Stupid Price Hike

We are currently rewriting "Candy Girl" with Pey's help. She is excellent to work with. She's very patient, and her comments are constructive (don't get why some people have to be so harsh, and it's worse when they can't come up with anything better).

The fact that we have to rush this a bit for the anthology makes me a little sad. I like to take my time revisiting work. Sometimes I put it away and look at it again after a couple of days, weeks or months even. But this time I'm not alone, so it shouldn't be too bad.

I know I should be writing my book review (Sorry Daphne) but I just spent a few hours stuck in the car (RM2.70 for petrol starting tomorrow, remember? Took me ages to get back) and now I just want to sleep. I hate this feeling. I feel like a slug, and not the cute kind, either. Now undecided on whether or not to drive tomorrow.

My publisher's been very quiet lately. He's making me worried. Though I'm sure he has his reasons. Please tell me he has at least one good reason. Help me out here, anybody...

Project OMG

I thought I was crazy but Reza is insane! We stayed up until 2am writing our piece and just before I sleep, he tells me he wants to change the whole thing. We spent the whole Sunday (today) writing and practicing but in the end, it was alright. We didn't suck too bad, and the British Project Connect kids seemed to like it (or did a very good job of pretending to). If Reza wasn't such a good writer I'd strangle him. But then again, he'd probably like that...

Our poem "Candy Girl" is about the relationship between a young girl (a nymphet, to be specific) and an older man. No prizes for guessing who played who. I personally love what we came up with. I was unsure about some stuff but I fought to keep them in the poem anyway. The highlight of my evening was when Hazlan said he liked that part and I was like, "Oh really? Reza hated that; he wanted to cut it out!" And I was this close to doing it, too.

I seem to be going on about this collaboration. Probably because it's my first time, and it's great to be able to work with someone who's more experienced and more mature in terms of writing. This is a lucky break. And I'd love to do it again.