No, I haven’t forgotten about this place or forgotten my password or anything like that. I’ve been busy the past couple of weeks moving about 1,200 miles across country and starting a new job. Since I’m getting paid for my 10 am – 7 pm time block — and since I did not have the Internet at the apartment until yesterday — I haven’t been doing a lot of posting here. I’m still hard at work on Midnight of Lanar’ya and have plans to have the draft completed by the end of April. Twilight of Lanar’ya just had its final cover check today (thanks a bunch, Keary!) and I should be uploading the final cover and ordering the proof before the end of this week.
A while back, either here or over at Magisters’ Terrace, I talked about achieving a work-life-writing balance. I do fully intend to get my balance back but starting a new job does require a bit more of my time and concentration since I want to do an absolutely smashing job at work so that they decide they want to keep me. Once I get over the eggshells of being the “new person” and feel a little more secure on my feet (trust me, moving cross-country and starting a new job all at once may be fun, but it’s a nerve-wracking kind of fun. Imagine riding Space Mountain only without the adrenaline rush), I’ll relax more in the evenings and be able to write more. I’m also working on tying up the last bits of Alayne’s Story — a long World of Warcraft fanfic I started back in 2007 and am bringing to a close nearly five years later. Finishing up any piece of work that you’ve spent five years on takes a bit out of you. I know that, perhaps, one day, after the distaste of the next scheduled expansion has been purged from my being, I may pick up Alayne’s Story again. However, for now, I’m bringing it to a close and that’s taking a lot of the energy that I would otherwise be putting into Midnight of Lanar’ya.
And yeah, there have been a couple of instances of me goofing off playing Star Wars: The Old Republic to relax. I figure it’s better to do that and chill out a bit than to force myself to do a bad night’s worth of writing just to say “there, I worked on Midnight of Lanar’ya.” I may not get as much done right now as I’d like but, believe me, it’s much easier to catch up than it is to try to salvage pages that should never have been written to begin with.
But, for now, I’m going to go curl up with one of R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt books (The Crystal Shard and no spoilers please!), relax a bit, and then do a little bit more work on Alayne’s Story and Midnight of Lanar’ya before I turn in for the night.
Okay, I just turned 16. Twilight is a ftanastic movie. I’m also in love with my boyfriend who I’ve been with for over 2 years. And you know, you’ve been a teenager before. You have the same mind now, when you did then, though you might have gotten a little wiser. Somehow I still doubt that. ha. But kids are going to grow up sometime.. if you don’t tell them anything about sexual stuff, their friends will tell them anyway. Quit being so protective and hovering over them. If you shy them away from stuff they will never have the courage or a social character to follow their dreams. They’ll be too scared and you know.. wisdom comes with experience okay. The movie isn’t even as bad as the book, since with the book you can imagine it the way you want. Alot worse than the directors choice. So quit flippin out over some kiss or the girl falling in love with someone no would except, just like interracial couples. Makes no since. God made us the way we are. Sure, we sin.. we’re human. It’s a movie, if you’ve raised them right and taught them the ways of God. They should be fine, okay. It’s their life by the way, and they’re going to do what they want sooner or later. Spend time with them while you can and give them a break every once in a while before you wake up and they don’t want to hang out with you cause you’re annoying and overprotective. lol. You adults still have alot to learn huh? Yeaa..