This Year So Far...

 ...has not been great, personally. Here's hoping it picks up. 

RIP Merlin 2010-2024

Happy Birthday ya big lug

 

"then let them eat birthday cake" - Marie Antoinette

welp that went well

 and by "well" I mean "didn't write much"

however, December should be vastly different. I'm going to be by myself for most of the month (voluntarily) and I'm planning to use a ton of it doing stuff I just can't get done otherwise, for one reason or another. And this includes writing. Because I'll be able to write day or night, wherever, without interruption other than cats (because duh). I will not mind being alone for the holidays. I've had enough family for one lifetime. Roommate will be elsewhere because this time of year is hard for her so she's literally getting away from it all. I won't be lonely though, it's just that if I want to see someone I'll choose to. 

If anyone wants to exchange holiday cards drop me a message and we'll do that. 

I'll update once more before the end of the year. May this next year be better than expected because we could all use a little break from all the news making and stuff.

Yeah good thing I never joined the army, couldn't
keep a straight face

related: monetizing your hobbies. Way to take the
fun out of everything.

So Far So What

Mid-Nano progress report: well, I got some things done. I'm not going to make the whole 50K but I sure made progress in revision and structure. Next month should be pretty quiet for me as roommate will be doing some travelling for business etc and I'll get lots of time to myself to work without interruption. 

What have I done, you ask? Well, I can't be more specific but, I wrote about an epic battle, a scary deserted estate, and I stopped yet another character from jumping off a bridge. So there's that.

See you in two weeks for the thrilling conclusion of Nano! Now here's a word from our sponsor.

yeah, I have a few of these, and I love them every time,
 even when they wreck my whole overarching
plot (looking at you, Benedict)

The first two books were 1, the second two were 2, and 
it's looking like the rest are 3.

No sleep till Nano

Okay, I have decided to throw myself at Nanowrimo this year and work on the book. I'm hoping to get a few key sections ironed out. That at least would give me enough of a framework to consider another go through a "second draft." It should not be taking me the better part of three decades to finish this series.

I miss the days I could just sit down and write anywhere. Where the words just came out of my fingertips like Emperor Palpatine's lightning powers. I always thought I would be writing every day of my life. Maybe if I'd known I'd be like this in my later years, I would have written more and spent less time with stupid fandom drama crap. 

I will update through the month as I progress. Fifteenth time's a charm, as they say.

I'll take "Things I need to remind myself of" for $500, Alex

And another one (month) bites the dust

 As crappy as summer was, October was not good. Don't want to talk about it kind of not good. Had my bones sucked out by a moopsy* kind of not good 

I have a blog and I must post. So, here I am.

We'll see if I feel up to Nano this November. I just wish I could get something written. Anything. At all. Even this post.

Here's some stuff. 

Bread is life. Life is pain. Therefore, bread is pain.

this explains my reader count. But I've always been
 a quality vs quantity kinda person

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*IYKYK

My Long Hot National Nightmare Is Over

 Yay and welcome to September! I was looking forward to stuff finally going well and then, it kind of fell off a cliff. Too long to recount but basically I tried to solve one problem, fix my phone, and ended up not only not fixing the phone but breaking about five other things (phone dependent) in the process. I am a walking Murphy's Law. Maybe all this shit is going to pay itself forward karmically with a big good thing, but yeah, I'd like a pony as well so...

Don't have much to report, therefore. Work moves at a snail's pace but it is moving. If that snail were incased in Jell-o. And then locked in a glacier. 

Give me a couple of weeks to sort things out and I'll have better/more info.

Meanwhile, have this:

Or, in my particular instance, the one I killed in Book 2

and the battery icon is flashing red