Sunday, January 20, 2008

Another Year, Another Post

Back in August, I threatened to turn my novel "Genius of Want" into a play. I begged for people to read for me, because that's really the only way to get a sense of where it needs fixing. I thought that I could have it done by September, and everyone was keenly on board.

And then...it languished. I've been an accomplishing fool, don't get me wrong. Slacking is not at all why it didn't get done in September. But now, at last, five months after I said I'd do it, it's done. Genius of Want is now a play that has gone back to the original title "Leif the Buddhist Viking and His Epic Search for Love."

I'm thinking as I translate this particular work into a play that I really, really like the play form. I am now seeing a great many of my earlier works in terms of how they might translate into plays. I've promised myself, though, that I'm not writing much new stuff this year. This year, I've promised myself that I'm going to concentrate hard on submissions.

And once Leif the Buddhist Viking is ready, it'll go into the submission bucket.

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