It's a new year! I hope everyone had safe and happy holidays? Did you make any resolutions? I don't bother anymore, because that just adds another few failures to my list as the year goes on. The main goals I plan on achieving are to get a teaching job (or a job SOMEWHERE for now), move the hell out of my house (for reasons I'm not detailing here. You're welcome), and maybe try to eat better and exercise. I want to do the last one and have no problem doing it, but when you eat your feelings instead of talking... well, yeah. Hahaa. Ah well. I hope whatever you've resolved to do, you stick to it and have a successful New Year!
January WitFit starts tomorrow, and I'm hoping I can keep up on it better than I have for the December ones. I still have almost all of December's prompts in my GMail box, and I hope to do them eventually and add them to my FFn account for whoever is bored enough to read them. ;) A lot of the problem with posting there is that I feel guilty if it's not fanfic related (Twilight, of course, since I'm not into other universes right now) and I can't somehow make it fit the Twi characters, it won't work. Maybe my readers will be okay with an entry or two that are just random and don't involve the characters. Of course, like, two people only read the WitFit, so I think they'll be okay with it. lol.
My good buddy JayneRulis/BelovedWonderland suggested we collaborate on a new contest called "To Kill A Cullen". Basically you can write whatever you want as long as a Cullen dies. The death can be funny or tragic or whatever. There are rules concerning a couple of characters and if their deaths count, but I think it'll be fun. We plan on basing it on a song called "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". Creepy, but we want it to be funny, too, so we'll see how it works out. We're not always the best with keeping up with things and never just sit down and write, but we really want to try. I've never entered a contest before, so it should be fun. I also have an idea for my own one-shot for the same contest, involving Nessie and things going badly in the clearing during Breaking Dawn. It's based off of a Moby song. I might have mentioned it a couple of posts ago. I think this could totally work for the contest, I just have to SIT MY ASS DOWN AND FUCKING WRITE IT. I have been so uninspired lately to write ANYTHING that, obviously, nothing gets done.
So, I refuse to make a resolution involving writing because I KNOW that would be a giant fail right off the bat. I could make all kinds of promises to sit down and get something on the page, but I get really weird and over think everything and then nothing really gets done. Like I've said before. Cause I'm a nerd with neuroses.
Anywho, that's that for now, and hopefully I'll have more good news on the writing front in weeks to come! Happy New Year and best wishes for the new decade!
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Happy Holidays!
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday! Mine was pretty decent; I got all of the knitting stuff I asked for, so I'm pretty excited about it. :)
Writing-wise? I'm trying to come up with some stuff, and trying to visualize some StWOM stuff, because that's how I roll. I try to live it out in my mind so I can feel it more, so... yeah. Weird, I know. I'm also thinking about a one-shot to clear the head, something a little more... tragic, no fluff whatsoever, I just need to work that one out, too. It's based on a song, but no clues, cause I don't want to ruin it.
As for WitFit, I haven't given that up, I just haven't gotten updates for the past few days and I think I'm over-thinking the prompts I do have. I also signed up to do the January WitFit, and I'm hoping to be better about those than I have this month. Oy. I tried, but I apparently have a giant issue with commitment. That explains a lot, eh? hahaaa!
And maybe an original fic idea, but it's completely sci-fi related and I have no idea if I can pull it off. Basically I had this thought the other day about how Earth (supposedly) is the only planet that has life on it in this galaxy, but what if that wasn't so? Like, what if other planets did before, like we're cycling through planets and evolving, and... holy cow. I'll end up confusing myself and I can't quite explain what I mean here. Sci-fi isn't my forte, but I'd still like to give it a shot. WAAAAY later, though, very much later. lol.
Anyway, that's about it for now. I know I should have more to say, but napping has completely shot my thought processes right now. :) What kinds of things did you get for Christmas? Was it what you wanted?
Writing-wise? I'm trying to come up with some stuff, and trying to visualize some StWOM stuff, because that's how I roll. I try to live it out in my mind so I can feel it more, so... yeah. Weird, I know. I'm also thinking about a one-shot to clear the head, something a little more... tragic, no fluff whatsoever, I just need to work that one out, too. It's based on a song, but no clues, cause I don't want to ruin it.
As for WitFit, I haven't given that up, I just haven't gotten updates for the past few days and I think I'm over-thinking the prompts I do have. I also signed up to do the January WitFit, and I'm hoping to be better about those than I have this month. Oy. I tried, but I apparently have a giant issue with commitment. That explains a lot, eh? hahaaa!
And maybe an original fic idea, but it's completely sci-fi related and I have no idea if I can pull it off. Basically I had this thought the other day about how Earth (supposedly) is the only planet that has life on it in this galaxy, but what if that wasn't so? Like, what if other planets did before, like we're cycling through planets and evolving, and... holy cow. I'll end up confusing myself and I can't quite explain what I mean here. Sci-fi isn't my forte, but I'd still like to give it a shot. WAAAAY later, though, very much later. lol.
Anyway, that's about it for now. I know I should have more to say, but napping has completely shot my thought processes right now. :) What kinds of things did you get for Christmas? Was it what you wanted?
Monday, December 21, 2009
Testing... Again
I'm just testing again to see if I would be able to post longer posts from my phone when I'm away from teh interwebz. :) test? test? 1-2-3... Woo!
Lame
So last night I got a wild hair in my ass to try to at least START chapter 11 of StWOM. But as soon as I opened my Start menu to open a Word Doc, I felt some sort of crippling fear or something. Point? I didn't open the Word Doc, felt really shitty about it, and then ended up crying on my bed from a combination of that plus my parents being really shitty about the cleanliness of my room. It's still a sore subject for us, and it's the elephant in the room right now, but I wanted to post before I forgot.
Maybe that inspiration will come back later. I still have to finish my cooperating teacher's socks I was making her as a thank you gift because I wanted to give them to her tomorrow before she goes on holiday break and I forget to give them to her at all.
So, while I'm trying to avoid vacuuming, I'm reading Ragweeds by AngelAtTwilight on FFn. Edward and Bella end up in the foster system because of family failure. Edward comes from a shit family with plenty of abuse, and Bella comes from a privileged single parent home. It's only six chapters in so far, but it's a great start. The feelings and thoughts come across nicely from two children who have lost everything and have to survive in a shitty system. READ IT.
Anyway, that's it for now. I might post later, depending on whether WWIII breaks out over my room or not. :)
-KV7
Maybe that inspiration will come back later. I still have to finish my cooperating teacher's socks I was making her as a thank you gift because I wanted to give them to her tomorrow before she goes on holiday break and I forget to give them to her at all.
So, while I'm trying to avoid vacuuming, I'm reading Ragweeds by AngelAtTwilight on FFn. Edward and Bella end up in the foster system because of family failure. Edward comes from a shit family with plenty of abuse, and Bella comes from a privileged single parent home. It's only six chapters in so far, but it's a great start. The feelings and thoughts come across nicely from two children who have lost everything and have to survive in a shitty system. READ IT.
Anyway, that's it for now. I might post later, depending on whether WWIII breaks out over my room or not. :)
-KV7
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Welcome!
Hello, dear readers! I'm jumping on the bandwagon like everyone else and starting a blog. Maybe this can help me help you keep up with whether or not I'm still alive and plan on updating Someone to Watch Over Me or any other fics I'm working on!
A head's up: yeah, there will be foul language on here, as well as bad grammar and the occasional bad spelling. There will be coherent posts as well as ramblings for ideas that come up and need to be worked out. There might even be mature content like smut or something. Who knows?Why don't I just do it in a Word Doc or something? Cause I want feedback from you guys so I know that I'm not completely fucking the whole thing up. I appreciate honesty if you do leave comments, and my frail effed up ego will get over it. Eventually. :D
As it stands, I am NOT putting StWOM on hiatus or anything of the sort. I know some of you wonder when I take five months to update if I've given up or something, but fear not; I have no plans to abandon this story, no matter how much it frustrates or seems like total shit to me. I know how I want the end to go, you all know pretty much how it ends, and I really want to give that to you. The journey, however, isn't going like I thought, so it takes me time to come up with things along the way that sound plausible and realistic, and that also stay true to the story. I've learned my lesson and know better than to write a new story without some sort of outline to get me from beginning to end with some guidance along the way. Trying to write out ideas from memory, in order, and then not bug the shit out of my fic buddies and beta for validation all the time is NOT conducive to my writing and makes me feel even worse for doing it. So, there's a lesson there, kids. OUTLINE BEFORE YOU WRITE.
Also, I plan on posting pictures here of the house I used as the basic model for Bella's house in StWOM. I used my grandparents house, and I hope to get better pictures than the ones I already have. Some rooms have clothes all over, or suitcases from when we visited, and I don't want to give you that. So, if you're following keep checking and I'll have these up. The link to the blog will be posted in my FFn account if you check there for info.
In the Days of Auld Lang Syne: Bonafide Rarity? I'm not saying it's on hiatus, either, but it will definitely be slower to update than StWOM. It takes a lot of time to read all of my homegirls' chapters to line everything up in the ItDoALS world and I just need to get my ass on it and do it. Most of the other POVs are light years ahead of me in terms of chapters and events, and I need to catch up. That is a huge and daunting task for me, and I'm kicking myself everyday for not keeping up when we all started it back in the day. I really hope to continue it, but I'm sorry to say that this fic will suffer the most when it comes to my attention to updating.
Will I have other stories to write eventually? Uh, yes. My head is too full of ideas to NOT write SOMETHING, and as I stated earlier, I'll have an outline so I'm not bumbling around like a teenage Edward trying to get to first base with Bella or some shit. I might post teasers or thoughts on those as they come up. Again, feedback would be wonderful and the empty place where my heart should be would be all warm and fuzzy.
I think I've said all that needs to be said for now. Welcome to the crazy train, I hope you enjoy the ride!
- KV7
A head's up: yeah, there will be foul language on here, as well as bad grammar and the occasional bad spelling. There will be coherent posts as well as ramblings for ideas that come up and need to be worked out. There might even be mature content like smut or something. Who knows?Why don't I just do it in a Word Doc or something? Cause I want feedback from you guys so I know that I'm not completely fucking the whole thing up. I appreciate honesty if you do leave comments, and my frail effed up ego will get over it. Eventually. :D
As it stands, I am NOT putting StWOM on hiatus or anything of the sort. I know some of you wonder when I take five months to update if I've given up or something, but fear not; I have no plans to abandon this story, no matter how much it frustrates or seems like total shit to me. I know how I want the end to go, you all know pretty much how it ends, and I really want to give that to you. The journey, however, isn't going like I thought, so it takes me time to come up with things along the way that sound plausible and realistic, and that also stay true to the story. I've learned my lesson and know better than to write a new story without some sort of outline to get me from beginning to end with some guidance along the way. Trying to write out ideas from memory, in order, and then not bug the shit out of my fic buddies and beta for validation all the time is NOT conducive to my writing and makes me feel even worse for doing it. So, there's a lesson there, kids. OUTLINE BEFORE YOU WRITE.
Also, I plan on posting pictures here of the house I used as the basic model for Bella's house in StWOM. I used my grandparents house, and I hope to get better pictures than the ones I already have. Some rooms have clothes all over, or suitcases from when we visited, and I don't want to give you that. So, if you're following keep checking and I'll have these up. The link to the blog will be posted in my FFn account if you check there for info.
In the Days of Auld Lang Syne: Bonafide Rarity? I'm not saying it's on hiatus, either, but it will definitely be slower to update than StWOM. It takes a lot of time to read all of my homegirls' chapters to line everything up in the ItDoALS world and I just need to get my ass on it and do it. Most of the other POVs are light years ahead of me in terms of chapters and events, and I need to catch up. That is a huge and daunting task for me, and I'm kicking myself everyday for not keeping up when we all started it back in the day. I really hope to continue it, but I'm sorry to say that this fic will suffer the most when it comes to my attention to updating.
Will I have other stories to write eventually? Uh, yes. My head is too full of ideas to NOT write SOMETHING, and as I stated earlier, I'll have an outline so I'm not bumbling around like a teenage Edward trying to get to first base with Bella or some shit. I might post teasers or thoughts on those as they come up. Again, feedback would be wonderful and the empty place where my heart should be would be all warm and fuzzy.
I think I've said all that needs to be said for now. Welcome to the crazy train, I hope you enjoy the ride!
- KV7
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