Booklet progress

Just the other day we (Virpi and I) went through all things I've written so far. I needed some structure and possibly pressure to keep going. I was happy to notice that my booklet on code inspection I call "Code Inspection Booklet" already had over 10.000 words. Although it is in draft stage, that's about one third of the planned size. One hundred pages still make a booklet, don't they?

There were some finished articles that have even gone through a round of reviews and revision. I need to find a publisher for them. Mostly I noticed having many started documents with good ideas to expand on. I notice that my problem as a writer is finishing things. That's probably the most common problem among writers, so I'm in good company. It is not the shortage of ideas or inspiration, it is lazyness, lack of time, fear of ridicule, or whatever excuse I can find that is stopping me from getting my writings published. If I were to send my articles in and be rejected, what would happen? Would I finally have proof that I'm no good? Or would it make me try and write even better because I didn't try hard enough? I guess I just need to try it and see what happens. If the articles get approved and published, am I getting off too easily? Should I feel good about myself or have I been squandering my talent for all these years I haven't been publishing anything?

At the Düsseldorf Airport I continued "The Madman's Diary" and I think tomorrow I'll try to take it even further. The initial idea is worth expanding, no matter where the story might go after that. Who needs planning anyway?

I'm going to Paris on business at the end of the month for a week and I'm taking Virpi with me. As you know Virpi works for Qualiteers and is my personal assistant, you could say. She arranges my schedule and trips and so on. Virpi happens to also be my wife. I wonder if I made a manly impression to my contact in Paris, when I wrote that I'd like a double room as I was bringing my assistant and wife with me? To me the thought of all three of us in a hotel room seems very French, for some reason.

I had some bad news from a friend today, which made me sad. Suddenly having a mother-in-law visiting for a week didn't seem like such a big deal. That's such a cliché, a bad mother-in-law. It's easy to make jokes, but I'm actually proud of my mother-in-law. Travelling all the way from K to Düsseldorf is a great achievement. Leaving K is not easy, you know. You can take a person out of K but you can't take K out of the person, unfortunately. I'll end this post with a supposedly mafia related saying

"Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer." See how easy it is?