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Wigglies And Swiss Cheese, Etc.
Nov. 8th, 2024 04:18 pmThis morning I racked up over 5,000 words for TKA, so now I've clocked 45 pages and 21,082 words in just 8 days which is amaaaaaazing for me and the NaNo. I might manage to go over the 50,000 words before the end of the month, which is GREAT because I'm aiming for 80,000-ish words for TKA in the end.
I'm jumping around scenes and sections of the story the same way I wrote Horror High and Storm Season and that seems to be working really well for me. It somewhat gives me mental whiplash at times, though, jumping from scene-to-scene, especially when it's like a really serious or depressing scene and then jumping to a really fluffy or happy scene. I just did that recently and it was like... whoa. But at the same time, going to writing depressing shit to lighthearted stuff can be really good for me, mentally, too, it's like a lil vacation for my mind.
I am starting to get a little worried that there's too much dialogue and not enough descriptive text so far, but I have a long way to go, so hopefully I can turn that around. Plus there's always the editing phase, which is a whole 'nother ballywhack. :|
In regards to post-Storm Season stuff, I started working on Echoes a bit yesterday (Destiel porn so far lmao), and I think I want to work on Kindling some, but for some reason I am AVOIDING Teeth even though it's the next one I should be working on. Technically I already skipped it to write Nightingale. Anyway, I also changed the title of "Stalagmites" to "Serendipity", which I like better and I think suits the fic better as well. *shrug*
Today Mom took me out to Walmart and I got a gift card for Lois for Christmas, so tomorrow I'm going to wrap everything for Dad and Lois up and bake a batch of shortbread cookies for them so I can deliver their Christmas stuff on Sunday when we go down to take my stuff for storage. I need to go through the boxes in the basement for some big enough for a couple of the things, and dig out the Christmas wrap that's under my bed since the rest of it is all in the garage still, we haven't brought it in yet. But yeah, that's the plan.
Kaida is getting huge. He's maybe half the size of an adult axolotl? Maybe? Give or take, anyway. It's getting harder for him to find places to hide in the tank and he doesn't seem to feel the NEED to hide as much, but he still manages it from time to time. Mostly he just hangs out in the food drop zone, which is hilarious to me. He's not stupid!
Mom and I are going to Elmvale on Tuesday to pick up two other 'lotls from the woman I got Kaida from originally. I'm going to name one "Haku" but I haven't decided on the other, I kind of want to go with "Tatsuya" to keep the Japanese Dragon Naming Theme, but I also like the name "Falcor", so?? Yeah, I'll PROBABLY go with Tatsuya ("Tatsu" for short), but I'll decide for sure once they've been in the tank for a couple of days and I get to know them a little better.
The woman I'm getting them from says they're not so much like "underwater bunnies" as some people say, though, so if one of them turns out to be the opposite gender I don't have to panic. Apparently her boyfriend has had a mixed tank for YEARS and only had eggs like twice. And if you just scoop them out and discard them, it's no big deal. So I mean... there's that.
I've been working on tons of wiggly foxes right now, the batch that I was working on originally that's almost done as well as a set of four for Trunks for Christmas, a black-and-orange one, a Christmas one and a belated Halloween one with a candy corn tail. Plus the Rainbow Dash and starry void ones that Poe suggested that I'm avoiding because reasons.
I need to take my finished wigglies out to Mom's car to take pics of them hanging from the rear view mirror for my Etsy listings. Apparently any listings that have less than two pics they don't show in searches anymore, so it's like... I need more photos, and I don't really have any other ideas besides the rear view mirror one. Maybe some on the Christmas tree once we put it up? idek. I'm not good at this whole Etsy thing.
Yesterday my monstera clipping came in the mail. I paid the extra dollar and got a rooted clipping, and the seller sent me an extra clipping as well, so that was nice. I need to leave a good review for them ASAP. Anyway, I planted them and assuming they take properly, one (new!Castiel) is eventually going into the aquarium while I think I'll see if Mom wants the other one. She might like it, it's like a swiss cheese monstera or whatever so it's neat. Otherwise I'll keep both of them.
.....
I tried emailing Poe again the other day and they still won't email me back. I don't know why they have to be this way, but the more this goes on the more I think I actually AM better off without them, after all. And thinking that hurts like hell because they were somehow the best friend I've ever had despite the neglect and abuse. So, what does that say about me and my friendships, really? It's a sad state of affairs.
I'm jumping around scenes and sections of the story the same way I wrote Horror High and Storm Season and that seems to be working really well for me. It somewhat gives me mental whiplash at times, though, jumping from scene-to-scene, especially when it's like a really serious or depressing scene and then jumping to a really fluffy or happy scene. I just did that recently and it was like... whoa. But at the same time, going to writing depressing shit to lighthearted stuff can be really good for me, mentally, too, it's like a lil vacation for my mind.
I am starting to get a little worried that there's too much dialogue and not enough descriptive text so far, but I have a long way to go, so hopefully I can turn that around. Plus there's always the editing phase, which is a whole 'nother ballywhack. :|
In regards to post-Storm Season stuff, I started working on Echoes a bit yesterday (Destiel porn so far lmao), and I think I want to work on Kindling some, but for some reason I am AVOIDING Teeth even though it's the next one I should be working on. Technically I already skipped it to write Nightingale. Anyway, I also changed the title of "Stalagmites" to "Serendipity", which I like better and I think suits the fic better as well. *shrug*
Today Mom took me out to Walmart and I got a gift card for Lois for Christmas, so tomorrow I'm going to wrap everything for Dad and Lois up and bake a batch of shortbread cookies for them so I can deliver their Christmas stuff on Sunday when we go down to take my stuff for storage. I need to go through the boxes in the basement for some big enough for a couple of the things, and dig out the Christmas wrap that's under my bed since the rest of it is all in the garage still, we haven't brought it in yet. But yeah, that's the plan.
Kaida is getting huge. He's maybe half the size of an adult axolotl? Maybe? Give or take, anyway. It's getting harder for him to find places to hide in the tank and he doesn't seem to feel the NEED to hide as much, but he still manages it from time to time. Mostly he just hangs out in the food drop zone, which is hilarious to me. He's not stupid!
Mom and I are going to Elmvale on Tuesday to pick up two other 'lotls from the woman I got Kaida from originally. I'm going to name one "Haku" but I haven't decided on the other, I kind of want to go with "Tatsuya" to keep the Japanese Dragon Naming Theme, but I also like the name "Falcor", so?? Yeah, I'll PROBABLY go with Tatsuya ("Tatsu" for short), but I'll decide for sure once they've been in the tank for a couple of days and I get to know them a little better.
The woman I'm getting them from says they're not so much like "underwater bunnies" as some people say, though, so if one of them turns out to be the opposite gender I don't have to panic. Apparently her boyfriend has had a mixed tank for YEARS and only had eggs like twice. And if you just scoop them out and discard them, it's no big deal. So I mean... there's that.
I've been working on tons of wiggly foxes right now, the batch that I was working on originally that's almost done as well as a set of four for Trunks for Christmas, a black-and-orange one, a Christmas one and a belated Halloween one with a candy corn tail. Plus the Rainbow Dash and starry void ones that Poe suggested that I'm avoiding because reasons.
I need to take my finished wigglies out to Mom's car to take pics of them hanging from the rear view mirror for my Etsy listings. Apparently any listings that have less than two pics they don't show in searches anymore, so it's like... I need more photos, and I don't really have any other ideas besides the rear view mirror one. Maybe some on the Christmas tree once we put it up? idek. I'm not good at this whole Etsy thing.
Yesterday my monstera clipping came in the mail. I paid the extra dollar and got a rooted clipping, and the seller sent me an extra clipping as well, so that was nice. I need to leave a good review for them ASAP. Anyway, I planted them and assuming they take properly, one (new!Castiel) is eventually going into the aquarium while I think I'll see if Mom wants the other one. She might like it, it's like a swiss cheese monstera or whatever so it's neat. Otherwise I'll keep both of them.
.....
I tried emailing Poe again the other day and they still won't email me back. I don't know why they have to be this way, but the more this goes on the more I think I actually AM better off without them, after all. And thinking that hurts like hell because they were somehow the best friend I've ever had despite the neglect and abuse. So, what does that say about me and my friendships, really? It's a sad state of affairs.
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