Reading and Writing, October 11

[scribblemyname]

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So this morning was one of those mornings where feeling weird and what-have-you, I skipped straight past anything I ought to do and went and read Beneath Ceaseless Skies on my morning work break. It's a double issue. Then I dug through my email and dug up Laurie's story instead of waiting until I was at home this weekend where I already have it saved.

When I feel weird, I read. That's me. When I hurt, I fanfic or write an angsty poem. Otherwise, I write. I wonder what that says about how often I feel weird.

So I finished Laurie's story. Awesomeness. Then I finished editing all 13,574 words of story from inferno goodness—which I only say because it's done. Unfinished stories are not good. They taunt and tease and bother me. This is the first novelette I've written ever. Now, of course, I want to typeset it and publish it, which requires getting a Rachelle-worthy cover which makes me need to buy a stock photo I don't have, which would imply the need for a Kickstarter-type campaign, but this is micro-funding on a micro, micro, micro scale, so…

Thinking.

Maybe I ought to write. Hm. Nope, first I read through the ficlets from thecatisacritic. I'm glad too. I'm still not all that settled down for writing.

Talking with the beta yesterday about maybe doing Nano, which would mean picking a story for it. I'm all over the map on what I'd want to do: Collateral Damage, the Seven Days book, or something in Vardin, or seriously, Lovemark the Seasons. So yeah, on the fence there.

I edited and finalized a story. I'll write more this weekend. Bad me, but it's Friday, so no after-work scribble-time was available anyway.

Count

• Total Fiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 13,881 words
• Total Blog: 291 words - Month to Date: 5,495 words

Finalized Pieces

• "Dowse and Bleed," Kingdoms and Thorn, 13,574 words

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Comments

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments on my story. <3

[scribblemyname]

No problem at all! I love reading your stuff and would've gotten there a lot sooner if I hadn't initially lost it in the inbox!

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

The thing about Laurie is that my heart hurts when I write her. I'm a method actor, right? So I want to be in character to portray what she's feeling. It's difficult to write a lot of her all at once. Unlike Denny, who's so go with the flow that it's easy. Even Tom is tougher than DJ, because he's got that analytical mind. Ugh, universe, these characters. I love them all and wouldn't swap out a single one, but that doesn't mean they're easy.

[scribblemyname]

I have some stories and characters like that. Note that the Thorn Rebellion fic is still on the back burner. Ah, well.

I can see that about Denny. He just flows so well, and then Laurie doesn't. She's stop and go and that's why she and Denny ended up breaking up in the first place, but I admit to knowing that they're better growing from each other and moving on, but in the first part of Laurie's story, I ship them so hard because as a reader, I'm in Laurie and that's talent, my friend. Your method works if I can go from Denny to Laurie and change sides in the argument.

It's hard (like finishing the story from inferno was hard), but so worth it.