I Promise I’m Not Dead

…seriously.  I’ve just been busy with work and family.

Reading
Currently, just doing some research on Antarctica, Human cloning, and Microbiology.

Writing
Still struggling (as it were) with Wendigo.  I find myself wrestling with the core storyline – should it be a real monster or should it be a twist on psychosis and cannibalism?  Should the main character be a male or female (romantic sub-plot)?

I did pass the first of the rewrite to a good friend, Elizabeth Ditty, who gave some great advice and actually fired up my engine to get back to the desk.  Thanks Izzi!  She really helped me see some glaring issues I was trying to force on the reader.

So, back at it.  I’m going on vacation for about 11 days, so I should be able to get some serious work done if I can just mentally settle on what I want to do.  As a creative, it’s my biggest stumbling block.  I’m open to suggestions from anyone who reads this.

Watching

• Wendigo (2001) - Snoozer.  All talk, no action.. literally. This horror(?) movie was a dialog fest.  And when the monster was finally shown, it was a cruel parody of a puppet made of sticks.  Sad.
  
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - A 50′s western about gold prospecting and the inevitable greed that comes with it.  Pretty fun ride of adventure and paranoia.
  

That’s it.  It’s been a month of life outside of writing unfortunately.   Hopefully, July will work out better.

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