that's the spirit

[hedda62]

I have "Walk Through the Fire" (yes, from Buffy) stuck in my head. Dammit.

Definitely not doing the Ten in Ten challenge (I like my inner editor, thank you, and also what I need right now is more like Organize Ten Things A Day) but it is fun to have all the new fics popping up, especially pendrecarc finally running with the Punxsutawney plot bunny, or I should say groundhog, that I played with ages ago.

I'm fiddling with the Henry Gale fic, though it's also hitting the "what is this for?" button and when I have time I'll have to take it for a walk and figure that out. One thing I do appreciate about writing it is how thinking through Ben's motivations brings into sharp relief Lost's deliciously convoluted plotting and presentation: this is set during season two and I'm pulling stuff from two or three seasons later to explain it. But so far it's totally interior monologue (which my brain doesn't want to assign to past or present tense, grr) and I think it would be better with snippets of dialogue. So we'll see.

Yesterday I was a bit under the weather (so to speak: it's hot again, although not unbearably so, but I think this was ragweed-related edge-of-migraine) and decided to splurge on Kindle books: not just Whispers Under Ground (having finished Moon Over Soho, which I liked even better than the first one) but also Naomi Novik's Blood of Tyrants (which I'm about two-thirds through and enjoying muchly), Laurie R. King's The Bones of Paris, and M.M. Justus (mmegaera)'s Finding Home. It is a good time to read the hell out of things before all the TV shows start up again.

I still have to make lists. I need to put "make lists" on my list.

Comments

[raven]

Urgh, I am glad someone else gets the "what is this for" problem with their stories. I mean, obv not glad you're suffering from it in this instance, but it's basically my biggest writing bugbear and it's nice to know it's a shared one!

[hedda62]

Oh, definitely - and it's silly, considering that the answer is "ooh show," but I do like my stories to have something of an arc and a resolution and a purpose even if it makes no enormous difference in the greater scheme of things. And when I should be spending my time on other things the urge to rationalize gets stronger.

[philomytha]

Ooh, is that a new Laurie R King? Another for my reading list, it's been ages since I last read one of hers. And I've just finished Blood of Tyrants, and very enjoyable it was too.

My inner editor and I get on fine, but I'm thinking of having a stab at the 10-in-10 thing in the hope of winning a few rounds with the inner procrastinator.

[hedda62]

Yes, it's the sequel to "Touchstone" and I am looking forward to it! And yes, the 10-in-10 is meant for getting WIPs finished among other things - you could also do words-per-day if the stories are long. But I am procrastinating about other things than writing.

[bloomingpol]

I have a friend who apparently has a master list of lists she keeps. I was slightly terrified when I heard that. What if I forgot to put one of my lists on the master list and then found it years later...

[hedda62]

It seems to me the purpose of lists is to get things checked off them and then make them go away, but I suppose a) there are some lists that never go away and some items that come round again, and b) it would be satisfying to look at the big picture of what you've accomplished, and there is no c because this is not the beginning of a list. :)

[mmegaera]

I hope you enjoy Finding Home. I have Touchstone on my Kindle. Obviously I need to read it so I can get to the sequel [g].

[hedda62]

I'm really looking forward to it - and I will get around to writing you some Amazon reviews when I'm done!