I'll just be over here, preparing to hibernate
It's that time of year again, the time when the weather starts to get cold and I prepare to hibernate in the Cassandra Cave with lots of heaters and food for the winter months. This usually entails me reading a lot and vowing to finish what has become known as "That Stupid Book I'm Going to Finish Even If it Kills Me" and preparing for National Novel Writing Month. Last year I chose to skip NaNoWriMo and instead focus on the James Ray scandal, which was a perfectly sensible decision but didn't get my book done. Years before I thought maybe cutting down internet time would get this stupid book finished, but this year I have a new approach. This year my plan is only internet, all the time. Because I can write while I'm online and I do, so this is fair warning to everyone - I'm probably not available IRL for social calls for a while. It's not that I don't love you all and enjoy your company, far from it. In fact, if you want to join me in isolation for writing marathons fueled by caffeine and sugar I will welcome you to the cave. Or to Twitter if you live really far away.
There is one thing that will be exciting about this winter seclusion of mine, which is that I plan to go through my book collection when I do need a break from the computer. My goal is to make my books fit into the nine bookcases I already own, because quite frankly I do not have room for more bookcases. This means I will be giving away a lot of books. I don't really WANT to, because I hate to part with books, but it is necessary to prune my collection so keep an eye out for posts offering books. I suspect I'll be mass posting the titles that are up for grabs and if nobody wants them they will probably end up at a used book store or the library.
*rolls up sleeves* Now I'm going to go make that freaking chapter work already.