Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?

[petrichor_fizz]

There's an incredibly awesome-looking ficathon going on over at

Comments

[ignazwisdom]

Don't do it, dude. SAVE YOURSELF! (Although it does look cool ...)

[petrichor_fizz]

I know, exactly. Dammit.

I find the physical process of writing kind of a hassle sometimes, much as I adore the mental angle (wouldn't "The Mental Angle" be a cool name for a band? No?). On the other hand, the number of comments I write on some days must add up to around 2000 words, so I really should get my act together.

[ignazwisdom]

I told moony last night that I really wished these stories would just materialize already so I don't have to actually work on them.

I've been a good girl about avoiding fests and challenges (signing up for them, that is. I've been very bad indeed about running them) lately. I finally realized that doing them doesn't help me work on my own shit, and I want to work on my own shit. I just have a hard time working on anything right now.

[petrichor_fizz]

I actually really enjoy them, when they work. And when they don't work they stress me out a ridiculous amount. I'm putting my own (non-fest related) story aside for a bit, I think. Partly because there's no deadline, and partly because it's kind of unfolding in my head, and I want to let it without spooking it.

[toolazytowork]

Oh, that sounds so good!
I even have a story idea.

No. No. Don't do it. Steal the idea and run on your own schedule. It helps the sanity.

[petrichor_fizz]

But surely sanity isn't what we're going for here?

Yeah, you're right, you're right. But it's so shiny.