Right. So I had planned to do some document clean-up on my novel-thesis today, and it never happened.
The grocery shopping got done. Some housecleaning got done. And there was an unexpected afternoon-of-beauty offer from my sister - hair trimmed, eyebrows waxed and colored, nails manicured (OPI's Shanghai Shimmer is an awesome color; and they come up with the neatest names for colors). I also attempted to install a DTV converter box, and made a mess of it, so I took it out and went back to my old set-up. I have until February to fix it anyway.
I made noodles for dinner, and I'm now lounging on the couch with the cats watching the Olympics and blogging. We've made a nice little nest for ourselves. The windows are open, and the A/C is off.
This means I've got a lot of work to do tomorrow. That's fine, though. Nice way to spend a Sunday.
I had a great chat with my advisor on Thursday. He said it would help both him and me if I was clear on what kind of novel I was writing and what I wanted it to do for readers. I did a re-skim, and I also put to a litmus test (namely, I sent a couple of chapters to my mom to read). I said before I was working on a modern gothic novel. Now that I've looked at my draft again, it's more accurate to say that I've got a mystery novel with gothic overtones and epistolary elements. I think that sounds more fun anyway.
I also had to make a choice between focusing on genre fiction or literary fiction. Frankly, I don't think I'm a strong enough writer yet to do literary fiction, so I'm sticking with genre for this one. Basically, I want it to be a juicy read for a rainy afternoon - I think that's a respectable goal for a first novel.
I think I'm procrastinating because sending a draft to my advisor makes me nervous. What will he think of it? I know it's a rough draft, and so does he. But still...
So, back to China on the parallel bars. And is it just me, or does the vault apparatus not look like it used to? I think it looks like a stubby surfboard.
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