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Yesterday marks the release of the newest Robert Jordan novel, The Gathering Storm. Like an semi-conscious moth drawn to the flame, I felt the unshakable compulsion to stop in at the local Borders, and there was a whole display of them in a nice pile as I walked in the door. This is the first Jordan novel in a long time where my good friend and old roomie Teresa didn't pick up a copy for me through B & T (when she worked there), or through other means she has, the devious librarian that she is. I both knew, and forgot, that it was coming out yesterday. That is, I've been getting reminders about it, emails, posts on blogs, etc, but work has been chaotic for the past two weeks, and honestly I'd completely forgotten that I needed to be keeping an eye out for it. Buried deep in my subconscious, however, is a rabid Jordan fan, and it wouldn't let me forget.
So I'm now the proud owner of the latest book. Only, I can't read it. Rather, I could read it, but I shouldn't. Because I've got too many other commitments going on at the moment, and this puppy weighs in at the typical Jordanesque heft, which means its going to take a good number of days to read. Maybe a week or more with the pace I'm able to eke out these days. So delving into this would probably require I put a halt on those other commitments. I've instead decided to take the approach of using the new novel as a reward, to spur me on to make the goals, and commitments go even faster. It's going to be a rather hectic month or so ahead. I've got PhilCon coming up, the last regular GSHW meeting of the year with Literary Agent Cherry Weiner coming to talk with us. A novel to finish, a short story to revise and polish, and possibly a new novel to jump in on if I decide that life isn't hard enough, and that NaNo is worth the effort. (I sort of have a story in mind, and I'm toying around with plots, characters, etc. I think it might qualify as either a Children's or a YA, not sure where it will fall just yet.)
Still, the excitement remains: new Jordan book! Now if I can just keep myself from peeking. Yes, that's it, just a peek, that couldn't hurt, could it?
So, do you do anything special to reward yourself when you hit your goals? (Be they writerly type goals or other.)
And, as a public service announcement, I'll remind you all its: BACK IT UP WEDNESDAY!!! So back up your current work in progress.
So I'm now the proud owner of the latest book. Only, I can't read it. Rather, I could read it, but I shouldn't. Because I've got too many other commitments going on at the moment, and this puppy weighs in at the typical Jordanesque heft, which means its going to take a good number of days to read. Maybe a week or more with the pace I'm able to eke out these days. So delving into this would probably require I put a halt on those other commitments. I've instead decided to take the approach of using the new novel as a reward, to spur me on to make the goals, and commitments go even faster. It's going to be a rather hectic month or so ahead. I've got PhilCon coming up, the last regular GSHW meeting of the year with Literary Agent Cherry Weiner coming to talk with us. A novel to finish, a short story to revise and polish, and possibly a new novel to jump in on if I decide that life isn't hard enough, and that NaNo is worth the effort. (I sort of have a story in mind, and I'm toying around with plots, characters, etc. I think it might qualify as either a Children's or a YA, not sure where it will fall just yet.)
Still, the excitement remains: new Jordan book! Now if I can just keep myself from peeking. Yes, that's it, just a peek, that couldn't hurt, could it?
So, do you do anything special to reward yourself when you hit your goals? (Be they writerly type goals or other.)
And, as a public service announcement, I'll remind you all its: BACK IT UP WEDNESDAY!!! So back up your current work in progress.