God, I'm depressed.

[panik]

One, just one, of the many things I have to do today is re-write the first two chapters of my book and send it out to new agents.

The agency I approached first don't want it; one of their criticisms is that it's set in the recent past, so I'm taking out anything that points to it being a few years ago (nothing in Cuba has really changed since I made this trip so it's not really a biggie), leaving the time-frame ambiguous and trying again with three new agencies.

In total, I had to ditch three paragraphs. A simple enough task.

But now, everytime I read it through, to make sure it all still flows together, I come across something else that is just B.A.D. I've written and re-written and re-re-written and now I'm utterly convinced that the whole thing is a big, steaming pile of stinking poo. Or is it? I don;t know. I have no perspective on it at all anymore.

Man...

It's now 13.05. This is all I've done today and I'm no closer to completion  than I was at 8.00 this morning.

Shit.

I'm having a bad, bad day.

Comments

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie - you write far too well for it to be a steaming pile of anything smelly; it's just having to live with it too long... can you put it aside and forget about it for a day or two? I generally find the more I fight with something, the worse it gets. :~(

Hope the day gets better for you soon ::hugs gently::

You are so kind

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

...to me... ::sniff::

::Is filled with the Love of the Flist::

I'm laying it aside for now; I'm just not getting anywhere and in continuously meddling I'm runing the risk of doing serious damage. Maybe tomorrow, the stupid thing will look less like manure and more like something I can bear to show to a real person of the literary profession.

Thanks for your hugs, hon, you have no idea how glad I am to have them. (o:

And thank God for Tescos, too, for yea, verily, they hath delivered unto me, crusty baguettes, gorgonzola, lemon olives and Chardonnay (the wine, not the character from Footballer's Wives). I'm starting the weekend early. (o:

::hugs you mightily::

Re: You are so kind

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

It'll look much better in the morning, honest it will. And your Tesco order is making my tummy rumble - I need to go and forage now... mmmmm lemon olives and Chardonnay - yay for early weekends!

::hugs you some more::

Re: You are so kind

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

::hugs you back even harder::

(It's OK, we don;t have to keep this up for long. ::G::)

Oh oh... here cvomes the rain! O:!

Re: You are so kind

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

LOL - hey - summer? What summer? Here, summer summer, good doggie...

Re: You are so kind

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Right when I have to go out...

Oh heck, it's ******* down!!!!