Saturday, October 28, 2006

Oh the horror, the horror...

I've had no chance over the past two weeks to indulge in any writing due to this rather chaotic event called marriage... I exchanged vows and rings with me wifey on the 20th October, and then had the family staying with us up until the 27th, so life as I'd known it had become rather disrupted, quite insane and incredibly sleep deprived...

After dropping them off at the airport yesterday morning at 6am, I stumbled back home and curled up in bed until noon - that was the first time I've slept in like that since my mad university days. But oh boy, did I need to! I was in bed by 9:30 last night too, so me wifey's comments ('you're just an old married man, now) were sure ringing true yesterday...

But today is different. My fingers are itching to type, my head is buzzing with images and my novel is calling - screaming - out at me to pay it some attention. I intend to lock myself away in my (recently reclaimed) study and lose myself in my novel this weekend. My aim is to finish the thing before the end of the year and I'm on track to do so (I've only got 100 pages to go over in this final edit before I'm ready to send it to a publisher).

I've also got Macabre - the New Era in Australian Horror to deal with, and Angela and I intend to finalise the line up of contributors very soon and get cracking on the editing. I can't wait for that anthology to come out because I think it's going to be a ripper.

So let the Ringmaster signal the curtains down and the house lights up, and we'll take a short intermission between acts. The bearded lady and that shifty shadow man need a drink before the next act begins...

3 comments:

Christopher Elston said...

Hey, Marty

Tell me a bit about your novel, just a clue - I'm curious. I think it's great that you've nearly finished one - well done!

I've just started a novella myself which I think is going to be awesome. If you tell me a little about your novel, I'll tell you a little about my novella...

Brian G Ross said...

Congratulations on the vows, man... I did the same back in April. The wife certainly eats into your writin' time, don't she?

;o)

Marty Young said...

Oh yeah, the wife sure does eat into -
What's that, dear?
No, no I wasn't getting cheeky, honest. No, please, not the dog house again....