over the river and through the woods...

Woke up to the first snowfall of the year. Nothing significant, but enough to mess with my head a little bit. It's not that I hate snow, really, but if it's gonna snow and be cold, then it needs to snow enough to let me stay indoors.

I'm a puppy parent again, which is nice. I brought my dog back up with me after over 3 years of my parents keeping her. It's weird. I feel like I'm getting to know her all over again, but she's a trooper. Unconditional love is an amazing thing. So far, she's spent the last couple of days protecting me from the cats and from roommate. Once she gets used to everyone, she'll be a happy happy pup.

Also, I finished my outline for Spark over Thanksgiving *intense happy dance ensues*. I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited about writing it, but it needs to stew a little more. I've found all kinds of interesting stuff to work in; I think that the detail in this one will be incredibly rich, moreso than anything else I'm working on at the moment just because it's steeped in all these different traditions that I can weave through the narrative. Also, getting to read the Book of Enoch for research purposes will be interesting. There's going to be a lot going on in this, so keeping it to a decent length is going to be difficult. I'll try to edit as I go and streamline, and *hopefully* start in the right spot this time (it's kind of hard to remember that not all stories start at the actual beginning).

I'm working on a more detailed outline for Taming the Ancients as well. I'm going to try to divide my time at work and home for writing (like I said, hotel work is perfect for writers, especially in the slow season). Maybe at work, try to accomplish the more technical aspects--outlines, character bios, plot details, etc.--so I can utilize that for writing while I'm home. After I write my new intro for Duality. Grr argh. So much to do... But I can't imagine doing anything else.

Q4U: How do you guys utilize your writing time? Any tips will be greeeeeeatly appreciated :D

insane in the membrane

i've stalled out on inspiration for the time. bad night's sleep last night plus stress and anxiety do not a favorable day make. i've gotten about 3/4 of the way through my outline for Spark, and i'm really excited about it. there are a lot of elements i want to play with, most of which i found in a great book about demons. hopefully it'll be unconventional, maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, and all around awesome.

i want to bring something new aside from the whole Satan + Armageddon + world domination thing. so, we'll see. this might turn into my favorite project. although i still have a special love for duality and taming the ancients (since i feel most comfortable with fantasy), but i think spark's gonna be a lot of fun. i hope. i'm kinda tired of writing dark depressing things, so maybe i can let a little of that hidden humor slip out. prove i'm not a one-dimensional writer.

or something.

i may explode right now.