Kameron Is Creating

March 29, 2025

Today, I watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? It’s quite a picture.

I watched a few episodes of The Feud starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, so I know a few facts and stories about this film, but I’ve never sat down and watched it. I feel a little bad for Joan Crawford, but Bette Davis and Victor Buono really steal the show. The only thing I didn’t like was the score–it’s timed with everything beautifully, but it never lets up.

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March 28, 2025

Today, I worked on that new book idea.

Then I got a headache and went home from work early. I’ll write more tomorrow.

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March 27, 2025

Today, I worked on editing my novel AND wrote some more on what might be a new one.

I felt bad for neglecting Forgotten Holler over the past few days, so I made sure to have some pages to read through on my morning commute. I think I’ve realized that this late middle-ish part of my book is boring, and maybe that’s why I’m not reading it.

But also, I kept working on the new book. I’m not sure if it’s actually going to be the next novel, but it’s very fun right now. It’s about a cult. We’ll see if it goes anywhere.

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March 26, 2025

Today, I did some more writing on what might be a new novel.

A big part of what’s helped this is that I’ve started a new journal. I didn’t actually finish all of the previous one, but it became so difficult to write in. It look cool, but the spine didn’t open all the way. I suffered with that thing for over two years before giving up on it and gettting a new one. I can honestly say, this new journal has changed my life.

The downside of this new idea is it’s made me less interested in Forgotten Holler. But, I’m sure I’ll get back into it.

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March 25, 2025

Today, I watched Severance on AppleTV+.

This is an interesting one because everyone is so obsessed with it. I’ll agree that the first season is excellent, but I think the second season doesn’t quite do it. I haven’t gotten to the finale yet, but I know people love it. And maybe that’ll bring it all together for me. But overall, this season just doesn’t hit the same.

It’s funny, but I have an issue with TV shows falling off, in a way that I don’t when I don’t like someone’s most recent book or album. Maybe it’s because so many people work on a TV show, so I feel like they should be able to keep it good. I still respect the art, obviously, but I’m less forgiving.

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March 24, 2025

Today, I started reading Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin, translated by Shook.

This book was recommended to me quite a while ago, and I finally picked it up at a bookstore recently. It’s a very short book, but I have a feeling it’s going to take me a long time to read because it’s very sad. All the same, though, I’m glad I started reading it since I’ve been meaning to for quite a while. It’s an excellent translation, too. After reading so much young adult fiction last year, I’m trying to make an effort to read literary fiction more often. It takes longer, but I think it feeds my writing in a different way than young adult fiction does.

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March 23, 2025

Today, I wrote a few words on what might be a new novel.

Since finishing the first draft of my novel, I’ve been trying to start the next one, partly because I’m getting a little sick of Forgotten Holler. I tried to go back to a novel I started before Forgotten Holler that I put on the back burner, but I couldn’t get back into it. I needed something brand new, and I just wrote about a hundred words towards it. It’s hard to imagine all of that turning into a novel, but Forgotten Holler started that way, too. I just have to write 49,900 more words.

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March 22, 2025

Today, I listened to “Peculiar, Missouri” by Willi Carlisle. I listened with a lot of intention and feeling it, so I’m counting it as my creative act of the day.

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March 21, 2025

Today, I watched Sex, Lies, and Video Tape directed by Steven Soderbergh at a friend’s birthday party. He did this hilarious bit where he edited the opening AND the credits to be Morbius. It was a lovely time.

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March 20, 2025

Today, I worked on editing my novel, Forgotten Holler.

I’m really speeding through it now, because I’ve realized there’s no point in re-reading every single word. It’s better to focus in on the places where I’ve made notes and to focus on how my protagonist develops.

I’ll be honest, in writing the first draft, the protagonist was the part I was least interested in. At the time, it seemed the less complicated than the folktale/short stories I was developing, not to mention trying to keep track of the many, many residents of the fictional town I was creating. I’m now realizing, of course, that the protagonist is the glue of my story. Without them, it doesn’t work. Fixing their arc will be the main task of the second draft of my book for sure.

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