Testing, testing

No, I’m not posting a commentary on another BSG ep. Yet.

No, I’m sort of getting other stuff done today. I’ve been meaning to clean house for a while, and it’s Monday, and there’s no job to drive off to so today’s the day. It’s nearly 9 - I’ve already made a batch of almond lemon curd, done a load of dishes, made coffee, sent off a resume for a part time position (YAY for email and people who use it) and will probably snail mail another before the day is through.

Over the weekend I spent a lot of time re-reading and taking notes on a prior fic novel, to whittle away further at the prep work to write the sequel to it. It’s been a few years, much to my dismay. The sequel is something I thought I had a handle on several times over the last year, but something always happened to derail it. As Seema said the other day, sometimes taking a long break really helps regenerate the interest in whatever you’ve lost interest in, and that certainly seems to be the case. I also have a 60+ page WIP that I’d stalled on, and the solution flashed into my head the other night — I’ve been deleting pages of dialogue and rewriting it in hour-long sessions, off and on. I’m letting another WIP rest, after both Seema and I had a go at it.

In between, I’ve found a yoga podcast, rented yoga dvds from Netflix, and generally tried to figure out how to keep my habit despite the oncoming end of my ability to attend actual classes. At fourteen bucks a lesson, it’s not in my budget. I have to find a job. Doggone it.

Yes, I’m really feeling more motivated these days to write, and I think allowing myself to let go of Trek, to not feel bad about enjoying wank, and not to feel the annual SNW pressure has helped. I also think rediscovering characters and circumstances is major, and there’s no point in forcing something if you don’t have any passion in answering the questions or moving the characters forward.

(Hopefully that made sense; I’ve got two margaritas in my system and very little sleep).