What I’m Writing:
My cousin was visiting last week and asked “Now that your book is done, what are you writing?” I got very nervous when he asked me because I didn’t have a ready answer. I hadn’t started on the proposal for my second book and no editor was holding a deadline over my head. What was I writing? You have to say something. Or at least I felt like I had to say something. That is what I tell my clients and what I say when I speak to groups. Always be writing something. It’s the only way to keep yourself honest.
In that spirit and because I promised in the last ‘Shards’ that my writing here would more closely tie to my writing in the real world. I’m going to use WTS to keep tabs on writing ideas and projects. By posting about them every so often, I’m hoping it’ll keep me straight about working my way through them.
What I’m Writing
1) An essay called “Why I Don’t See Live Music”
Where it could go: San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly.
2) A reported piece on MP3 blogs
Where it could go: Paste Magazine
3) A reported piece on author blogs
Location: Poets & Writers
4) An essay on unconventional book groups
Location: Pages Magazine
5) A series on the history of the streets of San Francisco
Location: SFist has asked for it. I need to do it.
6) Another ‘Light’ or ‘Tool’ piece for The Believer
Location: The Believer
7) Book and movie reviews:
Location: San Francisco Chronicle, SF Station.
I know it’s an ambitious list. Trying to aim big.