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Sep. 6th, 2022 09:08 pmIt's been a long time, huh?
Life has been ridiculously busy, but things are finally settling into something resembling calm, so I thought it was about time I popped in and said hi, caught up. So hi! How has everyone been?
I've been super busy, as I said. Earlier this summer we moved halfway across the country, so the past six months or so have been full of job hunting, house hunting, PhD finishing (for my partner, not me), and the actual process of moving. But now we've been in our new house and new jobs for a couple of months, and things are finally starting to settle down.
It's weird living somewhere new - we'd lived in our old town for nearly 9 years, our old house for nearly 5, and I'd been working at the same place for all those years too, but I think we've landed on our feet. New house is nice, new job is challenging and has lots of nice people, so it's all good stuff. We don't really know anyone here yet, so social stuff is a bit lacking, but that'll come with time. I need to find myself some sociable hobbies - too many of mine are do at home on your own type of hobbies!
I've been reading a lot, although admittedly plenty of rereading (gotta reread the comfort books when life is stressful) and I've been slowly tapping away at my original work. It's been slow going, but the pace is picking up now that I'm less busy and/or exhausted, and I hit the 20k mark recently which I'm super happy about. I've hit some plot snags which I'm hoping to sort out this week so I'm not expecting lots of words this week, but it needs sorting before I can progress much further.
I can't wait to get it to the point where someone else can read it, even if it isn't fully finished and polished. It's been the biggest difference for me from writing fic. I never wrote particularly long fic, so I was getting feedback, either from betas or readers, pretty regularly, so it's been a lesson in patience working on something longer without that constant drip of feedback (and validation!). I have days where I think it must be complete rubbish, and it's hard not having that reassurance that no, this is good, keep going, but I'm trying to trust the process. Either way, I'll come out of it having written a book, which is a hell of an achievement.
I've set a tentative goal of finishing the first draft by the time my birthday comes around in January, so wish me luck!
What are you all working on? What have I missed? Fill me in!
Life has been ridiculously busy, but things are finally settling into something resembling calm, so I thought it was about time I popped in and said hi, caught up. So hi! How has everyone been?
I've been super busy, as I said. Earlier this summer we moved halfway across the country, so the past six months or so have been full of job hunting, house hunting, PhD finishing (for my partner, not me), and the actual process of moving. But now we've been in our new house and new jobs for a couple of months, and things are finally starting to settle down.
It's weird living somewhere new - we'd lived in our old town for nearly 9 years, our old house for nearly 5, and I'd been working at the same place for all those years too, but I think we've landed on our feet. New house is nice, new job is challenging and has lots of nice people, so it's all good stuff. We don't really know anyone here yet, so social stuff is a bit lacking, but that'll come with time. I need to find myself some sociable hobbies - too many of mine are do at home on your own type of hobbies!
I've been reading a lot, although admittedly plenty of rereading (gotta reread the comfort books when life is stressful) and I've been slowly tapping away at my original work. It's been slow going, but the pace is picking up now that I'm less busy and/or exhausted, and I hit the 20k mark recently which I'm super happy about. I've hit some plot snags which I'm hoping to sort out this week so I'm not expecting lots of words this week, but it needs sorting before I can progress much further.
I can't wait to get it to the point where someone else can read it, even if it isn't fully finished and polished. It's been the biggest difference for me from writing fic. I never wrote particularly long fic, so I was getting feedback, either from betas or readers, pretty regularly, so it's been a lesson in patience working on something longer without that constant drip of feedback (and validation!). I have days where I think it must be complete rubbish, and it's hard not having that reassurance that no, this is good, keep going, but I'm trying to trust the process. Either way, I'll come out of it having written a book, which is a hell of an achievement.
I've set a tentative goal of finishing the first draft by the time my birthday comes around in January, so wish me luck!
What are you all working on? What have I missed? Fill me in!
