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Staying Quiet
Nov. 21st, 2017 12:58 pmYeah, I'm still aware of the bullshit the Fuckwit is trying to implement in varying parts of the government. ALL too aware, considering that, if they were to become a reality, I and a lot of people I know would be adversely affected. Not to mention he and his ilk are frighteningly imbecilic on a regular basis. There's a reason I still call him The Fuckwit a year on.
Point here is that I've been staying quiet and rarely bloviating about it online because I need to retain my own emotional and mental sanity if I'm going to get anything done around here. Most of you already know that, of course. Just a reminder that I've not decided to remain willfully ignorant of what's going on, I'm just keeping a distance because I know my limits.
ANYWAY.
On the plus side, I've been truly enjoying this mental holiday by focusing most of my energies on the Lidwells revision and the Apartment Complex outline. In fact, I'm already on the last few chapters of the revision already, making this probably the quickest turnaround I've ever dealt with. This of course throws up all the usual second-guessing red flags: Am I completely ignoring that it's actually crap? Am I totally missing a critical piece or three of the plot? There's no way in hell I can be this fast and Not That Bad At All so easily! I keep having to remind myself that I'm not writing an Epic Novel of Epic Epicness. It's a short (80k) novel that's meant to be read as a bit of fun fluff. I'm not setting out to change the world. [And let's admit it here and now: I was totally doing that with the trilogy. Heh.] When I remind myself that it was written in fun, for fun, then most of that doubt evaporates.
Now, if I can just figure out how the hell to do the Lidwells cover, then we'd be in business!
Point here is that I've been staying quiet and rarely bloviating about it online because I need to retain my own emotional and mental sanity if I'm going to get anything done around here. Most of you already know that, of course. Just a reminder that I've not decided to remain willfully ignorant of what's going on, I'm just keeping a distance because I know my limits.
ANYWAY.
On the plus side, I've been truly enjoying this mental holiday by focusing most of my energies on the Lidwells revision and the Apartment Complex outline. In fact, I'm already on the last few chapters of the revision already, making this probably the quickest turnaround I've ever dealt with. This of course throws up all the usual second-guessing red flags: Am I completely ignoring that it's actually crap? Am I totally missing a critical piece or three of the plot? There's no way in hell I can be this fast and Not That Bad At All so easily! I keep having to remind myself that I'm not writing an Epic Novel of Epic Epicness. It's a short (80k) novel that's meant to be read as a bit of fun fluff. I'm not setting out to change the world. [And let's admit it here and now: I was totally doing that with the trilogy. Heh.] When I remind myself that it was written in fun, for fun, then most of that doubt evaporates.
Now, if I can just figure out how the hell to do the Lidwells cover, then we'd be in business!
