(nano) In which our heroine admits she has been a slug....

[vg_ford]

This week has been awful, writing-wise. I've had no time, and no brain, and the only thing I've done is level my hunter on World of Warcraft. I admit it, it has not been my finest NaNo week.

HOWEVER.

This changes tomorrow. I'm going to bow out of the demo tomorrow (sorry, folks, but I REALLY don't want to develop walking pneumonia right before the holidays, so standing out in the rain is definitely a no-go.), and I'm going to spend the weekend alternating between Seasons edits (which I started at lunch today) and Dreams rewrites. My goal? To be caught up on NaNo by the end of the weekend.

Anyone up for a sprint with me this weekend?

Oh, and can I admit that I'm actually happy with Seasons? Is it too much hubris to think I've got two pretty damn fine books here? I hope not, because I'm really enjoying re-reading both of them.

And I have a really good cup of tea here. shadawyn, I definitely like the pumpkin spice. I tried the candy apple yesterday, but I found it a bit bitter. I dunno, I'll have to try it again. Then again, I drink mine sans milk or sugar, so maybe that's the problem...

Comments

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

You're. On.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

WOOT!

Starting tonight, or tomorrow? I'm going to edit like a crazy-mad editing woman tonight, I think, but I might do some NaNoing too...

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow, then. Looks like I might be social tonight, but I won't mind if you count what you write tonight for the weekend. That'll be extra incentive for me.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Have fun being social!

I'm really going to try and resist the siren call of WoW. But I'm soooooo close to 20!!!!

(How pathetic am I?)

[peartreealley.livejournal.com]

I can't say much--I've forsaken writing for months for City of Heroes.

It makes me happy right now. I believe in doing things that make me happy. MMOs are transient (your accomplishment will have no form in many years, when the MMO eventually get deconstructed), but I suppose when I have more level 50 CoH characters than I have novels written, I'll feel imbalanced in that respect. Right now, I'm not even close (2 50s and 11 or 12 novels?). And I suspect a story will come along that I want to write long before that. A story I want (some people would say "need") to write more than I want to play the game.

I'm not telling you to write or telling you to play. But I don't think it's pathetic at all, either way. :)

(And if this comment doesn't seem coherent at all, I blame the cold.)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

LOL. I understand completely. And depending on how I feel tonight, I might get on WoW instead of writing.

Of course, the fact that the Pumpkin gets on and talks to us in Vent has NOTHING to do with the lure of the game. NOTHING. XD

[peartreealley.livejournal.com]

Heh. I played with a group that used TeamSpeak, but just didn't enjoy using it. So I still play with them, but I don't log into TS except once in a blue moon. It means I'm out of the loop on A LOT, but I'll survive :D

Luckily, I have another group that I play with that are incredible and wonderful and chatty and efficient--all through the chat box, which I've decided I like better.

[peartreealley.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're liking the tea! I didn't like the candy apple, either, and I don't add anything to my tea.

I'm almost out of my white cucumber tea (4 ounce bin)... looks like another one that's gonna need to be bought in bulk.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Candy cane is nice too - just enough peppermint to make it nice and minty. I might have to try the white cucumber tea next time....

[suelder.livejournal.com]

I'm falling behind a little myself - on the double nano idea. So I'll be in chat a lot, writing furiously.

and yeah, walking pnuemonia is not fun. But the boogie woogie flu isn't bad ;-)

Sue

[aislinn-sca.livejournal.com]

I'm way, way behind, myself, but I finally got some done this morning, and plan to keep trying.

Good luck to you!