luxken27 | The best laid plans of mice and men...

So. Its approximately 8 days until Christmas (o.O I know), and I have yet to post any of the promised holiday Sess/Kag series I was so excited about (and even conducted research for). And...

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be writing it. :(

You know how life has a habit of getting in your fandom way? LOL, well, that's what happened to me. In the month since I conceived that series, I've acquired a full-time job (which, including travel time, amounts to 12-hour days, five days a week) and I've started extensive renovations on my living space on the weekends - both of which have unsettled my muses greatly, especially moving out of my room and becoming, in effect, a nomad in my own house. Not fun, for fleeting inspirations which require comfortable environs in which to flourish - or for someone who just craves privacy :-/

I literally haven't had adequate time to -sleep-, much less do anything creative.

There is good news, however! I did make a complete outline of the story (events in place and sequence), and I have a veritable notebook full of inspiration pieces, so this thing will eventually come to fruition. Whether that means after the holidays, in July, or even next Christmas ~ the elements are there, waiting to be molded and shaped into place.

Because I put off work on my current WIPs in order to devote time and headspace to this, that means I have officially reverted back. Besides working on my MiroSanta exchange piece (which means I *will* have something holiday themed to offer this year), I am hoping that I will have the next chapter of Fleeting out by the end of the year. If all goes well, hopefully another piece of Fragments will be ready as well.

I know what needs to happen in both stories, but its just a matter of the characters speaking to me again. (They...don't like it when I put them through the wringer, heh). I seem to have placated Sesshoumaru a bit with Dream Lover (although, in his Very Special Way, he is still grumbling about what's left for him in Fleeting), and where he goes, my Sango muse follows.

So - huzzah! I might just post fic worth reading again in the foreseeable future!

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My muses, the whole gang of them, seem to have gone on winter break. I think they took my inner Inu with them as well. They're being replaced by Historian, who doesn't write much, just reads. Today, I'm in the late Bronze Age. Europe. That's a long way from the Sengoku Jidai.

Maybe I should put Ouzo in Pink's sake bottle...If I can find her.

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Muses need breaks, too, sometimes :P Besides, who knows what will be waiting for ya when they get back from their roundabouts? :D

It sucks to realize you're just not going to have time to do something that you had your heart set on (believe me, I know that pain so well this year). But that just means you can devote the necessary time to it, and bring it to us when it's ready rather than rushing to finish it before Christmas. I am shamelessly looking forward to more of Fragments, though. LOL

I might just post fic worth reading again in the foreseeable future!

This implies that you've posted fic not worth reading, which is decidedly untrue.

that just means you can devote the necessary time to it, and bring it to us when it's ready rather than rushing to finish it before Christmas

I was *so* looking forward to this, too, because I don't usually write light-hearted comedy pieces. *slides eyes towards Nihon Idol* With good reason, LOL.

And yeah, it was like ~ once I gave myself permission to miss this self-imposed deadline, the muses unclenched. I felt much better about the whole thing, even though I hope folks aren't terribly disappointed :-/

I am shamelessly looking forward to more of Fragments, though. LOL

LOL! :D I've known what's happening since I posted the last piece, but again - waiting for the emotions to settle so it'll be just right. That universe has grown so far beyond what I ever anticipated...

This implies that you've posted fic not worth reading, which is decidedly untrue.

We'll just have to agree to disagree? Heh, I've also been looking back over some of the things I haven't posted (or have taken down), so perhaps that colors my opinion.

where he goes, my Sango muse follows.

so, does that mean you'll be writing Sess/San next? ;}

And I know all about moving upsetting the muses. Don't worry - I'm sure they'll eventually come back. If it's like mine - with a vengence!

so, does that mean you'll be writing Sess/San next? ;}

Not likely. My Sess muse feeds my Sango muse; they are almost one and the same in my head. Which I find amusing, since apparently I write Sango very well but don't have the same luck with Sesshoumaru. LOL okay!

And I know all about moving upsetting the muses. Don't worry - I'm sure they'll eventually come back. If it's like mine - with a vengence!

They're trying to already, but its a matter of carving out time to indulge them. That's hard to do when you spend most of your time away from your primary writing environment! (Though the 100-mile round trip drive to work is a good time to incubate ideas...)

LOL - I was just poking at you - taking what you said literally.

I used to get a lot of ideas worked out in my head in Dallas traffic. I didn't have to drive as far as you, but it still usually took 45 minutes on average each way - longer if there was any traffic tieups. Anyway, when you drive the same route every day you don't really have to pay that much attention - or at least it seemed like I was driving by rote half the time. You learn to make what use of your time in the car you can since you can't do much else, anyway.

While a part of me is like D: over the lack of the fic and your insanely busy RL, the rest is :D that you have such extensive notes and such.

If all goes well, hopefully another piece of Fragments will be ready as well.
*fangirls* I love Fragments so much and... this makes me happy. XD

They...don't like it when I put them through the wringer, heh
I want your wringer. You manage to extract all the good stuff from them (mine require coercion and don't even perform in the end, LOL!)

And I second what

eggplantlady said! <3

While a part of me is like D: over the lack of the fic and your insanely busy RL, the rest is :D that you have such extensive notes and such.

I knew a few weeks in advance that I'd be starting a new job, and I anticipated that quite a bit of my time would be taken up by it (though - not quite this much o.O), so I made sure I had an outline to work from.

And then all hell broke loose, unfortunately. But I posted some smut, and a little drabble for

mirsan_fics, so I'm slowly getting there. Hell, even my Allegiance muse wants in on the action! :P

But - yeah. This idea isn't going anywhere; it's just going to take more time to develop to a point where I'm happy with it.

*fangirls* I love Fragments so much and... this makes me happy. XD

Hooray! LOL :P

Gotta put out another Fleeting installment first, though. I feel bad for neglecting it ~ its like my baby.

I want your wringer. You manage to extract all the good stuff from them (mine require coercion and don't even perform in the end, LOL!)

LOL - you think I don't have to bribe them, too? ZOMG Sesshoumaru can pitch a right big hissy fit when he wants to (though, admittedly, its not so much a 'fit' as 'I'm not even going to acknowledge you right now, GDI'), and he has done that a few times during our journey through Fleeting. But I'm patient, because I know eventually I'll get what I want from him. Goodness knows I've worked on him long enough...

Aw, that's too bad. But I think all of us can understand RL getting in the way. ;)

So excited about the possibility of an update. :D

Not half as excited as I am, haha.

Those muses are such fragile things, aren't they? Big changes for you! All good I hope :)

I definitely look forward to reading more Fleeting, have been missing that one!

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