Working on my Novel
I start off with all good intentions on the latest revision of my novel. Then my mind wanders. I wonder what happened to that guy I liked sophomore year in college. I Google him. I fail to turn up a valid hit. I go back to the novel. Then I go back to Google and make my search more specific. I get what might be a valid hit, but can’t confirm. I return to my novel. I return to Google and try a few more variations till I find a picture, in which he looks ridiculous. Good riddance. Return to novel. Return to Google a few more times for different people, with varying results. Find a short story that contains names of two guys I dated, and they weren’t common names. Get creeped out and return to novel. Google Girl Detective and am pleased to find this new site finally listed on page two. Old site still number 1, mostly because of a few accidental zeitgeist topics. Google my real name, which has never turned up results, and find a piece I submitted that got published, unbeknownst to me.
I now have an actual, valid writing credit. And I wouldn’t have known about it if I hadn’t been avoiding my latest revision. The moral of the story may be that Google distraction can be beneficial to my writing. But maybe not.
June 13th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Stop googling old boyfriends. You’re making me nervous.
June 19th, 2005 at 5:40 am
you actually come up twice now on your real name - the second time is the college reunion. Tried googling the guy I lost my virginity to. He was easy to find - not nearly as good looking now!