Congrats!
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
dcp - Aug 27, 2013 1:24:17 pm PDT #5803 of 6687
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Amy - Aug 27, 2013 1:45:29 pm PDT #5804 of 6687
Because books.
That's fantastic, Sox! Congratulations!
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2013 5:04:02 am PDT #5805 of 6687
Coding and Sleeping
I've already said congrats in two other places, but it's worth another one. Congrats!!
Working on putting that ~ma into play.
JZ - Aug 28, 2013 5:08:37 am PDT #5806 of 6687
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Fabulous news, Sox! YAY YAY YAY! And so well deserved.
Amy - Aug 28, 2013 5:11:55 am PDT #5807 of 6687
Because books.
::hipchecks JZ:: Hey, how's yours coming, by the way? I was just thinking about it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 28, 2013 5:15:49 am PDT #5808 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Congratu-damn-lations, Sox! I will hug you in person soon! And come to your reading!
JZ - Aug 28, 2013 5:16:56 am PDT #5809 of 6687
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
It's not come for months. I am looking at Groupons for weekend getaways to little cabins at RV campgrounds (with wifi access) so I can force myself into a writing retreat with no dishes or laundry or child or car knee-deep in fast food wrappers and snotrags or anything else but me and a computer for 48 hours. Because I clearly lack the discipline to crank it out amidst distractions (distraction-free, I really can do it; I'm exactly the sort of person those retreats and writer-in-residence stints were made for).
But nothing, for several months now. Very frustrating.
Amy - Aug 28, 2013 5:19:48 am PDT #5810 of 6687
Because books.
Think a little smaller than a weekend? Take an hour at a cafe, even if it's just with a notebook and a pencil. Sit in the park on a nice day.
::nudge nudge::
JZ - Aug 28, 2013 5:46:26 am PDT #5811 of 6687
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The thing is that I'm really, deeply undisciplined. I've found that no matter what the circumstances, I always, always spend an hour farting around before buckling down to work. If all I give myself is an hour, it's a flat-out guarantee that I will waste it farting around online. If I have a whole day or two, I waste one or two hours farting around and then spend the next 22 or 46 being productive (and then, once the pump is primed, at least the next week after that being able to seriously use the one-hour bits of time mundane life allows... and then I lose steam and grind down, but another day or another weekend is all it takes to get it going again).
Amy - Aug 28, 2013 5:47:34 am PDT #5812 of 6687
Because books.
Yeah, but if you take a notebook to the park, you can't fart around online! Just saying.
I just love that story and I want more of it. IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT ME.