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Miscellaneous: Story status updates
So I have good news and bad news - which do you want first? I'll even be nice and let you pick your poison:
The good news: the next installment of Allegiance will be up very soon! A version of it is sitting at a contest community as we speak, but as per usual, it will be revised a bit before becoming part of the 'official' series collection. I'm thrilled to have written for this series again, after letting it languish for yet another month :-/ and hope to be finding a permanent home for it again, soon.
The bad news: that's the only update on any of my current WIPs I can promise for the foreseeable future.
RL is literally beating me with a stick right now, and the academic brain has firmly taken hold. I've looked through the rest of the month and I'll literally have no time to devote to any of my series, including Nihon Idol and Fleeting. So, I apologize in advance for the distinct lack of updates on both; it upsets me just as much as it does you guys, because I like having a steady creative pace to counterbalance all the data analyses I do during the day. :P
I am hoping this self-imposed hiatus will be short, but can make no promises. At the very top of my agenda the next time I have a period of free time is working on the next chapter of Nihon Idol - I'm very excited about the turn of the plot, and getting a chance to work not only on some Inu/Kag, but some Mir/San as well.
#2 on the list is the next installment of Fleeting; there are currently several paths I'm contemplating, trying to figure out how best to move the story forward and yet keep the speculations alive :) Usually the muses are awake and working on these things in the background, but unfortunately, not so much this time (thanks fandom dramaz *eyeroll*).
I'll still be here on LJ, reading and supporting my favorite authors, running my comms, and maybe posting the occasional short fic for a contest (I never say I'm stopping completely - you can never tell when the muses will bust out again!!), but I wanted to let you guys know what was up, especially everyone who's been so supportive of Fleeting. I really appreciate it, and hope I can count on you to stay patient just a little while longer :)
ALSO: I haven't forgotten my open challenge thread, and thanks to everyone who requested something from me. Those are pretty top priority as well, and may have a better chance of sneaking out over this hella busy time period than anything else (as they are standalone pieces).
The good news: the next installment of Allegiance will be up very soon! A version of it is sitting at a contest community as we speak, but as per usual, it will be revised a bit before becoming part of the 'official' series collection. I'm thrilled to have written for this series again, after letting it languish for yet another month :-/ and hope to be finding a permanent home for it again, soon.
The bad news: that's the only update on any of my current WIPs I can promise for the foreseeable future.
RL is literally beating me with a stick right now, and the academic brain has firmly taken hold. I've looked through the rest of the month and I'll literally have no time to devote to any of my series, including Nihon Idol and Fleeting. So, I apologize in advance for the distinct lack of updates on both; it upsets me just as much as it does you guys, because I like having a steady creative pace to counterbalance all the data analyses I do during the day. :P
I am hoping this self-imposed hiatus will be short, but can make no promises. At the very top of my agenda the next time I have a period of free time is working on the next chapter of Nihon Idol - I'm very excited about the turn of the plot, and getting a chance to work not only on some Inu/Kag, but some Mir/San as well.
#2 on the list is the next installment of Fleeting; there are currently several paths I'm contemplating, trying to figure out how best to move the story forward and yet keep the speculations alive :) Usually the muses are awake and working on these things in the background, but unfortunately, not so much this time (thanks fandom dramaz *eyeroll*).
I'll still be here on LJ, reading and supporting my favorite authors, running my comms, and maybe posting the occasional short fic for a contest (I never say I'm stopping completely - you can never tell when the muses will bust out again!!), but I wanted to let you guys know what was up, especially everyone who's been so supportive of Fleeting. I really appreciate it, and hope I can count on you to stay patient just a little while longer :)
ALSO: I haven't forgotten my open challenge thread, and thanks to everyone who requested something from me. Those are pretty top priority as well, and may have a better chance of sneaking out over this hella busy time period than anything else (as they are standalone pieces).
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But sometimes, in my case, it backfires. Pink the Plotbunny is trying to make me go beat my hubby up and insist we go to the Oregon coast for a few days so she can have fresher ammunition to weave into her plots. I'm trying to resist. She really wants to go to western Scotland, but I told her the US will have to suffice...but she grumbled a lot.
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I wish it was merely research. No, it's that time of year - I've got an exam, a research proposal, and my master's thesis project all due very, very soon. Especially for the latter, there's still a ton of work to do. So, yeah, pretty much any sort of fun is going right out the window for the time being, not just precious writing time :-/
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Thesis projects...shudders. I love to do the research and proposals. I hate to write the research.
No fun time.
I will send good vibes your way....
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Thanks for the vibes - the next few months are going to feel rather dicey, I fear!
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I do it all the time still. It's easier when you don't have deadlines or have to write publishable theses and articles and defend it...
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Let me trade places with you, LOL. For me, analysing the data is almost anti-climatic, after all the work it takes to get it. But I'm guessing our fields might hold the key, here - I'm in the natural sciences and detail. is. everything. OMG :P
I do it all the time still. It's easier when you don't have deadlines or have to write publishable theses and articles and defend it...
...and when you actually find your subject obsessively interesting.
I like researching, period, but it helps when I have an deep-seeded inherent interest in the subject at hand as well. Its one of the reasons I don't mind pushing my boundaries when I write stories, because I don't mind looking up stuff I don't understand and incorporating my findings into my fics.
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Updates will be here before you know it =)
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Indeed. I just need a bit of Sesshoumaru's drive to get through the next month or so, LOL.
At least you won't have to worry about the wank.
*crosses fingers* Here's hoping!!
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:/
~~me~~
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^_^
I understand - academic brain is kinna important what with all the RL stuff going on *nodsnods*
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I just thought it'd be courteous to give an explanation before being inundated with "when you gonna update?" reviews. I've already gotten a few o.O but luckily, it seems most of you guys are uber patient, and I really appreciate that =)
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I think it's great that you can get into "academic mindset." So, go do your stuff so you can come back and do your stuff. ^_~ Readers wait for quality work, so no worries!
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I think it's great that you can get into "academic mindset."
You do what you have to do, to get your work done. I appreciate the support =)
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