I should be working on my fic right now
Nov. 10th, 2019 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ratbones1. Rattiekins is cold. Needs hugs. Or at least a blanket and some tea. It was 75 degrees here a week ago, and today's high was barely above freezing. I don't hate winter, I just want more autumn first. :(
2. Got a box from Bangkok this week: presents from my aunt! It included a notebook with a kitty on it, two pens with hedgehog-shaped toppers, and a shirt that both fits me and suits my tastes. Everything was wrapped in colorful paper and tied with curly ribbon. Am I too old to get hedgehog pens from my auntie for no reason? I'm glad she doesn't think so. Don't tell the rest of my flock of relatives, but she's my favorite.
3. The anxiety I had when I started posting Zombie WIP was that nobody would like it. The anxiety I have now is that several people like it and I must not disappoint them. I much prefer the second one, but it's still a thing, and now I also have anticipatory anxiety about what to do with myself and my words when I get to the end. These are good anxieties to have, though. These are anxieties about wanting to make sure that I and others continue having a good time. Since when do I get to worry about things like that? It's new.
4. According to my own schedule, I'm meant to post a chapter on Tuesday. That might not happen. I've never promised anyone I'll post a chapter on a certain day, but I've also not fallen behind my own personal deadlines since August, and that was for external reasons. This is just...I procrastinated a lot this past week? I have a little section here, prior to endgame events, where I just have to let the characters figure out how they're going to muddle through, but after the last three chapters, in which every scene had to happen exactly how it happened, I got a bit spoiled and now I don't FEEEEL like muddling. As soon as I have a chunk of time -- tomorrow evening, I hope -- I need to sit down and just bang out a few imperfect scenes and see what's going to work. I do recognize that the procrastination has something to do with the anxieties mentioned in #3.
5. Every item on the list got longer than the previous one, so I've made a short one at the end to prove that I can stop myself if I want to.
2. Got a box from Bangkok this week: presents from my aunt! It included a notebook with a kitty on it, two pens with hedgehog-shaped toppers, and a shirt that both fits me and suits my tastes. Everything was wrapped in colorful paper and tied with curly ribbon. Am I too old to get hedgehog pens from my auntie for no reason? I'm glad she doesn't think so. Don't tell the rest of my flock of relatives, but she's my favorite.
3. The anxiety I had when I started posting Zombie WIP was that nobody would like it. The anxiety I have now is that several people like it and I must not disappoint them. I much prefer the second one, but it's still a thing, and now I also have anticipatory anxiety about what to do with myself and my words when I get to the end. These are good anxieties to have, though. These are anxieties about wanting to make sure that I and others continue having a good time. Since when do I get to worry about things like that? It's new.
4. According to my own schedule, I'm meant to post a chapter on Tuesday. That might not happen. I've never promised anyone I'll post a chapter on a certain day, but I've also not fallen behind my own personal deadlines since August, and that was for external reasons. This is just...I procrastinated a lot this past week? I have a little section here, prior to endgame events, where I just have to let the characters figure out how they're going to muddle through, but after the last three chapters, in which every scene had to happen exactly how it happened, I got a bit spoiled and now I don't FEEEEL like muddling. As soon as I have a chunk of time -- tomorrow evening, I hope -- I need to sit down and just bang out a few imperfect scenes and see what's going to work. I do recognize that the procrastination has something to do with the anxieties mentioned in #3.
5. Every item on the list got longer than the previous one, so I've made a short one at the end to prove that I can stop myself if I want to.
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Date: 2019-11-10 06:54 pm (UTC)Yeah I am pleased/scared to have finished Goblin Fruit! I mean, I only really had the epilogue left to write when I started posting -- I don't like posting until I have that sort of security. Epilogues always take me ages, though. (It's 36k all together, woo!)
My electric blanket is GREAT. Also it does each half of the bed separately, with a separate controller each side, so I have my side really warm and my wife has her side switched off. She likes being cold or something odd like that.
Btw this is not to make you worry about your schedule being off or anything but I just want to assure you (again) that I love All-Consuming SO MUCH and am always desperately excited for updates! aaaaaa it's SO GOOD.
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Date: 2019-11-10 07:16 pm (UTC)Oh my god of course you did. I am going to eat up those Jiajia fics too, yayy. I think I've totally flaked out on commenting on those (sorry), but I love them and they're super adorable.
I mean, I only really had the epilogue left to write when I started posting -- I don't like posting until I have that sort of security.
In what world would I ever exhibit this kind of restraint? But anyway, 36k oh my gosh, SO EXCITING. You keep feeding us the good stuff.
You've got me convinced I need to buy an electric blanket, forthwith. Fortunately, I generally only have to share it with my cat, who is going to appreciate any additional heat. Cold bed by choice??? Your wife is WILD.
Btw this is not to make you worry about your schedule being off or anything but I just want to assure you (again) that I love All-Consuming SO MUCH and am always desperately excited for updates! aaaaaa it's SO GOOD.
Don't worry, the pressure is coming from inside the house -- I pretty much always photosynthesize external positivity into confidence/motivation. (Hence the lack of restraint re: posting for comments.) THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE THE BEST and I'm really glad it suits your interests and yeah <3