So, not that this is entirely news

... but apparently the amount of writing I get done is inversely proportional to the amount of time I have to actually do it. Go figure. Most intensive school week I've had in recent memory, and also the highest word count. Granted, I'm fairly certain most of it is crap, but hopefully there's something salvageable out of those 6732 words. As those were written in bursts of at least 500 words per day, that means I actually get a sticker for the first week of the Fall 09 5_for_five challenge. W00t!

			week 2		week 3		week 4
	week 5		week 6		week 7		week 8
	week 9		week 10		week 11		week 12

Already over 1200 words for today too. Good grief. There'd best be something salvageable out of this. At the moment it's all scattered scenes with only the vaguest idea of how they're connected. It'd also be nice if it didn't take the next 3 years and over 150,000 words to call it done, but as this process feels very, very familiar (right down to, "Dude, school just got insane, and I'm compulsively writing in every spare second now???), I won't hold my breath. Ah well. Even so, it seems to be a stress release valve, as I swear getting possessed by lost in this story is the only reason I got out of last week passably sane, so whether it ever turns into anything postable (oh yes, other familiar thing? "Batshit fandom I had no intention of getting sucked into." *shakes head*) it's still all good. It would be nice if it would let me write some of the other things I ought to be writing, especially as they're smallish, but so far, no. Funny. I hadn't pegged Jack as the jealous type. *facepalm*

Happy (in some cases belated) September birthdays!

So, according to LJ and IJ, the following people on my flist have September birthdays: geerte, ozratbag2, tanlwythbuddha, lesetchka, sbrande, xterm, little_shinies, elise_wanderer, annietalbot, tudorpot, lulabelle72, writermerrin, badriyaz, the_con_cept, jenett, stupid_drawings, ladywhiteheart, themoreyouclean. Happy birthday to you all!

If you would like an original or fannish drabble (story of 100 words) or ficlet (less precisely worded but still very short story) as a birthday gift, please comment with the fandom and character(s) or pairing you'd like it to be about (obviously not applicable for original fic) and some sort of prompt, and I'll give it my best shot! If you're wanting a rundown of what I will/won't write, I've got a post covering the basics here on LJ and here on IJ, though I should add that just because I haven't written a fandom or pairing before doesn't mean I wouldn't enjoy a challenge. And if you're wondering how to prompt for something non-fannish, there are some suggestions here on LJ and here on IJ.

I still have a couple of August bday ficlets to write, and as noted in my prior post, my Muse appears to have been abducted to Cardiff, so I may be a bit late, but don't let that stop you asking! (Especially as I'd like to break said Muse out of the Hub any time now ...)