don't fear the sun.

I slept a little, but somehow just feel more tired than I did, sitting up at 3 am. It's thus been a slow morning, waking up very gradually. However, this slow pace seems to have been helping my productivity, because I've already read/edited chapter 6, moving on to chapter 7 in a moment, as well as started writing a new thing. This is the first new piece of writing I've started since finishing Lest They Leave, so this excited me more than anything. I'm not planning on it being terribly long or anything, but I have written a beginning and have an ending in mind, plus it's mostly structured in my head, usually a good sign that I will finish it...

It's written for ladiesbingo's "deities and followers" prompt which I just couldn't leave untouched, now that this round is closing soon (March 31st). It's emulating a religious text, like biblical writings or ancient Greek myths and is the bidding of a fantasy goddess unto her, in these particular fragments, female worshippers. It was nice working a little in my trademark "prosetry" (prose-poetry) style again and I will definitely try to finish this one before the bingo round closes. Even if I don't manage to do a whole line, I can post it as a single during amnesty. That'd be nice.

Because I'm so relieved to be actively writing again and because I'm rather proud of the formatting of this, I'll share the first couple of verses with y'all.

( The Scoll of Maidens, Mothers, Matrons and Mistresses, start... )

Although it's been altogether a quiet day today, things have still happened. I read the rest of the 1905 edition of A Woman Appeared to Me (greatly enjoyed, I still think it works better than the 1904 version, though I miss some of Vally/Lorely's characterisation as well as the physical embodiment of San Giovanni) and got an introduction of the fandom written for bethefirst as well as outlining the concept of the fic I'm gonna write. Hope to begin writing the fic itself next week, maybe...



I've also tagged (RP) with Sylvie and had a lot of fun with that. I'm really looking forward to taking her to a game, I think she'll be a good match there. For now, I've put the prep work for her novella on hold, just until I've finished my read-through of the novel.

I'm at chapter 4, which I hope to finish tonight, then two chapters a day until I should be done by start-next week. I still catch minor (and not so minor) errors, mistakes, typos, etc., so it's a necessary job, although I was always exceedingly bad at the whole editing process.



The date for final draft being due for smallfandombang is drawing nearer and I am just coming to the conclusion that I won't be getting beta work done on my fic. It's okay, I've read it through and am genuinely satisfied with it, so I can live with whatever errors and typos and such that I've overlooked, because the overall impression is really good, if you ask me. I need to skim it before making ready to post, also need to format the motherfucker, so that's gonna take a day's work at least. Once dates for posting have been settled. Artwork is done for it and looks nice, so it's all good. Very satisfied with my contribution for this one, can I just say...



There has been a lot of stuff re: my birthday and finding a date for it, because I wanted my dad and me to combine our birthdays (mine is the 20th, his is April 1st), so I wouldn't have to travel for something big twice in two weeks, and so far I don't know whether we're doing the 28th or 29th, but both dates are in K's vacation time, so no matter what, it should work all right.

I'm going into work tomorrow to pick up Leroux's Phantom of the Opera at my local bookshop, then I'll buy my dad's birthday present on the way back. He's getting some wine glasses and a particular corkscrew he's wished for. Both things should be available in the same store, so that's relatively easy-peasy. But yeah, that's the plan for tomorrow morning. Then, I'll spend the afternoon reading my two chapters and the evening on RP'ing.

Should be a day.

Although I've been hit by hormones, cramps and some more general triggered-ness since visiting my parents last week, overall I've been better than I have been in a while. Things are just quietly rolling along and I'm keeping up as best I can. A lot of stuff is happening on the roleplay front, as well as in terms of writing. More about that in a moment.

I've been suffering from insomnia the past two weeks. Not that I don't sleep at all, but my sleep is interrupted, sporadic and I feel restless trying to stay in bed, when I'm awake. I intend to try and turn it around next week, but for now I'm just living with it. Luckily, I haven't had any actual plans this week, so I have been able to nap throughout the day and just do whatever to exist at night.

I have accumulated, like, 30 books from the library, the various strings of research I'm doing for various writing projects. I really need to turn some of them in, because I've not using all of them anymore, but it takes some spoons, dragging what feels like half a ton worth of books half a kilometer down a steep hill. I might take some of them later today, if I feel like I need the walk and the breath of fresh air.



( RP )



( Writing talk. )



Next week, I'm seeing both my social worker and my therapist, before it's finally March and officially spring and my birthday month, so I'm really just looking to survive February this time around, get to the end of it and not feel too miserable while doing so.

Usually, I begin feeling better on the other side of my birthday. That's the usual cycle. Hoping the same's gonna be the case this year.