Comfortably Numb...
It's been one of those months. You know the kind, where life, career and romance all seem to be non-existent and your time somehow seems to be equally split between sleeping and staring blankly at the same four walls? If it wasn't for my friends I'd have been certifiable weeks ago.
I'm fortunate enough to have some good friends, who've put up with a lot of prima-donna BS from me in the last few months. I don't tell them how much it's appreciated anywhere near enough and as in all friendships, sometimes things don't run as smoothly as they could. I love them all dearly, and hope to still be calling them friends when I'm older and more decrepid. Thank you guys, if you're reading.
For a number of reasons I've decided to re-invent myself a little. Part of this change will be the promised redesign of the blog, along with the opening of an official Fallen Skies blog. It's always been part of my plan to have a web presence for the series, though the idea itself's gone through a few changes over time. As things stand, the FS blog will probably end up as a geek-haven; I'm currently in the process of compiling a reference file for the books to keep track of the story-arcs and character developments. If any of you out there have any suggestions about potential site content feel free to leave a comment about them or e-mail me.
Speaking of writing, I've been lax with that recently and fallen behind schedule a little, so for the next few days I intend to hammer away at the second story. I've got the synopsis and chapter breakdown finished, and have two-and-a-half first-draft chapters, so it shouldn't be too hard to catch up. I was hoping to have the first draft completed by next weekend but that's looking doubtful. I need to re-learn how to balance work, social-life and writing again following the change of jobs.
On the plus side I've started work on the role-playing game again. I've stripped it right back to the basics and rebuilt it. So far it's going through the stress-testing phase, and I'm still finding bits that really aren't needed, but it seems to be shaping up okay. I'm still undecided whether or not to distribute it and if so how, but I'll probably post the decision here in the long run. If anybody's interested in play-testing the first draft, drop me a line.
Anyway, that's enough random navel-gazing from me. I have a few things to do and not enough time to do them in.
Take care Sleepsville. I'll rant again soon, I promise.
Edit: I've just noticed this blog had it's first birthday yesterday. Yay.
I'm fortunate enough to have some good friends, who've put up with a lot of prima-donna BS from me in the last few months. I don't tell them how much it's appreciated anywhere near enough and as in all friendships, sometimes things don't run as smoothly as they could. I love them all dearly, and hope to still be calling them friends when I'm older and more decrepid. Thank you guys, if you're reading.
For a number of reasons I've decided to re-invent myself a little. Part of this change will be the promised redesign of the blog, along with the opening of an official Fallen Skies blog. It's always been part of my plan to have a web presence for the series, though the idea itself's gone through a few changes over time. As things stand, the FS blog will probably end up as a geek-haven; I'm currently in the process of compiling a reference file for the books to keep track of the story-arcs and character developments. If any of you out there have any suggestions about potential site content feel free to leave a comment about them or e-mail me.
Speaking of writing, I've been lax with that recently and fallen behind schedule a little, so for the next few days I intend to hammer away at the second story. I've got the synopsis and chapter breakdown finished, and have two-and-a-half first-draft chapters, so it shouldn't be too hard to catch up. I was hoping to have the first draft completed by next weekend but that's looking doubtful. I need to re-learn how to balance work, social-life and writing again following the change of jobs.
On the plus side I've started work on the role-playing game again. I've stripped it right back to the basics and rebuilt it. So far it's going through the stress-testing phase, and I'm still finding bits that really aren't needed, but it seems to be shaping up okay. I'm still undecided whether or not to distribute it and if so how, but I'll probably post the decision here in the long run. If anybody's interested in play-testing the first draft, drop me a line.
Anyway, that's enough random navel-gazing from me. I have a few things to do and not enough time to do them in.
Take care Sleepsville. I'll rant again soon, I promise.
Edit: I've just noticed this blog had it's first birthday yesterday. Yay.
I am glad things are moving along for you and your book. Nice to see that you started posting again. Take care.
Do you write this anymore girl. It seems to have been nearly a year since its first birthday and no blog! Call yourself a loudmouth blogger? Well, no you probably don't, but your friends do. I used to quite enjoy reading it and raising several eyebrows to your comments - even if I couldn't actually be arsed to reply to them. Well, I was living with you after all and so there wasn't much point. But now I am not co-habitting and demand entertainment damn you! Get writing and if you are even slightly upset by my tone then rethink whether you wanted all those demanding fans screaming for the next utterance from in the form of your virtual verbosity
nice to see you survived the 90's and a 'writer' to boot!
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