All right, demmit. Back to work. I made a screen saver and wallpaper of the actor cast as Ben in my novel. I opened it. I read the–well, I call it the Reader’s Digest condensed version. In four pages I try to cover the important points of 83 pages of the first draft. I tinkered […]
Worked on Chaos. Another fun fic went serious, blast it. Yes, I know I’m supposed to be working on my original fiction. I just can’t figure it out. I can just pick up the threads and go on my fanfics, even the ones like Chaos I haven’t touched in a month, and post a chapter
Sort of. But that’s okay–I only “sort of” went back to work today. I spent three hours there, but I really didn’t accomplish much. I find it very interesting that HR and Payroll and everybody else at the district will tell you all day long not to work extra hours unless you’re getting paid for
Ah, yes, back to the life successfully avoided during the holidays. That’s probably the best thing about the holidays, the way if you dodge all the parties and other crap, you can use them as an excuse to dodge the normal crap. There is nothing wrong with being a hermit, I’ll have you know. My
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And all through the house, mom was so relieved that crap was over with for another year. Yes, I am a card-carrying Grinch. Now the fun really begins. It’s times like this I actually do love my job. Two weeks automatic vacation in December…and I’m writing. Yep. Fanfics still going on, but original fiction too.
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Say nice things, say nice things–umm…got the best of both worlds this year. Cash that was sorely needed, and some really cool presents. Hope got a ton of stuff and had a blast, but we also had an important discussion regarding Santa, and she agreed that it was okay if he didn’t leave her anything,
Christmas schmismas. Just let me write. Oh, yeah–that’s what I’m doing. Thanks to careful planning (ha!) I have only three things to wrap. I let Hope put whatever wherever, so the house is decorated and Hope is happy. I brought home every obligatory co-worker gift so I’ll actually have something to unwrap in the morning.