Easily Distracted

Submitted by Stuart on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 4:45pm

Since being laid off last month, I've made some good progress on editing/rewriting my manuscript. Except for the end of the first act, which I've had to overhaul. It's still kicking me in the rear, though I think I'm close now.

Even so, I find that I'm very easily distracted these days. I'll spend hours looking at Monster.com and other such sites. Then I'll tinker with the graphics for my website, which is getting a little overhaul soon (mostly back end, but the look is going to be tweaked). Occasionally, this sin called Lord of the Rings Online beckons. Then I remember what I'm supposed to be doing since I don't have a "real" (ie paying) job.: Finishing Echoes of Truth so I can start working on The Condottiere.

What's my distraction today?

http://www.extrasni.com/news

If you haven't heard, HBO is filming the pilot episode to George RR Martin's Game of Thrones in Ireland in a month. And they "urgently" need experienced male riders between the ages of 16-60.

It won't be anything huge. No Battle of the Pelennor Fields (which would've been beyond awesome), but a chance to ride horses in Ireland for a favorite fantasy book's adaptation?

It's a middle-aged man's pipe dream, but let me sit here and dream a bit longer...

Ok. Back to chapter 14.


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July, 22 2010

Echoes of Truth is revised and polished. I'm ready to start querying agents, the next step in seeing this novel published. In the meantime, work on the Condotierre is underway. I'm as excited to start this new book as I am to have finished my last.

September, 2 2008

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While reading The Fellowship of the Ring at the age of twelve, Stuart A. Etter was told by his teacher that he should be reading shorter books. Undaunted, he finished the trilogy and promptly moved on to other novels ranging from fantasy/sci-fi to historical fiction to horror to thrillers.

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