Mel's Shopping Diary
Fun B-List sighting, Work Progress
May 16, 2006 Yesterday was a great day, I banged out twelve pages of ANGELS, and we saw Jeremy Piven in Larchmont.We were eating lunch at Cafe du Village, this cute little French restaurant in Larchmont, a very quaint East-Coast-y neighborhood in Los Angeles, near Hancock Park. And who else walks in but "Ari" from Entourage! Mr. Piven looked every inch the star, with his white v-neck T-shirt and dark black Aviator sunglasses. He sat in one of the sidewalk tables, and even from where I was sitting I could see chest hair.
And work is going well, I am gunning to have ANGELS done by the end of the month, so I can wrap up BB2 by next month. I was in a fog for so long about both of these books, and suddenly, I woke up and Hallelujah... everything finally clicked in my head. THANK GOD.
I've been reading Tess Gerritsen's blog (directed to it by Meg Cabot's fab blog-that should be one word- fablog!) and she was writing (Tess, not Meg) about how as you write more books, you actually get MORE anxious rather than more confident.
It's SO TRUE. Every book is a struggle. A good struggle, but a struggle nonetheless. Sometimes I wonder if my life is one of those, "be careful what you wish for" scenarios. I wanted nothing more than to be able to write books--SERIES books, like the ones I loved growing up (Enid Blyton was my particular fave), and now that I do, why does it seem like life has become harder and not easier?
So many nights I just toss and turn because I am so worried about my story, my characters, and how I can't seem to make it work, and it's quite miserable, really. But then something happens--and haha--the machine starts to chug, and I get really excited all over again...
In between writing I've even started outlining the third book I have due this year, SOCIAL LIFE, and it's going to be SO fun--totally outrageous social antics of three beautiful American girls in St. Tropez--full of topless beaches, champagne showers, and beach discos that open at noon! Woo-hoo! I've always loved the French Riviera...I can't WAIT to start writing THAT...
xoxo
Mel