marydell | Writing thingies

So I have 4 stories in various stages of work, and I'm not in the mood to work on any of them. Unlike many (most?) other writers, I only write when I feel like it, so I produce very little, but I don't have angst (I used to try to do BIC and wordcounts and stuff, and that just contributed to my writers block).

-One story is almost done, but it may be too personal to show in public, so meh, I am not motivated.

-One story's first draft is almost done, but I have to change the title and name of a central character because it turns out someone in SFF fandom has the same rather unusual name. Since the character in question gets killed and eaten it might be taken the wrong way, otherwise . However, I really like the name in that context. Also I'm not sure the startup venue that I was writing the story for is a going concern. Meh, not motivated.

-One story is a traditional whiz-bang about aliens attacking in the 1920's, except feminist (the story not the aliens), and I've got all the plot points and some of the dialogue worked out, but I need to do research to make sure I write a proper story about a 1920's architecture firm. Research? Meh.

-One story is a complex elegy about failing relationships, archaeology, and the lies of history. I have it mostly worked out in my head but parts of it are not ripe, and I cannot write unripe stories. Meh.

-Of course there's also a novel, but let's not even go there.

A proper procrastinator would start an entirely NEW story, but I think I'll just let them all percolate while I spend my designated weekly "me time"* playing video games.

*Mike and I each take a half-day or so every weekend to do something fun for ourselves while the other one hangs out with the baby, as long as everyone's healthy. Ah, precious sanity time.