Writing a novel is like being in a relationship: First you find an idea with which you have sparks, and right away you’re infatuated and eager to starting developing it. And you start writing and it’s just so exciting and you adore it and things go almost effortlessly smoothly. But after a while the new relationship energy is spent and the ( Read more... )

Sharon: Well, they're both prisons on islands that start with 'A' and have a 'Z' in them. ...Though Alcatraz doesn't have any dementors, at least as far as I know.
Me: Or maybe that's why San Francisco is so foggy.
Sharon: It all makes sense now!

I could walk to the dining hall, have a real meal, and chat with my friends.

Or I could grab an Orangina and Cup Noodles, stay in my room, and work on my NaNo novel.

Hardly even a choice :)

Shamelessly stealing from veredly_inferno
( In which Maia sums up her life in 25 points )

My dorm is all "Okay, everybody; have fun going out partying!" I'm very happily preparing to curl up in my room and read fanfic. :D

My sleep schedule is so completely messed up right now. For most of the last week I've been awake until 3 or 4 and then sleeping in until around noon. (IMing with Sammy in Australia totally doesn't help.) Oh well, I start work on Tuesday, so it can't last much longer ( Read more... )

Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
thistlerose gave me these:

1. Pern (obviously!)
2. Buffy/Angel
3. France (because I want to hear more about it!)
4. Lessa/F'lar in particular
5. Alaska

( Beware, the rambling abilities of the Maia have been unleashed. )

As a self-defined geek and generally weird person, I am blown away by this discussion of how people see non-mainstream sub-cultures: Archipelago of WeirdOn a semi-related side-note, I went to an SCA Yule event last weekend. Much fun. And several people asked me when I was going to join, that I'd been coming often enough that I ought to. Makes me a ( Read more... )