fic exchanges and life (esp. the various ways it sucks)

[kennahijja]

Interesting post with lots of input on how to mod anonymous exchanges here. Which I forced myself to read through twice to try and work up a guilt complex for slacking on the fic of rock-bottom, seventh-hell doom... *Why* do I always feel the need to go to sleep *immediately* as soon as my mind strays into 'actually, you should write now' territory?

Granted, I should sleep more and am not feeling up to much today either after locking myself into the back office and crying for half an hour today over karaontai having to put to sleep a cat which I'd known since it was a teensy kitten 16 or so years ago :(. Damn, Sheila, I'll miss you - you were such a cuddly, uncomplicated furry bundle and I loved you dearly!

Somehow, things suck this month apart from *me* doing fine... There are those months, but it's time this one's over.

Writing-wise at least I have nine hours on a train in front of me next-next weekend, so I'll take laptop and do (hopefully) last minute writing and editing without disruption.
*crosses fingers*

Comments

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

So sorry about your cat woe. They are the best friends.

And with unashamed selfishness I vote that you should sleep less and write more :-) What is the fic in question and why so doomy?

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

It's strange that I went to bits like that after not having seen Sheila for almost ten years since my best friend Kara went to the US... Still, I've known her ever since she (and her sister) were teensy kittens :(.

The fic... I think the problem is that it's the only exchange prompt I've ever been seriously unhappy with (not because I can't do it, but because it's what I've been doing forever, and way too close to what I've written just before). There's absolutely no thrill to it, and I just can't find the energy to write it, *grumbles*.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Not knowing the prompt I don't know what to say. You can't work something novel into it, like Ron-performs-sexual-services-to-pay-a-life-debt-to-the-Malfoys-and-frustrates-Lucius's-evil-plans-by-polyjuicing-into-Kreacher-every-night?

No sorry, I have no useful suggestions. Good luck though!