Thoughts in a Blender
I have Blogger’s Block. Those of you who know me personally know that me being at a loss for words is bizarre. Usually I know exactly what I want to write about, but seeing as I’ve been posting pretty consistently, it was bound to come to pass that I would just blank out. Part of the problem, I think, is that I have a number of ideas buzzing around in my head for short stories, poems, and topics for further research, but those are all quite different from a blog post. I suppose it is the very bane of the creative mind.
So rather than giving a list of coherent, logical items, I’m going to list the things that are occupying my attentions in conflicting ways:
- Season 2 of The Tudors starts on Sunday night. Why did the writers of the Tudors conflate Margaret and Mary? I understand that you can’t include every member of the Tudor line, but by eliminating the individual histories of Henry VIII’s sisters, you essentially eliminate the possibility of the birth of, and Elizabeth I’s later conflict with, her cousin Mary Queen of Scots. I guess this goes to show just how far into the future the writers are actually thinking. I hope they have a plan, because if they get to the end of the series and suddenly realize that, “whoops!” they seriously screwed up history, and they just make up some connection, I’ll be livid.
- What if we could subscribe to weather like we do RSS feeds, or purchase a weather service like a cell phone plan? It would be constantly visible to the subscriber, and only visible to other who are within a certain radius. What would a busy street down town look like? Which types of weather would be in highest demand? What conflicts would arise because of this technology? How would it effect the social psyche? (See? Completely strange, I know. This is actually the kernel of a short story I was outlining today.)
- I miss interactively writing. I’ve been thinking about trying to get a turn based story going with anyone willing to participate. It’s a pretty simple concept, really. One person starts and writes a scene/few paragraphs and tags someone to pick it up from there. Each person is able to embellish on history, plot development, twists, new character interaction, etc. The outcome could be a lot of fun, but with every one’s busy schedules, I don’t know how it would work.
- I’m almost finished with the first part of my translation/modernization of a play from 1608. Should I wait to contact a publishing company before doing the annotation and glossing? Would it be better to have finished that research before I take it to an academic publisher? How am I going to get my hands on some of the source material I need without going to England?
That’s just a quick sampling of what’s been muddying my brain today. It’s not glorious, and it’s not exceptional, but it’s the way my mind works. One topic jumps to the next, and usually there is some weird series of obscure connections to link Topic A to Topic B, but not always. The conclusion? I think too much.
Write well,
~Dawn
