!! :D

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

I wish I was more productive, too. But having tried, this year, to become more productive, I think it's a counter-productive attempt. At least, I can't write fast without worrying that the quality is dive-bombing and I'm taking water out of the well faster than it can fill up again. I think that being ready at the right time with a follow up to Transgressions is a very wise plan. I meant to do the same, only I got distracted!

The 456 are definitely Torchwood's best aliens ever :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Nod nod. I'll get this one done, and let it sit for a while - it needs a damn good tidy because of the speed i wrote most of it on etherpad - and get on with the next one which probably won't interest RP anyway as it's 1933 Italy - and they said (if they are continuing at all) that they want pre1900. Maybe someone else will want that - although with the bazillion rejections I've had for JX, i'm beginning to get a little despondent.

Very. Scary. Aliens.

My biggest question though is: WHY? WHY ARE YOU LETTING THESE PEOPLE LAND AT ALL?

Where's Myfanwy ? *worries*

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

It's like the ending of Blake's 7, only spread over a week!

[rwday.livejournal.com]

Argh. I have to find the new Torchwood online somewhere. I can't stand reading all these posts and not seeing it.

I know what you mean about productive people - I have writers on my flist who are cranking out novels at a prodigious speed and I've written about 2000 words in the last 4 months. You're making steady progress with MM, though, and that's what matters. Also doesn't hurt that it's damn good.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I am DL'ing them for someone else - I'll yell when they are cooked.

Yes - Jamie Craig is an example - and Meg Leigh. I know that JC is two people, so that helps making it faster but i do get despondent when I see the lists of stuff people have coming out.

I think you are re-surging, so I live in hope.

xxx

and thanks for kind words about MeMo.

[annebrooke.livejournal.com]

So sorry you've not been having a good time - mid novel is always hell ... Once you're over that hump (as it were ...) it'll look better ...

Love & hugs

axxx

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thanks Ann - and you too - you seem to write faster and do such great work too - AND work!!!

Although I have to say, I was writing faster when I was working - i think it was because I HAD to write in the time I had - lunchhours and an hour or after work, whereas i have all day and end up goofing about.

[annebrooke.livejournal.com]

Isn't that weird!!! And so true - why is it that writing gets done faster at the edges of life rather than when you try to concentrate on it fully???

Lordy, someone should write a book about it!...

Axxx

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Yes, OMG, the aliens are terrifying. I hope we never see any more of them, because they will be giving me nightmares for some time.

3. Hee, I knew I wasn't the only person who went there. And stayed there. ;)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i didn't like anything about day four.

wibble.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Argh, damn and blast it! I won't be watching till tomorrow, but sigh. RTD does have a habit of building things up beautifully and then it all goes pear-shaped.

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

I read my friends-list and everyone’s soooo productive. Wonderful for me as a reader, because I get to read 3 books a year of people I like, but rather depressing as a writer to think that Mere Mortals won’t be in print (and that’s if it even gets picked up) for at least 18 months. No, no, not whining. Just wish I wrote 3 books a year is all. Just not possible.

I'm in a similar spot in my first book. Seems all my writer friends are so fast...
y

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It can be very demotivating, but then i gave myself a good talking to today and finished a chapter so perhpas it helps too?

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

I think it can definitely work both ways.
Yay for finishing a chapter!

I've been suffering from ADD, working on my web pages & sewing projects, and letting the story brew. That's just the way I roll. And if it's slower than most, I must accept it. Comparing really Can suck. It's better not to go there, but sometimes I do it anyways, because I like to torture myself. ;)

Ah, well.
Something Will get done.
y

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

And the chapter you finished is AWESOME so yay, progress! :)

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

I've learned to just stop looking at those posts where people crow about their word counts. If I'm not doing that, I'm not doing that. I'm trying to let the work find its way back to being enjoyable again, because I was pushing so hard it was no fun at all. When I'm bored, so's the reader!