Nick Drake

Written on March 31st, 2006. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with , , , , .

I can’t remember who introduced me to the music of Nick Drake. Was it Tony, to whom I owe my love of Jonathan Richman, Charles Bukowski, the Pogues, and Bushmills, all at once? Was it Theresa, who gave me Sonic Youth? Was it Anne, who gave me the Go-Betweens and Downey Mildew?

Anyway, thanks. For the first time in a while, I’m listening to the Fruit Tree box, which I’ve had since the eighties on vinyl and the nineties on CD. These songs are a perfect compliment to this blustery day… there’s a flock of tiny dinosaurs pecking for bugs in the back yard, the wind is strong, and the sky is a watercolor of gray and white.

His music inspires a certain melancholy, but that’s okay. I miss a lot of people, all of the above included. It’s a pleasant nostalgia, though, and has a tinge of hope… some folks are just an e-mail, a freeway, or a Google away. And me, heck, I’m so easy to find I’ve got a big red pin on the roof of my house.

My house in Hesperia, California

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LOTO: The Ongoing Word Count

Written on March 26th, 2006. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with .

A single category with a single post: this one, the sole purpose of which is to report my word count progress writing “Light of the Outsider,” my second novel.

Third Start:
Yeah, yeah, I don’t wanna hear it..!
07-05-2006: 22,328 words — approximately 26% of projected total.

07-03-2006: 21,451 words — approximately 25% of projected total.

06-30-2006: 20,034 words — approximately 23% of projected total.

06-29-2006: 18,247 words — approximately 21% of projected total.

06-26-2006: 17,558 words — approximately 21% of projected total.

06-22-2006: 16,831 words — approximately 20% of projected total.

06-21-2006: 16,372 words — approximately 19% of projected total.

06-15-2006: 14,499 words — approximately 17% of projected total.

06-14-2006: 12,878 words — approximately 14% of projected total.

06-12-2006: 11,171 words — approximately 12% of projected total.

06-11-2006: 10,131 words — approximately 11% of projected total.

06-06-2006: 8,286 words — approximately 9% of projected total.

05-19-2006: 1,478, or 1,478 words per day — approximately 2% of projected total.

Second Start:
05-08-2006: 7798, or 1114 words per day — approximately 8% of projected total.

05-01-2006: 6909, or 1151 words per day — approximately 8% of projected total.

04-29-2006: 5821, or 1164 words per day — approximately 6.5% of projected total.

04-25-2006: 4376, or 1094 words per day — approximately 5% of projected total.

04-24-2006: 3441, or 1147 words per day — approximately 3.5% of projected total.

04-18-2006: 2674, or 1337 words per day — approximately 3% of projected total.

04-14-2006: 1048, or 1048 words per day — approximately 1% of projected total.

First Start:
03-23-2006 – 03-27-2006: 4,074, or 814 words per day — approximately 4 – 5% of projected total.

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They Want To Talk

Written on March 23rd, 2006. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with , .

I’ve been having some trouble lately with my writing. It’s starter anxiety, really… it’s made it really difficult to achieve butt-in-the-chair work done with my second novel, “Light Of The Outsider.”

Tonight, I got in close to two thousand words, and the characters started yammering away at each other… and the story started to go. So much so, I had to take a look at where that chapter was supposed to go, and I’ll have to go in and nudge them back in that direction.

I’m feeling less anxious now. No matter how often this happens, I never learn; it never actually sticks:

Writing makes writing easier.

Um, woot!, and stuff.

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