Dept. of Catch Up
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 09:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaffy_rPositive Things
That includes me, unfortunately. I'm now at *checks* three weeks two days of apparent COVID infection. My doctor's team, which I've contacted twice about this, tells me that it's not that uncommon. Their advice, which was to say that I don't have to isolate if I don't have a fever, as long as I mask when I leave the house, made me feel a little better. because that's what I've been doing. Still, my nose wants to have a serious talk with me about my regular attacks on it with swabs ....
Wuxtry, wuxtry, alert the press - I finally finished the NaNoWriMo novel I started back in November 2021! It's roughly 87,000 words, and took me 15 months to complete it as a first draft. For me, that's lightning fast. I have a couple of people - my Bob anda_phoenixdragon - who will take a look at it, so that I can tighten and polish it up a bit, but I have no intention of putting it out for consideration anywhere. It's much more apt to be put out to pasture.
(I may put a more edited version of it up here, or start another journal specifically for any original fiction I might write. I'm not sure yet. It's original, so it can't go to the places I normally park my fic. We shall see.)
Still ... I finished it! That makes me very happy, although I'm trying not to get a swollen head about it.
And now I can do one of two things: get back to work on my 2022 NaNo novel, which is probably only half completed at this point, or tackle an Arcane fic plot bunny. I find it interesting that in the past year, I've written far more original fiction than fic.
And in other writing news, the private school for which I wrote a feature is interested in giving me another assignment. I learned that on Monday. The same day, I got a call from the editor of the local news outlet to whom I sent my resume. She wants me to cover a meeting tomorrow night, via Zoom. Did I want that? Indeed I do, although getting prepped for the meeting will keep me busy today. I'm just geaering up for that now, but I wanted to post something of my own before doing that.
Here in Chicago, we have a winter weather advisory until 3 p.m. our time. Looking out my window, I see we already have about three quarters of an inch of snow on thee ground. I welcome the snow, since we haven't had much this year, but I worry about our unhomed residents who are living in tents around the city. At least It's not supposed to be too cold.
That includes me, unfortunately. I'm now at *checks* three weeks two days of apparent COVID infection. My doctor's team, which I've contacted twice about this, tells me that it's not that uncommon. Their advice, which was to say that I don't have to isolate if I don't have a fever, as long as I mask when I leave the house, made me feel a little better. because that's what I've been doing. Still, my nose wants to have a serious talk with me about my regular attacks on it with swabs ....
Wuxtry, wuxtry, alert the press - I finally finished the NaNoWriMo novel I started back in November 2021! It's roughly 87,000 words, and took me 15 months to complete it as a first draft. For me, that's lightning fast. I have a couple of people - my Bob and
a_phoenixdragon - who will take a look at it, so that I can tighten and polish it up a bit, but I have no intention of putting it out for consideration anywhere. It's much more apt to be put out to pasture.(I may put a more edited version of it up here, or start another journal specifically for any original fiction I might write. I'm not sure yet. It's original, so it can't go to the places I normally park my fic. We shall see.)
Still ... I finished it! That makes me very happy, although I'm trying not to get a swollen head about it.
And now I can do one of two things: get back to work on my 2022 NaNo novel, which is probably only half completed at this point, or tackle an Arcane fic plot bunny. I find it interesting that in the past year, I've written far more original fiction than fic.
And in other writing news, the private school for which I wrote a feature is interested in giving me another assignment. I learned that on Monday. The same day, I got a call from the editor of the local news outlet to whom I sent my resume. She wants me to cover a meeting tomorrow night, via Zoom. Did I want that? Indeed I do, although getting prepped for the meeting will keep me busy today. I'm just geaering up for that now, but I wanted to post something of my own before doing that.
Here in Chicago, we have a winter weather advisory until 3 p.m. our time. Looking out my window, I see we already have about three quarters of an inch of snow on thee ground. I welcome the snow, since we haven't had much this year, but I worry about our unhomed residents who are living in tents around the city. At least It's not supposed to be too cold.
