I'm not much into spring cleaning, I prefer to do my cleaning in the summer of the winter since the fall is my favorite time of the year.  I think of Fall like porridge, not too hot, not too cold; just right.

once again my mother is on a campaign for me to write the great american porno novel. you read that right. she's been on this thing for years that i need to write a really smutty book, make a lot of money and buy her a house with a round hobbit door. she believe's i'm a better writer then alot of what gets published and she's been on hounding about writing epic porn now more then ever since 50 shades came out.

But yesterday she discover monster porn. there an article in the daily mail about Virginia Wade and he "Cum for Bigfoot" series (it is what it sounds like) and now her argument has changed to;

mom: write porn with fairies
me: that's actually been done
mom: . . breakout your mythology books and find something else. i want a hobbit door and maybe a pool boy!

yeah, that's my mom.

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I caught a cold that's derailed me a little bit so I'm behind about 2-3 days. I like how my story is coming along and am really happy with how much text I do have even if I'm behind in my word count.

This year instead of handwriting my story and then typing, I've been typing straight. I really like the change and it's nice to be able to get so much done or change gears story-wise so quickly with just plowing ahead on the keyboard.

So today is the first day of the 50,000 word push. I've done my nanowrimo prep before today so i have a good feel for what I want to put on paper storywise.

I hope everyone who's participating has a good first day of writing.

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I'm feel like I'm in the home stretch of my current writing project and I'm hoping to be finished before november 1 for nanowrimo.  My writers group is going to be joining into the fun this year so it will be nice to share the 50,000 words in 30 days fun.

The first time I tried nanowrimo was in 2006 with scribewraith cheering me on.  I didn't finish that year but I did in 2008 so I'm looking forward to the challenge again.

Okay,  between finding out my old ff.net  site is still up and also discovering the artist who did all the really amazing artwork for me during that time's e-mail address.  More like rediscovering, there have been 2 e-mail account moves and 3 computer changes (it's been that long yes . . . shhhh) along with this year being my 10th year on LJ, alot has been coming together  to say maybe I should return to fanfiction.

I wrote a number of stories in anime fandoms which is where my fannish life began and a few things in live - action fandoms. I started writing fanfiction my last year of college.  It's what helped me get over a really bad case of writers block. A two-year case where I had ideas and wasn't getting much of anything finished and as an english major on a creative writing track that is bad.  The long piece I was working on "Slayers in Dreamland" I worked on for my english literature final project until my teacher changed the rules on the project and I could submit it but that's another story. 

Fanfiction helped me hugely as a writer and the reviews I got from people helped me stay motivated and sharpen my skills.  I stopped writing fanfiction when I realized I needed to spend the time I was writing fanfic on original stories.  Writing fanfiction had given me what I needed to be a writer at a time when I needed it the most.  it's one of the reasons I love fandom so much.  Since I stppped writing fanfiction I've published some of my short stories, done freelancing and worked for newspapers and hey I've got a novel happening now and fandom and fanfiction gave me a place where I could feel safe and have support while I moved into a place where I could thrive creatively.  I am always grateful for that, always.

As I mentioned, I've got short stories and a novel I'm working on but I love having multiple projects on the fire because it keeps me going and makes me feel productive.  If I get stuck on someting in one story I move to another ans through working on the second I usually sort out what may be bugging me about the first. The small fandoms that I've been enjoying lately have been knocking on my brain, especially Inception and The Eagle.and I've been on the fence about taking that on but feel like everything is saying I really should jump back into the pool since it was really fun and amazing the last time around.

I have a new gig as a freelance writer for a local paper. I just finished my first assignment and got it in well before deadline. I really excited to get back into local journalism again. it's a been a few years since I had something published in good old fashioned newsprint.

I've been working a few pieces of flash fiction as well. No fanfic (sorry) but I'm thinking of revisiting the joys of writing slash at some point in the future. I thinking of taking some of my old stories and posting them on AO3 but I haven't decided yet. For now I'm enjoying the sense of accomplishment that comes from a completed project.

So this year I have decided to do scriptfrenzy.  The goal is 100 pages of script in 30 days.  I start tomorrow and I'm really excited. I haven't done a writing competition since Nanowrimo 2008 (which I won *fist pump*) and since I just finished my last quarter of Graduate school (with an awesome GPA *another fist pump*) I'm feeling my Badass mojo is in full effect.  I've been hemming and hahing about getting back into script writing for a bit and decided to just take the plunge and be frenzed.

This week I decided my personal theme was going to be time management and I think I've done a good job of being smart with my time and all the goals I set for myself this week in using it effectively.

I'm deep into my 2nd quarter of grad school (well the 2nd week anyway) and I'm still feeling confident. I'm also in the midst of life as a freelance writer/editor, while I hunt down the illusive full-time job. The interesting thing about being in hgrad school and freelancing is that I now live in libraries. The librarians should just give me a cot in the storage closet I'm there so much. It's the best place to go for my school work but also to research articles. The other thing is between school and freelancing I've been doing a ton of writing and that's a good feeling too. The last few years my fiction writing has taken a bit of a back seat to my nonfiction work and the cool thing about now is that I've been able to attack my fiction writing with fresh eyes and its really exciting.

It doesn't really feel like christmas for me this year. I just noticed the other day that someone had lights in their trees outside. I've seen christmas lights and those inflated christmas decorations (although deflated they make a yard look like a war zone) but they haven't really registered to me until I saw the tiny blue lights peeking out of those trees.

I said I was going to take a week off from writing as a gift to myself for finishing Nano but the rest of me really wants to keep going. its like I have this fear that time away from the words will equal overthinking which will equal a halt in the flow of creative juices. But I'm still kind of fried from Nano. The mind is willing but the flesh is a bit week. So I've decided to go to the one place that kicks my ass on an inspiration level, Henry Rollins.

Part of my celebrations was treating myself to a nice lunch on Sunday and then a book from border. The book I bought is "A Dull Roar" by Henry Rollins. Its journal entries from a 5 month period in 2006 where he and the orginal Rollins band line up got together and did some shows but also his personal commentary on his life and interactions.

This is a man I adore the same way I adore John Barrowman in that they are doing exactly what they want with their lives and are making no apologies. I have this addiction to self-expression that takes a lot of forms and when I see it other people I enjoy it immensely.

Henry is my literary inspiration. Reading his work always puts me in this place of getting to the grit of a thing. Its like someone whispering in my ear, "Cut the crap and write, you know what you want to say" or the coach pumping you up before you go out to play the game and some days I really need that.