On my list of things to do today...

Trying so hard to work on the last part of Consumed today. It needs to be DONE so we can start edits but I'm having trouble with the main character. I've lost my connection with her. I should probably print it out and go read it but I'm scared I'll get stuck in edits.

My ~20k story for sga_santa has been sent off and will be posted soon. Whoosh! I never thought I was going to find an ending for that story. It was only meant to be a few thousand words but the story just kept going! I actually want to keep playing around with the idea and see what else I can get from it. I'm not entirely happy with where it ended up and one of the characters (a lead one, no less) was very wooden on the page. I wasn't entirely true to where I wanted to end up and I think that was where I went wrong. Oh well. It's done now. It's gone. I can stop thinking about it... yeah, right!

My nephew came over with my other sister this weekend to visit so we've been having fun with him. He's learning SO MANY new words. He can almost say my name now. I really should just teach him that I'm Aunt Lar cause I know he can say that.

He pulled the cat's tail last night and then spent 15 minutes making the same yowling sound that she had made. The boy is a natural mimic. He had the same pitch and phrasing that she did. Of course, he thinks that's what a cat should say most of the time. And he calls her, "No, no" because that's what he hears when she's around. Either he's being told not to pull her tail or she's being told not to scratch him. They're playful enemies, those two.

Okay, enough procrastinating. I need to get back to the manuscript. My goal is to be at 20k in the story by the end of today. Let's hope that's the end of the story!

On my list of things to do today...

Trying so hard to work on the last part of Consumed today. It needs to be DONE so we can start edits but I'm having trouble with the main character. I've lost my connection with her. I should probably print it out and go read it but I'm scared I'll get stuck in edits.

My ~20k story for sga_santa has been sent off and will be posted soon. Whoosh! I never thought I was going to find an ending for that story. It was only meant to be a few thousand words but the story just kept going! I actually want to keep playing around with the idea and see what else I can get from it. I'm not entirely happy with where it ended up and one of the characters (a lead one, no less) was very wooden on the page. I wasn't entirely true to where I wanted to end up and I think that was where I went wrong. Oh well. It's done now. It's gone. I can stop thinking about it... yeah, right!

My nephew came over with my other sister this weekend to visit so we've been having fun with him. He's learning SO MANY new words. He can almost say my name now. I really should just teach him that I'm Aunt Lar cause I know he can say that.

He pulled the cat's tail last night and then spent 15 minutes making the same yowling sound that she had made. The boy is a natural mimic. He had the same pitch and phrasing that she did. Of course, he thinks that's what a cat should say most of the time. And he calls her, "No, no" because that's what he hears when she's around. Either he's being told not to pull her tail or she's being told not to scratch him. They're playful enemies, those two.

Okay, enough procrastinating. I need to get back to the manuscript. My goal is to be at 20k in the story by the end of today. Let's hope that's the end of the story!

Winter Stories

I've finished with Consumed. At least, as much as I can. I'm to a place that might be an ending but I won't know for sure until Aster reads it. Now on to the edits.

Now I'm listening to Sara Bareilles and figuring out which fandom_stocking entries I want to write for. So far, I've only looked up Leverage because I have a yin to write some Hardison/Parker/Eliot. Will search through SGA next and maybe some Once Upon a Time. I could write Snow/Charming until it was coming out my ears and be able to fill most of them. There was one Ruby request but it was for a crossover that I don't know the other side of so I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed that maybe, somewhere, there's a Ruby story buried somewhere in there. My stocking is here, if anyone is interested!

I also took some time this morning to write a quick Radek story for last week's post at sga_saturday. Contemplating what to write for the new one. Need to see about some of the other fannish giving things I signed up for. Now that I have my two big stories done, I can concentrate on the little ones. I should see how many stories I wrote last year because I want to triple that. I'm in a lot more fandoms this year! Plus, it's fun how many names I recognize this year. While I don't mind writing for complete strangers, I really do like writing for people I've seen around.

Plus, I do need to see about finishing up Aster's story from LAST YEAR that I "gave" her for Christmas. Six chapters later and I'm still not done. Of course, all the Cousin fics are for her, forever and always. Without her, there would not be Cousins or any of the characters that went along with them. If all things go well, we'll be done with When Night Falls Again by this time next year and we'll have new characters to play around with. Hooray!

Oooh! And I really want to start working on the ancientctybingo card I got because I want to do an Apocalyptic story that ties together all the prompts. I was talking to Beth about it at work the other day (such a sweet girl to nod her head and smile when I talk about this stuff that she has no idea about!) and got some really good ideas. The key will be to write them ALL instead of one or two and losing interest. Yes, that's me. Squirrel Girl!

Winter Stories

I've finished with Consumed. At least, as much as I can. I'm to a place that might be an ending but I won't know for sure until Aster reads it. Now on to the edits.

Now I'm listening to Sara Bareilles and figuring out which fandom_stocking entries I want to write for. So far, I've only looked up Leverage because I have a yin to write some Hardison/Parker/Eliot. Will search through SGA next and maybe some Once Upon a Time. I could write Snow/Charming until it was coming out my ears and be able to fill most of them. There was one Ruby request but it was for a crossover that I don't know the other side of so I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed that maybe, somewhere, there's a Ruby story buried somewhere in there. My stocking is here, if anyone is interested!

I also took some time this morning to write a quick Radek story for last week's post at sga_saturday. Contemplating what to write for the new one. Need to see about some of the other fannish giving things I signed up for. Now that I have my two big stories done, I can concentrate on the little ones. I should see how many stories I wrote last year because I want to triple that. I'm in a lot more fandoms this year! Plus, it's fun how many names I recognize this year. While I don't mind writing for complete strangers, I really do like writing for people I've seen around.

Plus, I do need to see about finishing up Aster's story from LAST YEAR that I "gave" her for Christmas. Six chapters later and I'm still not done. Of course, all the Cousin fics are for her, forever and always. Without her, there would not be Cousins or any of the characters that went along with them. If all things go well, we'll be done with When Night Falls Again by this time next year and we'll have new characters to play around with. Hooray!

Oooh! And I really want to start working on the ancientctybingo card I got because I want to do an Apocalyptic story that ties together all the prompts. I was talking to Beth about it at work the other day (such a sweet girl to nod her head and smile when I talk about this stuff that she has no idea about!) and got some really good ideas. The key will be to write them ALL instead of one or two and losing interest. Yes, that's me. Squirrel Girl!