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You will never make me learn to lay beneath the mountain
SO, ABOUT NANO FOR THIS YEAR:
My likelihood of having enough time/energy to complete a novel are very slim (I've been working 9-10 hours a day), and I'd really rather not stress myself sick in November. So I'll be doing 31 days instead, one fic for each day. I'm not even going to throw a word limit on things - I want to write a 1000 words a day, but if that is 500 of fic and the rest in tags, or in novella planning, then fine with me. If my job had settled down by now, it'd be a different story, but there always seems to be one firestorm or another on, and right now I want to be at my most alert for work.
So my prompts will be coming from 31 Days, both from the October and the yet-to-be-revealed November prompts. There are also the Carl Sagan prompts to pull from, and I need to build the list of songs I've always wanted to write fics to but never have. I already have an idea-poster going for the October prompts so far - I'm really happy cause there is a lot I want to do with my newer characters (Endy, Joachim, Lola, Taka, Raiko, Kaito, and Suharto), which is nice cause I feel like my newer characters are shafted in terms of fics (I think only Taka and Suharto have completed fics so far, out of that list). I miss being able to write fics as often as I did even six months ago, but November could be a hell of a catch-up. And even if most of the fics for November are bad, at least that is exploring.
In other thrilling news, I am going to Portland next month! An opportunity came up to meet up with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ambientfiligree there, and damn I haven't had a real exploration vacation in a year and a half. (Not one that involves a plane ride, at least. Carmel/Monterey for my birthday was hard to beat.) It is my plan to (a) wander the shit out of Portland and (b) eat my weight in vegetarian cuisine. I know the weather won't be amazing, but I don't caaaaaaaaaare I want to buy all the artsy things and eat all the non-meat things and see all the pretty outdoor things.
I don't think I have much other thrilling news XD I go to work and I come home, and I'm knitting and going to the gym as much as I can in-between. I need to read more, oh well. I am close to being able to do another Shit I Watch on Netflix post - I'm watching Vandread now (which is ALL OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT 90's ANIME), and would love to finish that before I dig into another one of those posts. Right now, Kol and I are watching Work of Art, which is like our Project Runway if Project Runway didn't totally suck in all ways right now. I don't even want to watch the finale tomorrow cause I don't feel like getting angry at it.
My likelihood of having enough time/energy to complete a novel are very slim (I've been working 9-10 hours a day), and I'd really rather not stress myself sick in November. So I'll be doing 31 days instead, one fic for each day. I'm not even going to throw a word limit on things - I want to write a 1000 words a day, but if that is 500 of fic and the rest in tags, or in novella planning, then fine with me. If my job had settled down by now, it'd be a different story, but there always seems to be one firestorm or another on, and right now I want to be at my most alert for work.
So my prompts will be coming from 31 Days, both from the October and the yet-to-be-revealed November prompts. There are also the Carl Sagan prompts to pull from, and I need to build the list of songs I've always wanted to write fics to but never have. I already have an idea-poster going for the October prompts so far - I'm really happy cause there is a lot I want to do with my newer characters (Endy, Joachim, Lola, Taka, Raiko, Kaito, and Suharto), which is nice cause I feel like my newer characters are shafted in terms of fics (I think only Taka and Suharto have completed fics so far, out of that list). I miss being able to write fics as often as I did even six months ago, but November could be a hell of a catch-up. And even if most of the fics for November are bad, at least that is exploring.
In other thrilling news, I am going to Portland next month! An opportunity came up to meet up with
ambientfiligree there, and damn I haven't had a real exploration vacation in a year and a half. (Not one that involves a plane ride, at least. Carmel/Monterey for my birthday was hard to beat.) It is my plan to (a) wander the shit out of Portland and (b) eat my weight in vegetarian cuisine. I know the weather won't be amazing, but I don't caaaaaaaaaare I want to buy all the artsy things and eat all the non-meat things and see all the pretty outdoor things.I don't think I have much other thrilling news XD I go to work and I come home, and I'm knitting and going to the gym as much as I can in-between. I need to read more, oh well. I am close to being able to do another Shit I Watch on Netflix post - I'm watching Vandread now (which is ALL OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT 90's ANIME), and would love to finish that before I dig into another one of those posts. Right now, Kol and I are watching Work of Art, which is like our Project Runway if Project Runway didn't totally suck in all ways right now. I don't even want to watch the finale tomorrow cause I don't feel like getting angry at it.