 During an eye examination two weeks ago, I found out that my pupils were of a rare size. All these years I've been told that my vision was slipping, when in fact in wasn't. 20/16 vision. Yep, I can see through walls and clothes. But over-sized pupils?
Some people never see the light, many say, but as it turns out yours truly sees the light better than most. Too much, actually. Who knew that one's pupils could be too large; I didn't. So now I have these new glasses that supposedly control the movement of my pupils through limiting and enhancing how much light runs through them. For instance, during night driving I often find myself blinded, not because I am "night-blind", but because my eyes do not understand what to do with all the light. If it rains and headlights bounce off of the water. . . well, bad things happens. I need not to worry any longer. To be honest, I don't know why I am blogging about this. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure why I blog at all. All I seem to do is babble about myself. So, here are some interesting eye-related facts for your enjoyment: We should never put anything in or near our eyes, unless we have a reason to use eye drops. We would only do that if our doctor or parent told us to use them. Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically. Our body has some natural protection for our eyes. Our eyelashes help to keep dirt out of our eyes. Our eyebrows are made to keep sweat from running into our eyes. Our eyes are very important to us, and we must protect them. We don't want dirt, sand, splinters or even fingers to get in our eyes. We don't want our eyes to get scratched or poked. That could damage our sight! The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology. The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea. The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes. The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams. The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray. The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels. The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye. Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight. Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men. People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper. Men are able to read fine print better than women can. (from http://www.funshun.com/amazing-facts/eye-human-body-facts.html)
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With Excluded being in the polishing stage, I've been editing like crazy lately. Eight-hour days at work followed by four hours of editing at home. Having said that, I apologize for being late on this blog--like I'm ever consistent with the website, anyway.
So where's that put us? Well, for starters, let me mention that Excluded is in the works as eBook first, print TBA. Two more magazines have expressed their interests in my work, and come June I will be able to announce them. Keep a look out for those posts. And as promised by the title: the not so fun part of writing. Really, this blog is for any of those writer types out there. Publishing a novel is, in fact, like anything else fantastic in the world, in the fact that it carries the same workload as any other "job". Rock-stars hate their jobs some days, right? I've been working steady (except for right now) on getting Excluded ready for the public ridicule and trust me, even if you've drafted a novel five times, expect to continue editing for the next five variations. However, as a small piece of advice, remember to think of a novel as fun. Sure, writing is much better than redrafting, but you need to keep the end product in mind--you're going to be published. And since you are unsupervised, aside from an editor or two, you might consider being lazy. A key thing to keep in mind: countless people will soon be able to read your work; what do you want them to think of you? People will know when you were lazy in your writing. I hope nobody says that about me. And for the rest of you guys out there, not writing, keep a chin up. No matter what you do, you can always keep aiming higher. A clerk can become a manager. A writer can become more of a writer. A guitarists can always learn new tricks and songs. |
