Bits of this and that
Oct. 16th, 2007 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
christinex1001Well, I realized I hadn't posted much of anything in here lately and figured I'd better drop in for an update.
The new job is going well. Of course there's a period of adjustment, since this is a very different work environment from anything else I've ever done. I'm working for the Community Services department in my town, doing desktop publishing and general PR work. I really like the work itself, but since my office is located in the Teen Center, it can get a little chaotic. Thank God for my iPod! The quiet hours are early in the morning, since we don't open to the public until 10. Even then it's usually fairly placid until around 2 in the afternoon, which is when the urchins start showing up. (I say "urchins" because even though they call this the Teen Center, it's really for middle-school kids.) At that point I usually boost the volume on the iPod. :-P Also, this is a very chatty bunch. I share my office with a nice girl who's quite a bit younger than I am (she's in her late 20s), but she's fairly loud as well. Now, I'm a social person, but I also need my down time, so let's just say that some days are better than others. ;-)
The good news is that I'm fairly certain I'll be able to work on my Nano a little bit each day in the mornings before anyone else gets here. (Annie, my office mate, doesn't start until 10.) My manager usually gets in around 8, but since he sequesters himself in the back of the building in his own office most of the time, I don't anticipate many interruptions. The bad news is that November is crunch time here -- it's when the big brochure/catalog that has all the upcoming Community Services classes and events is produced, so we'll just have to see how much time I actually can squeeze out in the mornings, since obviously work comes first. I'm going to have to adjust my writing rhythms somewhat, as I tend to be more of a late afternoon/evening writer when given the choice, but I suppose this will help me to get disciplined about writing whenever I have a few spare moments and not just at my preferred time.
I wasn't feeling hugely enthusiastic about Nano, but now that I've roamed around the forums a bit, I'm starting to feel more energized. My FMC is developing well...I'm starting to hear her voice, although this one's going to be written in third person, unlike last year's novel. Again I'm stuck not knowing exactly what genre this even is. I'm probably going to identify more with the chick lit forums, just because I think that's more the sensibility that's going to infuse this novel, but it's really going to be a mix of chick lit/sci fi/paranormal/mystery/romance. Take that, publishing industry and your annoying narrow little genres!
No wonder I can't sell anything. :-P
My final question is this -- should I do another f-locked LJ writing journal the way I did with Sympathy last year, or should I just say screw it? I know it's hard for those of us doing Nano to keep up with each other's journals because the actual writing of the Nano novel pretty much takes up all of our spare time. Hmm...I guess I still have a couple of weeks to figure it out.
I'm just glad I finally got my Snape/Hermione fic updated. I realized it had been almost a month! Oy. Well, that's what happens when you're trying to finish up one story and then have to start a new job. I'm hoping to get at least a couple more chapters done before Nano swallows me whole.
The new job is going well. Of course there's a period of adjustment, since this is a very different work environment from anything else I've ever done. I'm working for the Community Services department in my town, doing desktop publishing and general PR work. I really like the work itself, but since my office is located in the Teen Center, it can get a little chaotic. Thank God for my iPod! The quiet hours are early in the morning, since we don't open to the public until 10. Even then it's usually fairly placid until around 2 in the afternoon, which is when the urchins start showing up. (I say "urchins" because even though they call this the Teen Center, it's really for middle-school kids.) At that point I usually boost the volume on the iPod. :-P Also, this is a very chatty bunch. I share my office with a nice girl who's quite a bit younger than I am (she's in her late 20s), but she's fairly loud as well. Now, I'm a social person, but I also need my down time, so let's just say that some days are better than others. ;-)
The good news is that I'm fairly certain I'll be able to work on my Nano a little bit each day in the mornings before anyone else gets here. (Annie, my office mate, doesn't start until 10.) My manager usually gets in around 8, but since he sequesters himself in the back of the building in his own office most of the time, I don't anticipate many interruptions. The bad news is that November is crunch time here -- it's when the big brochure/catalog that has all the upcoming Community Services classes and events is produced, so we'll just have to see how much time I actually can squeeze out in the mornings, since obviously work comes first. I'm going to have to adjust my writing rhythms somewhat, as I tend to be more of a late afternoon/evening writer when given the choice, but I suppose this will help me to get disciplined about writing whenever I have a few spare moments and not just at my preferred time.
I wasn't feeling hugely enthusiastic about Nano, but now that I've roamed around the forums a bit, I'm starting to feel more energized. My FMC is developing well...I'm starting to hear her voice, although this one's going to be written in third person, unlike last year's novel. Again I'm stuck not knowing exactly what genre this even is. I'm probably going to identify more with the chick lit forums, just because I think that's more the sensibility that's going to infuse this novel, but it's really going to be a mix of chick lit/sci fi/paranormal/mystery/romance. Take that, publishing industry and your annoying narrow little genres!
No wonder I can't sell anything. :-P
My final question is this -- should I do another f-locked LJ writing journal the way I did with Sympathy last year, or should I just say screw it? I know it's hard for those of us doing Nano to keep up with each other's journals because the actual writing of the Nano novel pretty much takes up all of our spare time. Hmm...I guess I still have a couple of weeks to figure it out.
I'm just glad I finally got my Snape/Hermione fic updated. I realized it had been almost a month! Oy. Well, that's what happens when you're trying to finish up one story and then have to start a new job. I'm hoping to get at least a couple more chapters done before Nano swallows me whole.
