Too many things, not enough brain.

I'm done with the Schultz/Joshi text. Excellent read, informative and thought-provoking essays. Lots of notes.

Next: reread journals two through six; update the TOC for journal five; plan what to start working on.

Done with An Epicure in the Terrible (Schultz/Joshi). Quite useful to have read. Also, now on journal six.

A post shared by Heather Poirier (@mensan98th) on May 20, 2018 at 1:55pm PDT

How do I capture all this?

Getting it all down in a coherent way seems like it'll take a long time.

Advice given to me by one of my master's thesis advisors: "Just get the fucking thing written." She'd put that onto a banner in her dorm room when she was writing her dissertation.

“Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.”
― Chuck Wendig, 500 Ways to Be a Better Writer

I've gotta figure out a way to shake all this stuff apart and use it. So much to say, and it's all running parallel. #100dayproject #the100dayproject #thekinginyellow #Lovecraft #writing #detectivefiction

A post shared by Heather Poirier (@mensan98th) on May 11, 2018 at 3:29pm PDT

Twenty-one years.

At age 26, Lovecraft observes:

If one must weave cobwebs of empty aether, let them supply a decorative element to those cosmic spaces which would otherwise be an ambiguous and tantalizing void. (SL 3.147)

Twenty-one years. That's all we got beyond this statement. He died at 47.

Catch-up on notes.

Stefan Dziemianowicz's chapter in Schultz/Joshi has been revelatory. I find that my thoughts run in similar ways to his, at least as captured in this article, and that's like an oasis. Many, many notes from the evening of 5 May.

I know I keep posting this, but soon I've got to review what I have gathered the past few years, then think carefully about where to go next.

Catch-up post on recent notes. So much to think about. #Lovecraft #detectivefiction #thekinginyellow #the100dayproject #100dayproject

A post shared by Heather Poirier (@mensan98th) on May 7, 2018 at 5:07pm PDT

Four more chapters in Schultz/Joshi.

I thought I'd quit Schultz/Joshi after the St. Armand chapter, but because my FOMO is largely confined to specific texts, I feel compelled to read four more chapters.

Four more chapters christ it will never end. #100dayproject #Lovecraft #writing #detectivefiction

A post shared by Heather Poirier (@mensan98th) on May 1, 2018 at 4:15pm PDT