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Discipline, What Is It?
Jun. 5th, 2022 10:57 amAvailable when I’m in an up, not a down. So gonna keep posting but just not worry about skip days.
- I’ve scheduled out the fic I’m working on so I should be able to meet my deadlines and participate in RMSE (I was debating not). I will have to skip Parallels. Woe.
- Mulitfandom Drabble is coming up in less than 2 weeks, and I’m excited because I love drabbling.
- I’ve made progress on the story I need done by this weekend but it’s not where I want it and has turned me into a lurker in quite a few places I was supposed to be active. Next week.
Here’s hoping you’re all doing well!
I need a napping Mikoto icon, the right combo of not wanting to do anything and being perfectly capable of it.
I was an absolute failure as a productive human being last week: no taxes filed (they're just waiting for me to figure out how to do it without paying more than half to turbotax), no old computer moved to new computer, no EIN looked up so I can sign up for a particular retailer account, no typing up the six or seven poems floating around in my notebook from the last few days, and nothing to show for myself at the next status meeting in a few hours. I'm supposed to be doing laundry right now. I barely wrote anything at all despite having a bingo and two exchange assignments open, to say nothing of original work.
Here's to a better week. :headdesk:
I was an absolute failure as a productive human being last week: no taxes filed (they're just waiting for me to figure out how to do it without paying more than half to turbotax), no old computer moved to new computer, no EIN looked up so I can sign up for a particular retailer account, no typing up the six or seven poems floating around in my notebook from the last few days, and nothing to show for myself at the next status meeting in a few hours. I'm supposed to be doing laundry right now. I barely wrote anything at all despite having a bingo and two exchange assignments open, to say nothing of original work.
Here's to a better week. :headdesk:
I might have to finally admit I’ve wandered so far from X-Men fandom and everyone I was writing for did too that I don’t think I’m going to come back and finish the huge chunk of WIPs that still inspire me when I read them. I don’t want to go and mark them all abandoned, but seriously, I have fallen out of love with Marvel and I highly doubt anyone’s actually waiting on me ever coming back.
Even Son o’ de Guild may die.
Poetry Prompts
Sep. 19th, 2017 03:15 amI made sure I scheduled them before I moved so they wouldn’t be interrupted by the move, but it doesn’t seem like anyone’s getting much use out of them right now. Should I keep posting them?
This Weekend, There Was a Change in Plans
Jun. 12th, 2017 06:40 pmaka, I was sick and in denial about it so tried to work anyway, which was a flat failure.
I tried to read and failed spectacularly.
I did manage to open nominations and answer a couple questions on Multifandom Drabble, but with 2 exceptions, all the fandom tags were canonical, so it’s not like that was hard.
I ended up watching a couple movies and some TV episodes on Hulu after I finally gave up on being a productive human being. Honestly, I’m still pretty sick. :headdesk:
Hope you’re all feeling better than I am.
Everyone's Fleeing for the Hills!
Apr. 10th, 2017 08:51 amAnd I pretty much hate trying to use DW in its free state because lots of reasons (and what's with LJ cutting off some of my icons when I've kept them paid for either?), and while I like Imzy, no one's moved over there and while I used to like Tumblr, they've made it less usable and also, it's hard to just use anymore because they made the regular site run so slow and painful and I'm not usually working on an app.
So...
I have no idea where I'm going to set up shop or if I'm just going to fix up my WP again (or start a new one) and do that.
So...
I have no idea where I'm going to set up shop or if I'm just going to fix up my WP again (or start a new one) and do that.
Grand Announcement with a sigh
Dec. 10th, 2015 08:16 amSo family intervention deemed my pushing myself until January to catch up all my downtime and get Christmas presents done and generally not sleep a whole lot were detrimental for my health (they're actually probably right) and now I'm stuck sleeping through 3-4 formerly productive hours per day, which means the Christmas books may be late. I don't think I'll get them shipped and delivered by Christmas, despite my best efforts.
Much love and I'll keep working in the time available.
Much love and I'll keep working in the time available.
I have reached a state of overextended...
Aug. 8th, 2015 09:35 pmAnd it's not bowing to my powers of ignoring it, so.
- I will continue to love you all and lurk 90% or more of the time.
- I will finish exchange fics on time.
- I will finish pinch modding the exchange that has reduced my nonwork life to almost nil.
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fandomgrowth - I will use whatever spare time I have to continue working on
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trovia's birthday fic and One Good Storm
Updates: That's Life
May. 3rd, 2015 12:40 pmSo part of my vanishing into the ether and being down to the wire and not getting projects done is in the middle of not feeling well and having the sciatic nerve announce its presence grandly (in case I forgot it was there, seriously) was that my work life blew up.
Which is to say, we have a huge project and I was a split asset and couldn't really afford to spend only half my time on it, so tried overtime in the middle of being sick and laid up with sciatica. Not fun.
I am no longer going to be a split asset in the next 2-3 weeks. I'm transitioning from half-content optimizer on one site to all IT software quality assurance (SQA) tester. With a raise. :grins:
Very, very happy.
On the writing front, I apparently now have a fairly tried and true method for writing a fic that will not be written. Find a song. Tracing Trouble is now coming along (and it sprawled!* :wails: ) because I accidentally found a song for it. This thing is huge and heartfelt and delves waaay deeper into Cate's psyche than I'd intended, though I always meant it to dig into how she thinks of and processes family, so fun that.
I'm also hipdeep in reading forhiddencait and guys, she is such a good writer. I LOVE this story and whoever wasn't reading for her before obviously doesn't properly appreciate superhuman abilities fiction because this is awesome.
Ahem.
Back off to work. I really should be working and not fangirling today. :rolls eyes at self:
ETA: *Apparently I wrote 2025 words on my tablet yesterday just listening to song, then sketching out scenes and snippeting. Wow.
Which is to say, we have a huge project and I was a split asset and couldn't really afford to spend only half my time on it, so tried overtime in the middle of being sick and laid up with sciatica. Not fun.
I am no longer going to be a split asset in the next 2-3 weeks. I'm transitioning from half-content optimizer on one site to all IT software quality assurance (SQA) tester. With a raise. :grins:
Very, very happy.
On the writing front, I apparently now have a fairly tried and true method for writing a fic that will not be written. Find a song. Tracing Trouble is now coming along (and it sprawled!* :wails: ) because I accidentally found a song for it. This thing is huge and heartfelt and delves waaay deeper into Cate's psyche than I'd intended, though I always meant it to dig into how she thinks of and processes family, so fun that.
I'm also hipdeep in reading for
hiddencait and guys, she is such a good writer. I LOVE this story and whoever wasn't reading for her before obviously doesn't properly appreciate superhuman abilities fiction because this is awesome.Ahem.
Back off to work. I really should be working and not fangirling today. :rolls eyes at self:
ETA: *Apparently I wrote 2025 words on my tablet yesterday just listening to song, then sketching out scenes and snippeting. Wow.
Reading & Writing
May. 1st, 2015 08:17 amI lost 2/3 month to downtime and am playing catch-up because of it. Those 2/3rds were originally allotted to finishing up One Good Storm and A Game for the Gods. Now, I have to write 3 bang fics this month if I don't plan to default (I don't):
I don't know if I like these summaries, but it was required that I write them and the fics aren't done, so I couldn't cheat and pull an excerpt. (I'm good at that. :shakes head at self: )
And then I've got three books to read, which is not a hardship. As far as that goes, I can skip Jane the Virgin, Agents of SHIELD, and Nashville this next week and bank book time.
So that's what's up. I've got to do what I did to clear three weeks for those two original stories last time, get through the next round of deadlines in a hurry, and not let myself get thoroughly distracted by small prompts. Hope y'all's writing is just as fun! (and less hectic)
Title: 128 Stage
Fandom: The Unusuals
Pairing: Beaumont/Walsh, Casey/Davis
Summary: Prostitute/Coffee Shop AU where Walsh offers Casey a cup of coffee and accidentally acquires a barista.
Title: [not sure yet]
Fandom: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Pairing: Jane/Will
Summary: They didn't mean to accidentally acquire a kid, and they certainly didn't mean to end up raising said kid together because they're just friends and everyone's getting the wrong idea.
Title: Tracing Trouble
Fandom: Original (Kingdoms and Thorn)
Pairing: Cate/Marc, Killinger/Hasheni
Summary: Catherine April isn't a military operative anymore. She's a member of the Special Unit, a law enforcement team dedicated to all cases in the city involving those with special abilities. But when a fledgling tracer tests his power over computer systems in the city, it hurts someone she loves and hits too close to home. She may not be an operative anymore, but she's still in the business, and she still knows how to own the game.
I don't know if I like these summaries, but it was required that I write them and the fics aren't done, so I couldn't cheat and pull an excerpt. (I'm good at that. :shakes head at self: )
And then I've got three books to read, which is not a hardship. As far as that goes, I can skip Jane the Virgin, Agents of SHIELD, and Nashville this next week and bank book time.
So that's what's up. I've got to do what I did to clear three weeks for those two original stories last time, get through the next round of deadlines in a hurry, and not let myself get thoroughly distracted by small prompts. Hope y'all's writing is just as fun! (and less hectic)
Today's Docket
Apr. 23rd, 2015 10:10 am- Finish fic for rarelywritten
- Finish fic for
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heroinebigbang - Finish fic post-beta for shipswap
- Clean the house and/or finish articles for ministry website and/or business plan
This is what happens when you get laid up.
Caught Up... Ish
Apr. 17th, 2015 11:34 amSo my Do Now folder in my email is down to 9 read messages. I've finished a beta, replied, read, commented, and did not reply where train gone. Sorry for the time out sick. Still hopping at work but no more overtime all the time.
I won't be signing up for the WIP Big Bang though I really wanted to because I have officially hit overextended and cannot extend more if I know what's good for me. I'm just tired enough right now to enforce that.
Still not doing hot in the throat department (or energy) but I can force myself to function and I can think enough to start creating again. I'm a little behind on that, but there are plans.
So that's the update. Hope you all are doing fabulous. :blows kisses:
I won't be signing up for the WIP Big Bang though I really wanted to because I have officially hit overextended and cannot extend more if I know what's good for me. I'm just tired enough right now to enforce that.
Still not doing hot in the throat department (or energy) but I can force myself to function and I can think enough to start creating again. I'm a little behind on that, but there are plans.
So that's the update. Hope you all are doing fabulous. :blows kisses:
Despite my best efforts, writing is not a thing my brain is doing today apparently. Probably has something to do with stuffing it with more SQA training on the job and going all super analytical instead of creative.
The stories are there at the back of my brain, can't even tell you how many, including a plot bunny that attacked this morning, but they aren't happening on paper. I'll try again tomorrow.
Tonight, I have a date withenigma731 after I close out my evening chores to watch Agents of SHIELD and confab.
The stories are there at the back of my brain, can't even tell you how many, including a plot bunny that attacked this morning, but they aren't happening on paper. I'll try again tomorrow.
Tonight, I have a date with
enigma731 after I close out my evening chores to watch Agents of SHIELD and confab.So me and my muse aren't on what I'd call cooperative terms just now, but it did finally give me something for the poly fic. It's a start anyway. Considering I already had a sketch of this thing, it's kind of surprising how hard it's been fighting me.
Then again, I called Dowse and Bleed the story from inferno because even though I knew it inside and out, it fought me tooth and nail. That time the problem was the protagonist being so incredibly recalcitrant. This time, I think it's the subject matter. Or the fact that I tried to start from the beginning instead of the part actually pestering my brainspace. Hm.
And then I got a poem to open uptrovia's fic. Funny that. I got a poem to open the Open (pun not intended) and this whole thing wasn't supposed to have poetry, but it does, so there's that.
I signed up for the Once Upon a Fic exchange and the plot bunnies are hopping just from reading the letters. Popcorn muse much?
Then I got a cute little opening to a Bobbi/Clint ficlet, coffeeshop AU. I'll play with it after the polyfic's off my plate.
Hope everyone else's writing is going well. :hugs to y'all:
Then again, I called Dowse and Bleed the story from inferno because even though I knew it inside and out, it fought me tooth and nail. That time the problem was the protagonist being so incredibly recalcitrant. This time, I think it's the subject matter. Or the fact that I tried to start from the beginning instead of the part actually pestering my brainspace. Hm.
And then I got a poem to open up
trovia's fic. Funny that. I got a poem to open the Open (pun not intended) and this whole thing wasn't supposed to have poetry, but it does, so there's that.I signed up for the Once Upon a Fic exchange and the plot bunnies are hopping just from reading the letters. Popcorn muse much?
Then I got a cute little opening to a Bobbi/Clint ficlet, coffeeshop AU. I'll play with it after the polyfic's off my plate.
Hope everyone else's writing is going well. :hugs to y'all:
So I don't plan everything, evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. Most of my creative work just happens between the nooks and crannies of my life. For example, this morning, I was thinking that I never write any song lyrics anymore and thought of Jemma and Fitz and next thing I know I have a song.
( Siamese Hearts (lyrics) )
So I'd actually like to set this music and the whole gig too (I did record myself singing it :winces: ), but no time for that right now.
Then there's crossposting. I have my own website off of LJ where I was posting quite well and letting it crosspost here. But I generally don't post all my fandom stuff there and Yuletide hit. I have to rebuild the habit of putting content over there. Whoops. I'll get right on that. Next week. Maybe.
Yesterday, I also fired off a fic by accident. I need to have more of these accidents with fic that's actually on the docket. :headdesk:
Hope everyone's doing fairly well. :hugs and prayers and blessings to all of you:
( Siamese Hearts (lyrics) )
So I'd actually like to set this music and the whole gig too (I did record myself singing it :winces: ), but no time for that right now.
Then there's crossposting. I have my own website off of LJ where I was posting quite well and letting it crosspost here. But I generally don't post all my fandom stuff there and Yuletide hit. I have to rebuild the habit of putting content over there. Whoops. I'll get right on that. Next week. Maybe.
Yesterday, I also fired off a fic by accident. I need to have more of these accidents with fic that's actually on the docket. :headdesk:
Hope everyone's doing fairly well. :hugs and prayers and blessings to all of you:
Computer Update
Feb. 3rd, 2015 12:20 pmIt lives. It's functional. I have to virus scan my files and then in a perfect world I could get right on my original fiction work I'd been putting off.
Small problem. I have a offline personal life deadline of finishing certain household stuff by end of this weekend, with all the usual major stuff I do.
Most other activities have been put on hold, including most writing and some sleep.
See you all on the flip side.
Small problem. I have a offline personal life deadline of finishing certain household stuff by end of this weekend, with all the usual major stuff I do.
Most other activities have been put on hold, including most writing and some sleep.
See you all on the flip side.
Driveby Computer Update
Feb. 2nd, 2015 11:31 amI have finally convinced my baby computer that it should actually acknowledge the presence of other devices that are firmly and correctly attached and sometime close to midnight we got internet connectivity and virus protection. It's in process, but not done.
- So I finally capitulated and got the Tumblr app, problem being it's missing a lot of the features I actually use when reblogging and it has the hardest time with the concept of take me to that one post only please. But I'm liking a lot of things again. I just wish it was easier to post and reblog, then I might actually have a blog again.
- Speaking of Tumblr, would anyone like me to crosspost fic links there? I've been terrible at crossposting, largely because I have about 250 fic (mostly comment fic, but not all) to crosspost to AO3 from LJ, probably 400 or so to crosspost from AO3/LJ to FF.net, and we won't discuss what never finished making it over from FF.net to AO3.
- I'll hit my computer this weekend. It's still not re-setup, but oh, well.
- On the health front, I'm feeling not as bad, but I'm really looking forward to feeling good.
- Agent Carter needs better ratings if it's going to get renewed, so I take back everything I said about don't get sucked in if you're writing fic for something else. Go watch it. It's amazing. All four episodes are packed full of possibilities, reveals, characterization, and action. Peggy is a force of nature. Howard is such a Stark. Secondary characters sparkle. The Black Widow program has a precursor like SHIELD has the SSR. It learned from what Agents of SHIELD did both wrong and right and is awesome. Please go watch if you haven't.
- Speaking of Agent Carter, I am so incorporating a certain blonde character into my Leverage/Avengers crossover. Parker just got herself a relative.
- I wrote yesterday but finished nothing.
- Today, I think I'm going to get that Agents of SHIELD fic out of my head so I can write other stuff more comfortably.
- I'm having the hardest time with one of my exchange assignments because we love the same movies and I enjoy writing for the favorite character, but our tastes have barely any overlap beyond fandom/character. I keep looking for another angle into fic for them and they specifically dislike any of the angles that actually make me want to write something. :headdesk:
- Speaking of exchanges, I have to make art for one. Gotta get the computer back up.
- And last but not least, I started rewatching Voyager and promptly added it to my space_swap signup. Forgot how much I loved that show, or at least forgot I had a way to review it before I might need to write for it. I haven't started on geckoholic's rec yet, but I tried Empire and disliked.
