Monthly Archives: April 2011

D’oh! *facepalm*

I just went back to read through the scene in SOTM 17 I was going to use as the jump point for the beginning of 18, and realized that I hadn’t finished the thing yet!

It’s a sex scene, and I’d broken off to write a later scene because conditions at the time weren’t conductive to writing naughty bits.  That’s when I went into one of my slumps, and completely forgot that I’d never finished the thing *laugh*

So, guess I’d better get everyone involved to a nice, hot, sticky climax.  Ch. 17 is going to be pretty long.  It was already a little longer than the three preceding, and finishing the sex scene will crank it up even higher.

Working on a first read on someone’s Earth Day story, so I won’t get much writing done tonight.  I did manage to sneak out of work just a shade earlier, so I took a little nap when I got home.  That might at least let me get down more than the single sentence I’ve written tonight =P

Just waiting on Lynn to get back to me with the first read of Heart, so I know what the damage is.  Once she’s hacked and slashed it, I’ll be concentrating pretty heavily on it to make sure it’s finished in time.  Considering the limited time left in the contest submission period, I’m aiming for a Monday release next week, if all goes well.

Damn, just saw what time it is.  Looks like I may not be getting any more writing done tonight after all.

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Yeesh…

Extra long hours at work the last couple of days, and at least a couple more days of it to come.

Regardless, I’ve managed to finish my first-pass edit or Heart and get it off for first reading with ML.  Keeping up with tracking the Earth Day contest, and got a little writing done as well — though, not much.  One of the things that really destroys my ability to visualize is weariness, and I’ve got that to spare right now =P

Nothing really singing to me right now, so I’m writing on the introduction of that potential Earth Day story in my third name.  It will probably end up being cliff notes for the final scene, but it gives me a chance to puzzle through the transitions.

It’s a sign of how much more motivation I have right now that I’m writing at all.  When I’m down, I often don’t feel like writing when I’m wide awake.  Exhausted?  Fugeddaboudit!

Think I’m going to chill for a half hour, watch some television, and then come back to that story for a little while longer before I crash.  Just need to keep the momentum running through the weekend, so I can take advantage of vacation time to write next week.

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SOTM 17 Added scene finished

That scene I wanted to add to the end of SOTM 17 is done, so I’m ready to move forward into 18 now.  Getting Heart done was good for my motivation 🙂

I also got down a bit of the new version of Lowborn 06, just to establish the file and a few tidbits to remind me of how this chapter goes, now.  Really want to finish this one and start posting it.

I’ll start on the editing of SOTM 16 at around the time the Earth Day contest submission period is ending on the 13th ( not the 12th, as I think I said before ) and it will probably go in the queue to post the following Thursday night at midnight — though that’s not set in stone just yet.

Did a little work on that Earth Day story in my third name, as well.  Whole lotta writing accomplished today.  I wasn’t really keeping track, but I’d have to guess that it was somewhere in the range of 5-6k words.

If I can keep this sort of momentum rolling with a vacation week coming up — watch out!

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Freakin’ power outage

Power went out on me while I was writing on Heart… Grrr…  Fortunately, I only lost a paragraph or two from my previous save, so I didn’t lose much.

It was enough to finally push a building paranoia of mine over the edge, though.  I just signed up for online backup.  No more worrying about my WIP stories, irreplacable pics, music, or anything else vanishing forever.  Despite having several layers of physical backup for a lot of this stuff, there’s always the chance all of that could fail on me.

I’m officially protected, and going back to restore those lost couple of paragraphs.

Edit: 9 PM –  And, Heart is done!

Time to let it simmer and work on something else to clear it out of my head.  Talk about a relief 🙂

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Getting there

Got a good bit of that sex scene in Heart written.  He’s finally starkers, and she’s working on the button of her jeans while she admires him.  Once we get those and her panties off, all systems are go *laugh*

Unfortunately, I’m tired enough that every time I close my eyes to visualize, I’m starting to nod off.  Time to call it a night, I guess.

Just a reminder for anyone who may have missed the posts a few days ago:  I’m not going to post the next chapter of SOTM until after the Lit Earth Day contest submission period is over ( the 12th )

Non-contest submissions just have too much of a chance of posting very late, losing critical time on the New list where most readers pick what they’re going to read.

Off to bed, with hopes that I’ll wake up early enough to knock out another big chunk of that scene in the morning.

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