[Weekend] Sunday (Lack of) Sun

Craptastic weather out there again today...windy, rainy, overcast...good thing we went out yesterday, because today looks like it's going to be a day for staying inside. Not to fear, we've got the Daytona 500 to watch (as well as a dvd performance of Tosca that Emm took out of the library), and I don't have anything pressing to work on. As long as I make it a point to get some writing work done, it won't be a bad day. :)

Depending on the weather tomorrow, we may go to Amoeba, as we haven't gone there for quite some time. I'm still surprised at how infrequently I've been stopping at music stores. On the other hand, I've been doing a lot of online downloading (again, thank you eMusic and elsewhere), which of course is cheaper and takes up less physical space. Still, I may go through the cd collection today and see what I can pare down...I'm sure there's some in there I can trade in, even if it's for a buck or so.

Speaking of paring down...we still need to go through more of our books, particularly the hardcovers and nonfic books. Once we're through everything we'll do another Great Book Giveaway. Not sure when it'll happen, but I'll let everyone know as soon as we're good with the list. :)

...and back to writing. I admit I've been lazy the last few days, partly due to being busy with work and other things, but of course the weekend is always a good time to recoup and start over again. I'm probably two or three scenes away from finishing the dreaded Chapter 2 of CFMWH (which is proving to be more frustrating than I expected), but it should smooth out on the next chapter. This book is very unlike anything I've ever written, for many reasons (including never having written a time travel story before), so this one has definitely been an interesting experience. Frustrating at times, but also fun. Learned quite a bit as well! More on this at the oter LJ later on today if I have the time.

OH! And chances are I might be able to get a LOT of writing done this week, as tomorrow I've got the day off (President's Day holiday), but also Wednesday as well. I'm taking that day off because the building management is supposed to FINALLY come in and take a look at the crack in the wall and the broken window. Of course I knew they were going to say "we'll be in sometime between 9am and 4pm," so even though I'd have been working from home that day, I figure taking the whole day off would make more sense so I don't have to stop what I'm doing. So in the meantime, I can power up the PC and get some work done while I'm waiting. That's the plan, anyway!

More possibly later...have a swell day, kids! :)

[Weekend] Sunday (Lack of) Sun, Pt 2

Whew!

I've just finished doing some switcheroo-ing in the bedroom. I took out the wooden IKEA boxes full of writing and whatnot that I had in the closet, put the writing on the bookshelf in the bedroom, took all the cds down (pared through them while I was at it--I think I have a goodly amount that I can trade for credit at Amoeba when we go) and put those in the wooden boxes, bagged up the stuff that was in the 2nd wooden box for future sifting (there's a lot of crap in there I could probably get rid of). I now have almost two empty shelves in one of the bookcases! This is a good thing, as I currently have my "read-then-get-rid-of" pile of books there now.

I now have all my longhand writing in one place, including the stuff my sister sent to me a few months ago, including a box of random stuff to be sorted through and either tossed, shredded, or filed away. All I need do now is clean up the top of the bookcases, which are in dire need of dusting!!!

And it's not even 3pm yet. Sweet!

More soon...

[Writing] Can't Find My Way to the End of the Damn Chapter

FINALLY.

Scene 2.5 is DONE. And I know for a fact it's going to need some big-time rewriting. Sounds like crap, it's once again flat, and doesn't really flow well. But it's DONE, and that's good enough for now.

Now to start with Scene 2.6, last one of the chapter! This one should flow better, as it's a Faye scene and I seem to write hers with relative ease (except for that last one, which also sucked until I rewrote it).

Onward and upward!