Ooh, Shiny!

It turns out that QoM was also nominated in the Drama category for the SS/HG awards. I just got an email from one of the mods letting me know that they'd forgotten to include that category in the notification email they sent me.

Am feeling slightly better, but still icky. Viruses suck.

Whoo-hoo! Just finished Quality of Mercy! Seriously, there were times when I thought I would never finish writing that damn story. Actually, I shouldn't say that, as I quite like it. But there were definitely a few Pits of Despair and Sloughs of Despond in there.

Of course, now I feel sort of strange, because I don't really have any WIPs to be working on. I'm going to attempt the Snape/Sinistra fic for Nano, so I can't start on that until November (and I just realized I scheduled a party for the first day of Nano. Oops). I just finished my contemporary last week. Guess it's editing time for me.*



*'Cause God forbid I should just sit on my ass and not write anything for a few weeks. I'm such a dork.

Somehow I survived summer at the Teen Center (I came close to suicide/homicide a few times, but hey, what job doesn't drive you to want to start randomly shooting people?). Anyhow, with that experience under my belt and the hope that I might soon be able to become a fully functioning human being again, I'm thinking ahead. I love to make plans...whether they all come to fruition is another thing. Ahem.

Anyhow, since it's come up in several online conversations I've had lately, I'm stewing over whether to do NaNoWriMo this year. Yes, I crashed and burned spectacularly last year, but I'm still two out of three. However, I will only participate if I finish both the contemporary romance I'm working on right now and The Quality of Mercy. Although my actions may sometimes indicate otherwise, I really do hate leaving projects unfinished. The good news is that I'm more than two-thirds done on the contemporary and probably only have about three chapters left on QoM, so this is all doable as long as I'm able to maintain a somewhat even keel. However, I also know that I'd better not push it for NaNo, which means if I do participate, it'll probably be fanfic. Not sure what yet. Maybe my long-postponed Snape/Sinistra fic. I think that might be easy-going  enough to keep me from ripping my hair out. We'll see.

Also, wee bit of a warning here -- I've mostly avoided discussing politics on this journal, but I don't think I'm going to keep it that way. For those of you who might be offended by my p.o.v., I'll try to put any rants behind a cut so you can just politely skip over it. I just know that I'm not going to be able to keep my mouth shut (much the way I got in a drunken screaming match with a dear friend of mine last night when he tried to defend McCain's choice of Anti-Abortion Barbie as his running mate).

So anyway. As the Chinese proverb goes, may you live in interesting times....

Also, food for thought.

Well, it took me two and a half months, but I finally managed to update Quality of Mercy. I feel so much better now. Writer's block sucks major ass. Of course, now I have to keep it up until I actually finish the story, but I think it probably only has about four or five chapters left in it anyway.

Still, it's nice to move something else off my "to do" list.

...otherwise known as Halloween 'round these parts. ;-)

Very quiet day at work today. I think most of the little kiddies are gearing up for trick-or-treat and probably aren't going to be dropping in to the Teen Center. Just as well, because we close early today (yay!). Ostensibly we'll be shutting our doors at 4:30, but if it's really dead (NPI), then we'll probably close up earlier. I hope so, because I still have a few things to take care of before the munchkins start arriving on my doorstep.

Luckily I was able to finish one last chapter of my Snape/Hermione fic before I get immersed in Nano. I'd really love to get one done some time during the month, but if last year's Nano is any indication, that's probably not going to happen. Oh, well -- at least I warned everyone that it would be awhile before my next update. Here's hoping they don't get bored and wander off. Then again, I did leave that chapter with an evil cliffie. ;-)

I'll probably be hanging out more in my Nano LJ for the next month, so look for me at badvibrationsla if you want to see how all that is going.

Unpleasant dreams! :-)  

ETA best pumpkin ever!!!: