Second verse, same as the first
I keep trying to knock down some of the pending, to-write things that are sitting around gathering dust. But then...more crop up! It's almost funny. I suppose I'm more aware of the mounting problem at the moment because I'm settling into a new fanfic account. (Which, I might add, is going quite swimmingly. I'm about two-thirds of the way through posting Entropy over there, and I've got Two if by Sea up and running, and I've also been able to drop a few one-shots of varying origins there as well.)
But anyway, the point is that I feel like I'm not getting anything accomplished because there are so many more things I haven't finished yet. I've got two chapters--from two different stories--that are almost ready to post, but I'm feeling like I haven't done anything this week, because I've been toying with several other stories and haven't gotten anything concrete from them.
So, to make me feel better, I shall do The Big List again.
Things in the (fan)works, in varying stages and in no particular order:
1. Entropy (currently up to writing/finishing chapter 34)
2. Two If by Sea (up to part....16, I think; soon to be on seventeen)
3.Rockstar!Saiyuki
4.French Decadence! Weiss
5. Three Days (Saiyuki oneshot)
6. Nothing to Write Home About (Saiyuki oneshot)
7. Aftermath (Saiyuki oneshot)
8. A possible follow-up/companion to Hostage (Weiss)
9. Wake-up Call (Saiyuki oneshot)
10. the nameless WWII-era Schuldig/Crawford-centric Weiss fic
11. the nameless Crawford-centric Weiss fic
I realize, laid out like this, that it may look like I'm taking too much on and am spread too thin. But the truth is...I've got a lot of partly done or half-finished things that are just sitting around, gathering digital dust. (Especially the intended one-shots.)
That's why I felt so triumphant last weekend, having sat down, written, and finished Hostage, even if it wasn't what I'd intended to do in the first place. But now...I'm kind of slogging along in the doldrums, trying my best to keep going even though it feels like I'm getting nowhere fast. And I admit my attention is split. I feel compelled to work on the long-term projects first and foremost, and then whatever's left over gets funneled into the outstanding projects.
The problem is, I suppose, that some of the short-terms are evolving into many-layered monsters. Rockstar!Saiyuki and French Decadence!Weiss are rapidly approaching critical mass. Not that there's anything wrong with that in general, but I'm not sure I can handle rotating between four long, multi-chaptered stories at the same time. I'm absolutely loathe to drop/hiatus/whatever any of them. (I'm scared that if I stop working on any of them, I'll never get them back.)
I should probably go get some sleep so I can get up tomorrow and do it all over again. I'm losing my ability to focus on the keyboard. XD
~ciao
But anyway, the point is that I feel like I'm not getting anything accomplished because there are so many more things I haven't finished yet. I've got two chapters--from two different stories--that are almost ready to post, but I'm feeling like I haven't done anything this week, because I've been toying with several other stories and haven't gotten anything concrete from them.
So, to make me feel better, I shall do The Big List again.
Things in the (fan)works, in varying stages and in no particular order:
1. Entropy (currently up to writing/finishing chapter 34)
2. Two If by Sea (up to part....16, I think; soon to be on seventeen)
3.Rockstar!Saiyuki
4.French Decadence! Weiss
5. Three Days (Saiyuki oneshot)
6. Nothing to Write Home About (Saiyuki oneshot)
7. Aftermath (Saiyuki oneshot)
8. A possible follow-up/companion to Hostage (Weiss)
9. Wake-up Call (Saiyuki oneshot)
10. the nameless WWII-era Schuldig/Crawford-centric Weiss fic
11. the nameless Crawford-centric Weiss fic
I realize, laid out like this, that it may look like I'm taking too much on and am spread too thin. But the truth is...I've got a lot of partly done or half-finished things that are just sitting around, gathering digital dust. (Especially the intended one-shots.)
That's why I felt so triumphant last weekend, having sat down, written, and finished Hostage, even if it wasn't what I'd intended to do in the first place. But now...I'm kind of slogging along in the doldrums, trying my best to keep going even though it feels like I'm getting nowhere fast. And I admit my attention is split. I feel compelled to work on the long-term projects first and foremost, and then whatever's left over gets funneled into the outstanding projects.
The problem is, I suppose, that some of the short-terms are evolving into many-layered monsters. Rockstar!Saiyuki and French Decadence!Weiss are rapidly approaching critical mass. Not that there's anything wrong with that in general, but I'm not sure I can handle rotating between four long, multi-chaptered stories at the same time. I'm absolutely loathe to drop/hiatus/whatever any of them. (I'm scared that if I stop working on any of them, I'll never get them back.)
I should probably go get some sleep so I can get up tomorrow and do it all over again. I'm losing my ability to focus on the keyboard. XD
~ciao