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3 years ago
So here's a quick-ish, general overall update on what's up with me and my writing.
On a personal level, I've been mostly on an upswing mood-wise, barring the occasional incident, but even the 'down' days are mostly manageable. I still struggle with finding good times to get writing done, but my meds are helping (still working on dosages, but I'm kinda liking the one I'm on now) and this is primarily a case of still trying to work against years of bad habits.
So I'm slowly working on the denouement for Conversion. I've got it outlined and I'm working on it a bit at a time. I could go into more detail on that but I can't think of anything I'd say that I haven't already said about it a half-dozen times already.
Something else competing for writing time/energy, though, is that I'm also working on a story for an anthology in
gwydion78's 'Argent City' setting. As that's got a deadline I've been prioritizing that, but I've been trying to find time to work on both it and Conversion so I don't get burned out. I haven't said anything about it previously because all the time I've spent fighting my own brain when it comes to finishing things (let alone on a schedule) have honestly made me afraid to publicly say I'm working on it before I've finished it. I'm trying to keep this update positive, but I'm at least going to be up-front there. (I've also been planning to do a bit of an edit on Let Sleeping Foxes Lie, but only so many hours in the day and all that.)
Song in the Dark isn't on any sort of official hiatus, but until I've got some movement on the above stuff I'm not tackling anything else story-wise right now so it hasn't even really been on my brain.
The only other thing I've got going on creatively is that I run a weekly Exalted game, and I post regular updates for that over on my writing/gaming blog. In theory I post other gaming-related stuff there, but right now it's just the Exalted stuff and the rare product announcement.
Other than that, nothing major in the pipeline. I'm planning to attend Anthrocon this year, and if anyone wants to meet up there and talk we can work something out, but this far out I can't make any real promises regarding how social I'll be during the con. I'm still a little twitchy about it, especially after the private mini-meltdown I had at Fur the 'More. I might do another convention later this year, but I'm not sure.
I do know that for once I won't be attending Gencon, mostly due to difficulties getting a downtown hotel room close to the convention center. Another year I wouldn't mind driving back and forth between the city center and a cheap hotel on the outskirts (at least theoretically, I haven't tried it), but between having a roommate with anxiety who'd be there with me and my own struggles on that front, I feel like I'd need a room I could walk to if I need to retreat from the convention space, and on principle I'm not letting myself get gouged on off-block downtown rooms any more.
Not really sure what else to say here, so if you've got any questions, just ask.
On a personal level, I've been mostly on an upswing mood-wise, barring the occasional incident, but even the 'down' days are mostly manageable. I still struggle with finding good times to get writing done, but my meds are helping (still working on dosages, but I'm kinda liking the one I'm on now) and this is primarily a case of still trying to work against years of bad habits.
So I'm slowly working on the denouement for Conversion. I've got it outlined and I'm working on it a bit at a time. I could go into more detail on that but I can't think of anything I'd say that I haven't already said about it a half-dozen times already.
Something else competing for writing time/energy, though, is that I'm also working on a story for an anthology in
gwydion78's 'Argent City' setting. As that's got a deadline I've been prioritizing that, but I've been trying to find time to work on both it and Conversion so I don't get burned out. I haven't said anything about it previously because all the time I've spent fighting my own brain when it comes to finishing things (let alone on a schedule) have honestly made me afraid to publicly say I'm working on it before I've finished it. I'm trying to keep this update positive, but I'm at least going to be up-front there. (I've also been planning to do a bit of an edit on Let Sleeping Foxes Lie, but only so many hours in the day and all that.)Song in the Dark isn't on any sort of official hiatus, but until I've got some movement on the above stuff I'm not tackling anything else story-wise right now so it hasn't even really been on my brain.
The only other thing I've got going on creatively is that I run a weekly Exalted game, and I post regular updates for that over on my writing/gaming blog. In theory I post other gaming-related stuff there, but right now it's just the Exalted stuff and the rare product announcement.
Other than that, nothing major in the pipeline. I'm planning to attend Anthrocon this year, and if anyone wants to meet up there and talk we can work something out, but this far out I can't make any real promises regarding how social I'll be during the con. I'm still a little twitchy about it, especially after the private mini-meltdown I had at Fur the 'More. I might do another convention later this year, but I'm not sure.
I do know that for once I won't be attending Gencon, mostly due to difficulties getting a downtown hotel room close to the convention center. Another year I wouldn't mind driving back and forth between the city center and a cheap hotel on the outskirts (at least theoretically, I haven't tried it), but between having a roommate with anxiety who'd be there with me and my own struggles on that front, I feel like I'd need a room I could walk to if I need to retreat from the convention space, and on principle I'm not letting myself get gouged on off-block downtown rooms any more.
Not really sure what else to say here, so if you've got any questions, just ask.
rick2tails
~rick2tails
well I want to meet up during the con for sure .just depends on when and where works best for you
