First, search terms I am delighted led persons to my blog:
Mayan Shaolin Monk
semi naked cowboys
Welcome, o persons of inquiring mind!
Second: I was looking for something today, and conditions being favorable (meaning I didn’t have too much stuff piled in front of my file cabinet) the search led into my files which were a mess. They are somewhat less messy now (no, I didn’t find it) and also about six hundred pieces of paper lighter.
Gems found in my search:
“Now that I have my pen put back together–note to self: no matter how much time needed to think, do not take pen apart.”
An old to-do list labeled “things to consider actually doing at some point.”
Notes for a Supernatural fanfic I never wrote. It’s a crossover, meant to be a Christmas present for my beloved former roomie. It may still happen! Imagine Sam, Dean, and a bunch of other slash couples stuck in a mall on Christmas Eve. 😀
Notes for an SGA fanfic I never wrote.
Six handwritten pages of the “crisis” (it’s nothing like a crisis) from Knight Errant‘s first draft, dated 12/2/00, which is way back when Taro and Rafe were “Fenta” and “Tani” and not very much like the men they evolved into. Holy smokes, is that writing bad…
Things learned/relearned:
Wow, my muses are random.
Sometimes I will do anything to avoid the manuscript slog.
Organizing files chronologically is not helpful. We will NEVER remember which universe we dabbled in when.
I wrote an awful lot of bad fiction before I finished that first novel.
Just because I remember writing it and I never throw notes/writing away, doesn’t mean I will ever find it again so probably I should set a limit on how long I will spend looking for things.
Dust makes my nose itch.
My inner Indiana Jones is convinced there are more treasures in there than I’ve yet uncovered.
Related: My inner optimist never gives up on any story, ever.
In other news:
I have done better about playing on the internet since last week’s declaration. I can’t say I’ve been better about housework or remembering to promote. I did pretty good watching the food intake this week. I spent more money than I should have. I still want to go to Machu Picchu.
Joss is Not Right, but he cracks me up and I love him and now I’m gonna go edit some more. 😀