Happy new year! Here's wishing 2019 is everything you want it to be!

I have a short list of 7 resolutions objectives tasks which were originally intended to be completed between September and December of 2018, but which didn't happen because of ReasonsTM, and have carried over. I'm giving myself five months to get these completed, and at the end ( Read more... )

I'm looking for a book (or books) with a comprehensive overview of pre-medieval and medieval Gallic/French history.  It can be in French or English ( Read more... )

In the 9 days since my last post, I've had a migraine, involved myself in family-holiday things, slipped on the ice shoveling snow, fell down the stairs in the house, and wrenched my shoulder catching myself from what would've been an awfully painful fall. Somewhere in there, the Spouse got miffed at me, and I think it had something to do with ( Read more... )

So I slept in.  A lot.  Usually I'm up at 3:30 AM, at the gym by 4:00 AM -- but that's when I'm working, since it's more like up at 4:30 AM, gym by 5:00 AM now that I'm on vacation.  Sometime last night, my unconscious mind handed the reins in to the lazy slob of a gremlin who runs things in the back office, and unilaterally decided, "Let's skip ( Read more... )

So, yesteday's word additions to the 3-week book was in the area of 1,500.  Today's word addition to the 3-week book is a tiny bit north of 2,000.

In yesterday's defence, I started reading a book and didn't stop until it was time to make dinner (when I finished the book, anyway), which, whoops.

In today's defence, I wrote 1,000 words, remembered ( Read more... )

Saturday was my first official vacation day.  I spent 80% of it in bed from a migraine.  Absolutely 0% of me was surprised.  I did, however, manage to write 657 words ( Read more... )

So a couple of people have asked what turning Loaded March into an original fic will mean for Loaded March itself in fanfic form, and for its derivatives in other forms.  I wanna answer that question right off the bat, because I know how I'd feel if my favourite fanfics disappeared from the interwebs for whatever reason.

The TL;DR version is: Don't ( Read more... )

I didn't drop off the face of the planet -- um.

Okay, maybe I did, a little bit.  I don't remember the last time I posted, but it wasn't months ago, right?  Like maybe two weeks ago?  I didn't mean to let it go so long between posts.  Sorry.  But I have a reason!

Kind of?

No, but listen.  It's a good reason.  Remember when I said I was writing ( Read more... )

I coped with the dull and drudgery that was my workday by stopping what I was doing every 20 minutes to read a chapter in a book.  It wasn't even a good book, but I was desperate to distract the not-logical part of my brain that wasn't working well with the logical part of my brain.  Apparently, in no universe, ever, does my brain want to work ( Read more... )

Here I was, innocently cruising through Tumblr, when someone reposts a list of four word writing prompts.  The four words are all lines of dialogue.  Intrigued, I tell myself, "Self, if you're ever stuck for ideas on how to start a story, here's a list."

Self replies, "I've got a better idea.  Why don't you write fic, original or fanfic, to go with ( Read more... )