The Furious Spinner

In the last two years, I have written 500,000 words on Furious Spinner. That is equivalent to at least ten adult novels! That is twenty—count them—twenty young adult novels. That's about 2,500 pages. Dems a mess a pages. I've learned a lot doing Furious Spinner. I feel more confident about my nonfiction again. I've sold and gotten published many essays. Aqueduct Press published my chapbook Counting on Wildflowers in large part because of this blog. I felt as though I was contributing to the information gathering process: people needed to know what was happening to our democratic process, to our country, to Iraq. During the past two years I've made some friends all over the world. Currently there are a lot of blogs out there. Some of the sites are wonderful and informative. People are writing about the things I've been talking about and they're doing a better job of it—they seem to have the time, energy, and words.

For me, I'm a bit talked out. I feel the need for reflection, stillness, silence. And I need to concentrate on other projects. I need to write more books. I've got to make a living, as you all can understand. This site takes a great deal of my time. It's like having a part time job which I don't get paid for—which was my choice, I'm not complaining. But my books will reach a wider audience than this blog has, so I need to put my effort there. I want to work on Scarf Sisters, too; if that doesn't work out then I'll concoct some other scheme to save some portion of the world. It's just my way.

In the meantime, I'm not deleting Furious Spinner, but I will be cutting back. My intention at this point is to do an essay a week, like a column, and some photoblogging, maybe some venting. We'll see.

And now, that damn vacation you've been hearing about for a week is beginning (like go already, Kim). I intend to lounge on my couch and eating bon bons. (Okay, not really because I don't know what bon bons are.)

It's a scorcher here today. Stay cool.

Ta! 2 comments

2 Comments:

500,000 words! You're in Michener territory, there. Enjoy your time away (or on the couch). Breaks are good.

By  Sara Z., at 8:05 AM  

That IS a lot of writing! You've poured your heart and soul into this blog, Kim, and oh behalf of all of your readers, Thank you!! It has been and will continue to be enjoyable to read whatever is on your mind. But definitely get those novels written! I'm waiting to see you on the NY Times Bestseller List. And I believe it will happen.

By  kevin, at 6:17 PM  

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