If you’re a writer — and maybe even if you’re not — you’ve heard the saying, “Write what you know.” Well, I started doing that on Friday evening when I decided to try writing a chick lit novel based on my many varied and wacky experiences as a reporter. Some of the stuff is based in fact but is exaggerated to make the book larger than life. And not all the stuff happened to me. Some things happened to co-workers, and some are just figments of my imagination. It’s been a load of fun so far. I use being able to write a few pages of the chick lit each day as the dangling carrot — a reward for getting through the necessary revisions on the women’s fiction manuscript. It’s nice to work on two totally different types of projects at the same time. The fun, light tone of the chick lit helps balance out the heavier tone of the women’s fiction novel. And the knowledge that I can get another partial out there under consideration while going through this women’s fiction manuscript with a fine-tooth comb keeps me going.
Whether this was a rerun or not, I saw a hilarious segment on Blue Collar TV tonight. It was called Redneck Yard of the Week. I’ve GOT to fit that into my chick lit somehow because I’ve definitely seen some yards that qualify.
And put another season of Survivor in the books. I really enjoyed this season even though my favorite guy Ian didn’t win. I was shocked when he made the deal with Tom last night that he’d quit the challenge if Tom took Katie to the final two — all so he could win back their friendship and trust. I admire Ian a great deal for that, but I’m disappointed that I didn’t hear a peep of thanks from either Tom or Katie during the final tribal council, the reunion show or the Survivor Online show today. I truly hope that Ian’s sacrifice was worth it. If there’s a second All-Stars season in the future, I think Ian more than deserves to be a cast member.
Leave a Reply