ADD and Writing

I think the reason I have so many projects in the air right now is because of my Attention Deficit Disorder.  I start one project then another.

If I can just write 200 words or less each day for each project, I will have them done soon.

Unreading Writers

I'm amazed at how many people are reading this blog--especially compared to the small numbers reading my blovel or web fiction.

All I can figure is that more people want to write the "Great American Novel" (whatever that animal is) than read it.

Not me.  I have always found reading much easier than writing--except when I try to bone up on my Spanish by reading books in that language.  Ficciones de Jorge Luis Borges.  For example.

My problem is, although I have a lot of free time, I wind up reading so much more than I do writing that I don't get much done.  At least not as much as I would like to.  Stephen King recommends at least a few hours of reading per day along with I can't remember how many words.  1000 I think; half what he does himself.

Juggling Act

In addition to the serial novel I'm publishing on pandamian at SirenSong.pandamian.com, I have gone back to a blovel I was working on called Travels by Unicorn.  One should be about 25,000-30,000 words at 1000 words per chapter.  The other will be perhaps 150-200 words per post and 40 posts or "chapters" long.  If you have less time and want to follow one of these projects, the Travels by Unicorn one will be more up your alley, being less than 8,000 words long or a long story rather than a true novel.

Sirensong, if it comes out in print will be a paperback printed in a limited edition of maybe 10 copies for family and friends.  No ISBN number necessary.  Travels by Unicorn will be in chapbook form.

I also plan on adding 10 flash fictions to Travels by Unicorn in order to "pad" it.  Blogger.com allows 10 stand alone pages, so I intend to use them.

Now comes the hard part:  figuring out my writing schedule....

Because I am Crazy

Why am I working on two pieces of fiction at once plus this blogsite?  Good question.

I remember a theater class I took once.  The professor, an older actor, talked about what a rough life it was acting and how there was little money in it, when you got down to the facts.  (Hollywood stars are the lottery winners of the acting gig.)

I raised my hand and asked him why he chose to act.  "Because," he patiently explained, "I'm crazy."

Why am I doing this when there is practically no money and a lot of hard work involved?  Because I'm crazy.  And I probably have ADD too.  :)