benevolent despot

Uantum year ? looks like you-want-em year. I do, I want the fruit of our labor of 2009. Work. Good, interesting, challenging, and financially-rewarding work. Is that too much to ask the universe? Nothing is too much to ask, if you can let go of the outcome. Dictating to the universe never works. It is a benevolent despot. Our job is to let it know what we want; it’s role is to figure out what’s best for us. Sometimes the results are humorous, at other times, ironic, enigmatic, unimaginable, but always wise.

the novel

oh joy. i haven't quit. only 20,000 words behind on nanowrimo. but characters are creaking out of the granite of immobility....blandness. do they have sex lives...let's just get them up and moving first. what has kept me in the game (had to slog through every excuse combination known to man....depression, work issues, unexpected 'to do's', sudden recommitments to an art project ) are the pep talks i get from other nanowrimo participants. they are behind too on their novels. they haven't thought up a plot yet. they tell me to use filler. ie describe a person for 1000 words. describe a place.

this is a quantum year. my characters have illuminated something for me. it is easy to stay put. to have cartoon character conversations that are dull. tonight is a write in at the bookstore. but tonight is the semi final of top chef. and i'll have worked all day. i have a good bottle of red wine. the sofa. hmmm. a quantum choice. or not. what would my characters do? (well right now i know they would take the sofa and the wine. and thinking about writing - no scratch that. they will think about having written.)