Sunday, December 9, 2012

Stress and Craptastic Characters

So, I have a book to write that I have not written.  There is no excuse for WHY I haven't gotten going on it.  All I have to say is that when I get stressed, I kind of go nuts.  I end up doing stuff like redecorate my entire house.  I'm not saying it is smart, but I really hated my front entranceway.  Mainly because it looked like this:





Yeah.  That orange, brown and green combo was gross.




I got painting and ended up with a nice calming grey and green.  I liked the outcome, even though christmas decorations clash a little with it.


















Then, I turned around and got a good look at my living room.  And you know how it is...  Once you start in one area, you have to do another and another, until it snowballs into a big expensive mess.  The front entranceway came out so nice I had to do more.  Mainly because it looked barfy, like this:


That black trim was so drearie and the walls were this vomitous spice cake tan color.  It HAD to go.

















It ended up looking like this:


















And THEN.... because I was hopped up on paint fumes and had completely lost my mind, I thought that I couldn't finish off the entranceway and the living room without doing the kitchen.  Lack of brain cells and the remaining ones being fried is my only explanation as to WHY I ended up paining part of my kitchen purple.

However, now that it is finished, the purple is growing on me and I am liking it.  Though, I need to finish decorating it
















Once I was finished, I figured it was time to sit down and write on that novel.  Then this happened:

Oh, the infamous head cold.  I tried to write while sick.  Let me tell you how great that has been going.  Three chapters and 50 pages in, I realized that my main character was heartless, annoying and really REALLY air-headed.  I hate her.  She drives me nuts and I want to reach through the page and give her a good slap.

So, after a day of fogged thinking about it, I trashed the three chapters and will be starting again.

Tomorrow.

Or the day after.

Whenever, I can breathe again.  Then, I will kick butt on this writing thing and Maggie (my fantastic main character) will be super awesome and lovable.  Now off for tea, tissue and a nap.

2 comments:

  1. A cold has kicked my butt too. I'm hoping to start writing again today, if I can think clearly.

    Hope you feel better. The house looks amazing!

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  2. Typed comment...then promptly lost it! Anyway...love it! Looks gorgeous. You are an awesome decorator, among other things. Hope the cold is better. *hands tissues* xoxo

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