More Life Stuff
No submissions as of yet for Crossroads; I've been busy dealing with the work trip. Twelve-hour days are seemingly the norm at the bus company these days and while the overtime has accordingly racked up, it leaves very little time--or, truth be told, inclination--to leap outside the box. I think that will come to an end this weekend, however. It's time to begin the boostrap-hauling process and get this train rolling again.
Pardon my clumsy metaphoring.
Things around our house lately have been... stressful. I believe I mentioned in the past that Lady Jade's mother and brother had moved in with us, and I'd love to report that it was a completely smooth transition. That would be a big fat lie, though. In truth it's been damned stressful all around and our hosuehold doesn't exactly have the most positive vibes flowing through it these days. hence I am here at Starbucks writing this, having just gotten done transcribing another chapter of Underworld.
I have decided that mechanics and plot cutting-and-pasting aside, in the meantime I'm going to go ahead and keep going on Underworld with the original plan. I mean, I need something to occupy my time with. All work and no writing make Jesse go stark raving bonkers and we can't have that, now can we? What the hell, I can always fix it in the future as I did with Backlash, right? The editing on that work is going pretty well; it's just basically some cosmetic changes and neatening up of phrasing that has to be done, and since I'm about halfway done with it, I figured that now is as a good a time as any to turn my attention back to writing again. With everything that has gone on at our house in the last two months, I need a distraction like you would not believe.
I haven't been updating lately because every time I sit down to make a post, I feel this giant flood of negativity wanting to pour out of me. A few years ago that would have been fine; hell, it would have been par for the course. Things have changed, though, and I don't do that any more. I'm trying like hell to keep it positive these days, so I apologize if the updates are a little less frequent than they used to be. I'm trying to avoid falling into that trap every LJ post I do is whine-whine-whine, so we're going to go ahead and sacrifice quantity for quality.
Finally, I'm still waiting for more of those plot elements. Come on, folks, I know you're all pretty creative, so lay them on me. It can be anything... man, I need a fucking distraction, you know? So fire away.
Oh, and happy anniversary to myself and Lady Jade; today was three years in the making. I love you, honey.
On that note, we return you to your regularly scheduled burst of static.
Pardon my clumsy metaphoring.
Things around our house lately have been... stressful. I believe I mentioned in the past that Lady Jade's mother and brother had moved in with us, and I'd love to report that it was a completely smooth transition. That would be a big fat lie, though. In truth it's been damned stressful all around and our hosuehold doesn't exactly have the most positive vibes flowing through it these days. hence I am here at Starbucks writing this, having just gotten done transcribing another chapter of Underworld.
I have decided that mechanics and plot cutting-and-pasting aside, in the meantime I'm going to go ahead and keep going on Underworld with the original plan. I mean, I need something to occupy my time with. All work and no writing make Jesse go stark raving bonkers and we can't have that, now can we? What the hell, I can always fix it in the future as I did with Backlash, right? The editing on that work is going pretty well; it's just basically some cosmetic changes and neatening up of phrasing that has to be done, and since I'm about halfway done with it, I figured that now is as a good a time as any to turn my attention back to writing again. With everything that has gone on at our house in the last two months, I need a distraction like you would not believe.
I haven't been updating lately because every time I sit down to make a post, I feel this giant flood of negativity wanting to pour out of me. A few years ago that would have been fine; hell, it would have been par for the course. Things have changed, though, and I don't do that any more. I'm trying like hell to keep it positive these days, so I apologize if the updates are a little less frequent than they used to be. I'm trying to avoid falling into that trap every LJ post I do is whine-whine-whine, so we're going to go ahead and sacrifice quantity for quality.
Finally, I'm still waiting for more of those plot elements. Come on, folks, I know you're all pretty creative, so lay them on me. It can be anything... man, I need a fucking distraction, you know? So fire away.
Oh, and happy anniversary to myself and Lady Jade; today was three years in the making. I love you, honey.
On that note, we return you to your regularly scheduled burst of static.