I feel like I've been making a post like this for a while
Not to sound like a broken record, but I am here! I still exist! I can't believe I have been leaving months and months in between my posts lately, but I'm hoping to make a change from that. I want to get back into fandoms actively, as opposed to the passive reblog of things on Tumblr as I have been doing for at least a year.
That being said, I probably won't be posting a lot of fandom-related things on this journal. I have been trying to write a book with my best friend for the past year and a half now but we've both just let life get in the way of any major progress the past few months. And other than a fic I wrote last July, I haven't written anything of much consequence in ages.
So I'm trying to get back in the rhythm of writing regularly, using fan fiction as my jumping off point. Today was the first day I set out to do just that, and I've been trying to write one story all day. But I let myself get distracted by Tumblr, YouTube, Facebook....it's clear that this isn't going to be as easy as I thought. What is clear is the distractions I have to set aside (see above).
The goal is to write fan fiction for a few hours after work (I now am a regular employee of the library I have been subbing at! Yay!) then take a break and work on the book. I may have to adjust it: less fic more book, but we'll see.
Real life has been interesting; as I said I have been made a regular, part-time employee at my local library. I enjoy working there, but I also don't entirely feel like I'm pushing myself. It's customer service and that can sometimes get tedious (there's a reason I worked at a grocery store for one summer) but when I get home I never feel like doing anything, thus the lack of writing.
I've been contacted by a monthly business publication from Toledo to see if I'm interested in an assistant editor position there. It's the first call I've had actively seeking me for a position, and that does a lot for my confidence. And lately I've really been itching to get out of my parents house (it's my high school ten-year reunion this year and I'd really love not to have to tell all my married/successful former classmates that I'm still living at home and only working part-time). But at the same time I know very little about the workings of the business world and am not at all familiar with the Toledo area.
I've tried asking my parents for their opinion, but they haven't really given me one. They have told me, rightly so, that it's my decision. But a little input would be nice. I really don't want to make a decision out of desperation, since that's what led me to Indiana (even though that was the best thing to ever happen to me) and also led me back home (not so much the best thing).
On the one hand I'd be using my degree and I wouldn't be reporting (as far as I know) and I'd be on my own again, but on the other hand I'd be going back into journalism which I'm fairly certain I am not cut out for (and I'd be on my own again).
I just don't know what to do, but that's nothing new. I think I need to go think about this some more.
That being said, I probably won't be posting a lot of fandom-related things on this journal. I have been trying to write a book with my best friend for the past year and a half now but we've both just let life get in the way of any major progress the past few months. And other than a fic I wrote last July, I haven't written anything of much consequence in ages.
So I'm trying to get back in the rhythm of writing regularly, using fan fiction as my jumping off point. Today was the first day I set out to do just that, and I've been trying to write one story all day. But I let myself get distracted by Tumblr, YouTube, Facebook....it's clear that this isn't going to be as easy as I thought. What is clear is the distractions I have to set aside (see above).
The goal is to write fan fiction for a few hours after work (I now am a regular employee of the library I have been subbing at! Yay!) then take a break and work on the book. I may have to adjust it: less fic more book, but we'll see.
Real life has been interesting; as I said I have been made a regular, part-time employee at my local library. I enjoy working there, but I also don't entirely feel like I'm pushing myself. It's customer service and that can sometimes get tedious (there's a reason I worked at a grocery store for one summer) but when I get home I never feel like doing anything, thus the lack of writing.
I've been contacted by a monthly business publication from Toledo to see if I'm interested in an assistant editor position there. It's the first call I've had actively seeking me for a position, and that does a lot for my confidence. And lately I've really been itching to get out of my parents house (it's my high school ten-year reunion this year and I'd really love not to have to tell all my married/successful former classmates that I'm still living at home and only working part-time). But at the same time I know very little about the workings of the business world and am not at all familiar with the Toledo area.
I've tried asking my parents for their opinion, but they haven't really given me one. They have told me, rightly so, that it's my decision. But a little input would be nice. I really don't want to make a decision out of desperation, since that's what led me to Indiana (even though that was the best thing to ever happen to me) and also led me back home (not so much the best thing).
On the one hand I'd be using my degree and I wouldn't be reporting (as far as I know) and I'd be on my own again, but on the other hand I'd be going back into journalism which I'm fairly certain I am not cut out for (and I'd be on my own again).
I just don't know what to do, but that's nothing new. I think I need to go think about this some more.