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Well, I guess I know what I'm using my DW account for. Time to back stuff up. speaking of Dreamwidth, I have five invite codes if anyone needs one. I'm also thinking about having Collarcorner over on DW, also as back up should things go haywire again.
Interesting news; a few days ago I learned from my dad that my aunt was in charge of hiring the background cast for Cowboys and Aliens. I thought that pretty dang nifty, especially since it's the one movie we've been waiting all summer to see.
I've been feeling rather cruddy the past couple of days and can't quite figure out why. I want to say it's allergies since that's what it feels like - the worst dang allergies I'd ever had. Except A) it's sporadic, where as the last time I had it this bad it was constant and B) last time there was a source - having a bird in my room. Said bird has long since passed away, and I cleaned my room pretty thoroughly not that long ago. I thought that, maybe, it was something I kept eating, then thought that maybe it was the tap water, then thought maybe it had something to do with how hot it's been. But I've stopped eating the thing I thought might be causing the problem, started drinking bottled water by the ton and... I'm still not sure since, as I said, it comes and goes. At this point, I really don't know anymore. Tomorrow I plan on giving my room an even more thorough clean to see if that helps.
On the writing front, I finally started my Collarcorner fic exchange story after three plots and three outline rewrites. Funny thing is that it wasn't until I started writing that plot number three - the winner - finally popped into my mind practically fully formed. I seem to have this habit of starting with long, complicated, confusing ideas that absolutely refuse to settle into something simple and doable, only for the plot to suddenly, out of nowhere, settle into something simple and doable. It's like the idea was there all the time but the big, complicated idea refused to get out of its way and let me see it. And it's frustrating, because why wasn't I able to come up with this sooner since it's so dang simple! It's basically become the story of how I come up with all my stories.
Interesting news; a few days ago I learned from my dad that my aunt was in charge of hiring the background cast for Cowboys and Aliens. I thought that pretty dang nifty, especially since it's the one movie we've been waiting all summer to see.
I've been feeling rather cruddy the past couple of days and can't quite figure out why. I want to say it's allergies since that's what it feels like - the worst dang allergies I'd ever had. Except A) it's sporadic, where as the last time I had it this bad it was constant and B) last time there was a source - having a bird in my room. Said bird has long since passed away, and I cleaned my room pretty thoroughly not that long ago. I thought that, maybe, it was something I kept eating, then thought that maybe it was the tap water, then thought maybe it had something to do with how hot it's been. But I've stopped eating the thing I thought might be causing the problem, started drinking bottled water by the ton and... I'm still not sure since, as I said, it comes and goes. At this point, I really don't know anymore. Tomorrow I plan on giving my room an even more thorough clean to see if that helps.
On the writing front, I finally started my Collarcorner fic exchange story after three plots and three outline rewrites. Funny thing is that it wasn't until I started writing that plot number three - the winner - finally popped into my mind practically fully formed. I seem to have this habit of starting with long, complicated, confusing ideas that absolutely refuse to settle into something simple and doable, only for the plot to suddenly, out of nowhere, settle into something simple and doable. It's like the idea was there all the time but the big, complicated idea refused to get out of its way and let me see it. And it's frustrating, because why wasn't I able to come up with this sooner since it's so dang simple! It's basically become the story of how I come up with all my stories.
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Date: 2011-07-30 12:52 am (UTC)From:The thing about Dreamwidth is that it's a little more private than LJ. The only way to get an account is if you pay for it or if you get invited by someone else. It might also be a security thing, making it harder for people to hack in since access isn't as easy, I don't know.
Mines a case fic as well and, yeah, those case fic - like trying to wrangle a wet, angry cat. I'm usually pretty quick about coming up with story ideas and writing them, but not this time. Now I'm really glad I made the due date the end of October rather than something sooner.
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Date: 2011-07-30 01:06 am (UTC)From:Well, I admit, I have some issues with DW - what you call private I call elitist. I don't feel welcome there, so I wont register anytime soon, no matter how many codes I get offered.
Yeah, I mean, the show can get away with plot holes, they just have to throw a little Bomer godness in and I get "oh shiney!" that I don't even realize that they put one over me until the episode is over. But as a writer it has to be perfect logical and interesting - somewhat difficult to archieve. But I'm going there. but it's great that so many writers are mentioning that they are occupied with the exchange, shows that they really put effort in their stories. I have the feeling that the result will be overwhelming - and exactly what we'll need in the middle of the hiatus.