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Scarlett.

Project iDeviant.

I've joined a new kind of community at Photo Friday and I would be more excited if I weren't so groggy. Siestas are bad fer that. But yes, their current photo submission is "Panorama", so I took a picture of this greek church down the road from me, under the name of "broken vision".

This was my photo I submitted:
( cut fer safe keeping )

Blech. I really feel disgusting. But anyway- this will give me the incentive to keep up with my photography projects nwo I have my new camera. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I submitted some more photos to my Deviant Art account and have had some nice feedback on it. I'm really glad I got my camera now, I'm back into the game. Adding faves, getting comments. It's a lot of fun.


Project January Speed.

I've been keeping up with theblitz up until today and I'm one chapter behind but I don't mind. Once I get some coffee into me that will all change. It's just 1500 words and I can do that. On top of that though I've been doing nothing but graphics, graphics, graphics. Updating my website so now my pictures page looks nice but The Anchor has stalled a little bit. Le sigh. I have a feeling this book isn't going to be finished in 10 days. Sure, if I wanted to give myself a headache I could do it, but no. I already managed that in November.

I have a new camera! Oh how I love it. And what a good deal I got! Oh I'm so happy with it. So so so so so happy with it. Happy early birthday to moi!

So what this means:

Project iDeviant.

I have submitted some new shots that I tested it on. One of my clock, another one down the street- both I rather like. But I'll be going down to Albert Park, and also the beach. I can get panorama shots on this thing- it has this panorama help thing on it. It's awesome. I will get some professional shots, really get back into it.

I also will take some profesisonal shots of myself, to put on my website. I'm so excited about this.

Why do I love photos so much? I don't know. I appreciate memories, I don't take them for granted. I really love it. I love photographs of my friends, I love them of my family, of my boys, of my home, and of me. I love photographs of light, and clouds, particularly. Right before a storm. You'll see many of those kind of pics I've taken on my Deviant Art account.

Not only that but Ariat, my friend in America, has submitted to my Scarlett Needs a Laser Printer foundation, which- in turn- submitted to my new camera for my birthday! Thanks Ariat!

Ahhh what a good little computer. *pats computer* I've been working it hard today, working it hard big cookies. I've been doing graphics all day, and now I'm about to break and get back into theblitz. I've got 1000 words to write today. And then I can either get to writing on The Anchor, or do some readong... or um... be the regular bum I am.

I might try and have a go at The Anchor.

Project January Speed.

975 / 31,000 (3.1%)

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I'm going well, I'm on track. Choosing pictures is a challenge because I look at one picture and think 'oh wow that picture would go awesomess for my story!' but of course I must be fair to everyone so I pick a picture that balances up the equasion.
Today I lost 3 members. I don't know how the hell that happened. I had one member post an entry at 1000 words, and of course that's too long- because it's flash fic this month- so I had to take it down and ask her to shorten it and then she suddenly dropped her membership. I left a note on her journal asking her what happened and she said her and her friend were creating a new writing community and she couldn't do the blitz this month, so that's fair enough. Still a bit confused as to why she would completely drop her membership though... Oh well, being Moderator sure does suck sometimes.
But on a good note, I feel that my characters are growing just as they should be. It's like writing two short stories every day, the character development is short and sweet and direct. I like it. It doesn't take me three chapters to tell a history, though I don't need to tell of their history.
I also made some icons for my own WIP, and for the blitz as well- as you can see by the previous post. I rather like them, though the last one is old (I can tell by the simplicity of it). But I made some Oscar & Josephine icons, and I use them whenever I post on theblitz. I hope it doesn't sound too much like Oscar & Lucinda. It really wasn't intentional, I didn't even think of it until way after I'd decided to call it that (and I even have the video- one of my favourite movies). Mayhap that's why it sounded so good to me!

Project iDeviant.

So as I said before I've been doing graphics all day. I did some graphics for the front, intro page of theblitz, I made the icons, and I made some other icons for a friend of mine argent_star because he's just recently signed up and all so that was fun. Also makes me feel very proud of myself how I'm getting a little bit better at the icon making, and how efficient my skills are at Photoshopping. I've been doing it for years but I've just always been so basic at it. I'd love to do a course in it, and not just any flimsy TAFE course but something where I know I'm going to improve, and my work afterward will look fucking cool. I mean graphic designing work. Ariat, my friend who I made the icons for- said that he thinks I would be a great graphic designer. It has crossed my mind, but the lust I have for it is purely... personal. I don't think I could do it for other people so often, well not so professionally anyway. I love doing things for friends but my brother does his own graphics design for his work and I dunno, that doesn't appeal to me- having to keep it simple and professional. I like the edge to it all.

Oh yeah! Happy New Year! Ha, I forgot I hadn't said that on here yet. I took lots of photos on New Years Eve with makeadeathscene and I made a couple of them into icons. More icons. Always icons! I'd have them back up on my website if I could but I have to figure out how I can make it so they can't hot link. Hot linking is the secret evil of the world. You know, I have a hotlinking security thing on my website, I might have to figure out that. I don't want to not hotlink the whole site because I need some of those own graphics for my own usage. But otherwise, it might be good. Just for the icons, that's all I want. Hazzah! I can do it! How smart I am. Mwahahaha. I will pay back all of you! All of you who think you can use my internet bandwidth. Why the hell do I have Britney Spear's "Stronger" on my playlist? Blech.

Hmmm now I have figured out the hotlinking I can reput on my icons again! Hazzah! Right now I have a "people are hotlinking so fuckoff" page. Putting on my icons again is going to take a while. Oh well, I got time. I'm on extended public holidays! Feel the <3 for the holidays. You know, i never ever thought I would do that. the <3 symbol that apparently is the symbol of a heart. Well aren't I just internet happy?

Man I am talking a lot today. I suppose my projects are really getting underway. I love being busy. I hate the feeling of running out of time- which I've had all day. Gotta slow down on that point.

Project Waiting To be A Pirate.

58,087 / 110,000 (52.8%)

Since reading The Anchor at work the other day- and trying to get myself in the mode for it, I am trying to get back into it but it's a bit of a challenge. I've been busy hanging out with my girlfriend and doing other things (like graphics-obsessing). This week, due to extra pay coming through, I'm gonna buys me a cameras. The graphics craze is going to be out.of.con.trol. Boyah. SO. Before then, or technically before the 17th of January- when I set my goal- I have to get The Anchor done. I just have to get it done. I have the Blitz, which is fine, and I can do a lot more words on top of that when I want to. And I mean that, I mean, I proved that to myself in NaNoWriMo. I can do 100,000 words in 17 days. I can do this. I probably don't even have 50k to be done... aww, no I take that back. This book I'm anticipating to finish around the 110k. I hoped La Monotonie Avant Le Chaos would finish at that but it didn't. It just went on... and on... until Kyle gave me a crappy ending to finish on. But hey, it all worked out and I'm not publishing it so I really don't care.
I have to get back on track with this, I have to try and make it un-Nano-ish. I mean I have to make sure my plot and character development is working, and I have a place to go. After Aroset and Hamlet meet again I don't know where the hell I'm going after that. After that I don't know the point to the story. I used to, and now it's dissolved away (thanks Kyle[/sarcasm]). All Aroset, Hamlet and the rest want to do is plunder.

Ok... morals to The Anchor.

o! Don't give up on those you love
o! Allow love to give way to forgiveness. Even the morals of the universe say forgiveness is important.
o! Don't judge other people. Flat out. Or they'll kill you.
o! Don't fuck with Aroset.
o! Love, and appreciate, and forgive yourself (I'm seeing a pattern here, do you?).
o! You don't have to hold onto grudges, and hate, to be able to control your life around you and keep yer crew in line.

I know what I'll do, I'll re-make that Nano survey I did (last year) right after November!

( cut fer length )

Well that certainly puts things in perspective. I HAVE NO ANTAGONIST. I have no real externally good conflict for Aroset! Where is this story going? I have no idea! Crap. Crap crap crap crap crap. Ok, thinking hard. Harder.

Project Cos' I can.

I don't know if Casey is reading this, hello Casey if so! I doubt it, but you never know. It was very cool to get feedback of my website from Casey- and others! After I get my camera I'll be able to do some quite professional shots for my website to make myself not look like a total dill. Ok gotta get away from this computer fer a bit.

First Type Writer Girl post for 2006! Hazzah!

Icons for theblitz

Rules::

I. Save to your own computer- do not hotlink.
II. Comment if taking.
III. Credit scarlettarcher in keywords.
IV. Do not distribute as your own icon! Cos it ain't! Mwahahaha.

a} b} c}
d} e} f}
g} h}

Project January Speed.

I just got hit with their names.

( check it here. )


Project Waiting To Be A Pirate.

58,028 / 110,000 (52.8%)

I have made progress! A little bit anyway. When makeadeathscene was here last night I sat down for about an hour and pounded out some of the poker game that is still going. Yes, that's right folks, I'm slack. But it's just so... testy. I gotta make sure the words are flowing right. I didn't do any writing today- I did do reading though. Trying to polish off the Queen Of The Damned, beause Anne Rice's work inspires my work which means my book turns out better.

Excellent.

As posted on my personal journal, here too it is for anyone else wanting to look.


( The Anchor front cover: )

Due to seeing some movies, and reading some books, I'm growing warm at the feeling of uniforms. They really appeal to me. Really. Or it might not be so much the uniforms but the leather boots, the leather gloves, the buttoned jacket. I don't feel this way for all uniforms, or even most. But I could certainly design some very very desirable uniforms that I think would be simply gorgeous.



Project Waiting To Be a Pirate:

My current wordcount: 54, 600.

No idea how much that is since last time I posted but in all honesty I really don't expect it to be much more. My writing progression has been pathetic and I have much disappointment in me but perhaps I should make a pledge. A pledge to spend all day tomorrow writing. All day.
This is in conjunction with my disappointment in myself due to my trying to loose weight. Disappointment all around really. So perhaps I should just change something small with my attempt at my aroset project. I'll post here, because I can't be stuffed posting in my aroset lj. Basically I've come to realise my attempts at loosing weight aren't enough. My exercise attempts and I fear I may have to start looking at my eating too. Well, of course I will have to. My eating habits are attrocious. To put it quite bluntly. But hey, I'm strong and I'll get through it. I have support. I just have to gather the courage. I've been around so many courageous people these days. Making decisions I know are terrifying. Give me courage, universe, to take these challenges and smite them and move on to wonderful things!

Trying to write this poker scene. It's been happening for about a week or two now. How sad. Should be done in an hour. Two hours.

Shall I make the pledge? To spend all of tomorrow writing? I could certainly try. Certainly.

Project Waiting To be A Pirate:

53,441 / 110,000 (48.6%)

So we're getting a little bit of production done but at this rate I'm not going to get it finished by the 17th I don't think. Maybe I am, I don't know. I haven't calculated it yet. But hey! I'm sitting here at least! My back is hurting, my body needs to stretch. I feel that's hindering my productivity, because I sit here feeling quite knotted up and so the blood flow don't go so well and then my brain gets broked. You know how it is. But still, I know kind of where I'm going.

( The Anchor spoilers! )

Project iDeviant.

I'm putting painting under this title because it seems most logical. I don't want to get title crazy here. So I've finished the painting for Fastman for christmas and I really hope she likes it. I like it. Simple, and feels good. Now I have to finish the one for Keri and do one for Scott which is already under way- but my acrylics are running out! Argh! Especially my red, I go through red like crazy. I'm not surprised though, with how much red I used for my mum's painting for her birthday in October. It was vibrant red, the entire thing. I want big pots, and I want GOOD acrylics. These ones are cheap, and I know why. Their spreading factor isn't ideal. I mean sure it works, it's great for beginning out but I'm now understanding why they're beginning. Trying to spread them out over a canvas takes a lot of paint, yet I have one really beautiful tube of Prussian Blue that spreads like butter. It's awesome.
Those two canvases I got from Nikki for Christmas are waiting to be used too. I'm very excited about that, excellent present if I might say so myself. Just what I was looking for, really. Anything paint-orientated.

Project Mhehesphabet Casting.

Still haven't found a program that will record and save my audio files for Skype recordings. Not that I've researched or anything. I just want to to be simple. Can't it be simple?

Project Wordslinger.

Yes, that's right! The Wordslinger.com isstill available but it's all been updated to scarlett-archer.com. Isn't that exciting? You know what's not exciting? The fact that some dude in Scotland who's name is not Scarlett took scarlettarcher.com! So I had to hyphen it, but I don't mind. Anything is something! I'm going to try and convince someone to give me $50 for the new domain name for my birthday (24th of Jan), and I figure for my 21st someone might be nice enough about it. Perhaps my dad, at least.
So my updated email is at: me@scarlett-archer.com. Not only that but the guestbook was royally giving me the ass so I gave it the assage and have a new guestbook set up. So feel free to give me feedback! Hazzah!

Well the word meter is down so I'll just post my current word count:


as of 18th of December 2005: 52,373.


I set myself a goal for having this book, The Anchor, completed by the 17th of January 2006 but this cold- this head cold- is totally spinning me off! I get in maybe two wars a day and that's it. So I'm gathering about 1k a day which is bad. Not bad, just annoying. I'll either get there or I won't but I Just wish this grogginess and sloth in my head would clear up! I want to get this book completed.

And the January blitz looks to be extra fun this year. I'm planning to do one of my fairy tale ideas, perhaps somethig supernatural. But I don't even know what pictures I'll be posting up yet. I've always wanted to re do the frog prince, but this story is all about adaptation so if it doesn't work it doesn't. I might just have to go with the flow. I feel a little stretched, I admit. After writing La Monotonie Avant Le Chaos and now finishing The Anchor (I'm only half way through), the juice is fine but the application is the challenging part. I don't like to push myself so often. But hey, I set it so I'll do it.

Movies I would love to write scenes for, or create scenes like:


Moulin Rouge: The Can Can scene.

The Goonies: When Mikey finds Sloth in the basement all chained up, and almost pisses his pants. And finding the pirate ship. And storing the treasure in their pockets.

Alien: Well technically I'd love to write the next Alien movie. In book form. Kill everyone, finally make humanity understand what they're fucking with.

Peter Pan: Flying. And when Peter realises he wants Wendy.

Beauty And the Beast (Disney): When Beast dies and becomes human again, and Belle recognizes him for who he is.

Elf: Where Buddy sees the mall for the first time in all it's wonderment.

Strictly Ballroom: Scott choosing Fran at the end & their dance behind the curtain.

Fight Club: When Tyler is in the office and his boss finds the "Fight Club Rules" in the copy machine.

Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack lying on the angel in the graveyard, finally coming to realise what he's done.

War of the Worlds: Ray emerging from his ex-wife's house to find the debris of the planes. And near the end at the Farmer's house, when he stands next to the bloody pond and the hand of the machine comes crashing down beside him. And looking back out onto the river to see the machines churning and burning up bodies and picking them up out of the water.

Kill Bill vol. 1: The end, in the garden when it's snowing. O-Ren and Beatrix.

Taking Lives: Illeana is in the bar, and is met by Costa who notices her coffee addiction.

Jurassic Park: When Alan Grant and the girl Lex are in front of the car, and the T-Rex is sniffing in their faces. And then they get pushed over the railing.

Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod walking into the game with Katrina stretching her arms out. Moving through the forest to find the dead body, and examining it.

The Cell: Catherine goes into Carl's mind again, to see Valentine in the light of the circular room. When she falls from the box down into the water/air.

Spiderman: Flying through the air, duh!

The Day After Tomorrow: Watching the Tsunami come crashing through the buildings, and running into the library.

Bruce Almighty: Doing whatever he wants. Parting the soup, reeling in the moon.

Constantine: Almost the entire freeking movie.

Star Wars, The Phantom Menace: Pod racing.

Return To Oz: Coming across the emerald city. The room in green. The heads.

I have so many more, but I can't think of them. So many movies have scenes I'd love to write. I might have to try something new for theblitz. Something I've never done before. Vampires, gothic. Steam Punk, perhaps. But I don't know too much about it.

Well, busy busy writing non writing and then blasted! Hazzah!


Enough of that, tra la la.

Having guests pulls me away from writing. I like to be in my own frame of mind, and not have to think if other people in the place are ok, or if my kitchen or bathroom smells weird (my nose is blocked, I can't tell). I just gotta worry about the boys, and they take care of themselves, boyah.

But in the meantime I have lots of projects to jump into after tomorrow.

Project Mhehesphabet Casting.

I am going to have to find another program that will record my conversations over the internet with people on Skype. Preferably one I don't have to pay for, because I have interviews that need to be done. Beginning with Lai, then on to Val, and then on to others. Should be exciting. In the meantime I suppose I should get out a new short story to keep my subscribers entertained.

Project Waiting To be A Pirate.

Well, I'm almost 50k into it. I really need to kick ass, I know I know. Once that's done I can move onto a new one, perhaps even Kings.
My reading needs to get done. Why? Because my writing is always three times better when I read, because I get inspired by the scenes, the words, the scriptures that others use. I picked up Tracy Chevalier's novel Falling Angels. And also I got a Frank Moorhouse book which I saw for $19 the other day, with the Priestess of Delphi on the cover which of course immedaitely caught my eye. But I put it down and moved on, and saw it again today in Grey's for $10, and they had a 30% off sale so I got it. But I need the first book Grand Days. I hope it's good reading, it's a big book. I like big books. I saw Grand Days the other day at the exhibition centre for $5, so mayhap if it's still there I could go and pick it up! Their stalls were so long. I just checked and the book stall will be there until the 16th of Jan. Whether they'll have that book still there at that time I have no idea, I doubt it. They'll just keep restocking randomly. I could always hope I suppose. Hope hope!

Project iDeviant.

My friend Keri has John W Waterhouse's Circe and John Collier's The Priestess of Delphi prints, to which she has just bought herself a new house and doesn't have room for the Priestess. She's giving it to me for Christmas! Hazzah! Oh I can't believe it. So what shall one do now that she has the Priestess? Look for Evening Mood, of course! I'll be searching on Amazon, perhaps anywhere else. I looked on eBay once but there was someone selling feigned prints which looked DISGUSTING. It's a sin to recopy Evening Mood- or any Bouguereau for that matter. And sell it! Bah.

If anyone finds a Bouguereau print, tell me. I've found one on Art.com for $40 AUS, print. I'd have it framed, oh the joy. Oh the joy.

Project Cos' I Can.

Well, aroset is underway, kind of. No no it is. I have a goal and all, it's just a matter of... uh... sticking to it. I know I can. But I feel in order to get to the goal I want, I'm going to have to take other things into account. Like changing my eating pattern. I dunno, we'll see how we go. I've stuck with pilates for a month before and the results were very fast. I'm in week two only, and mentally I'm feeling better. Otherwise it's just a waiting game.
I also have other projects I want to undertake. Piano again, now I have my keyboard back. Specifically Tori Amos, would also like to learn some Charlotte Martin, as well as the Piano Duet by Danny Elfman in Corpse Bride. Beautiful piece. Never did get into the dancing.
This is what I would like my life to be like. Dancing, meditation, regular visits to network, living off the income of my writing (short stories, books and others)- which is plentiful. I would like an ever growing collection of art work, more specifically pre-raphelite works and others. I would like easy effortless time to sit down and read, and read all the books i have, and learn. Taking french classes twice a week- one on one- with a very gorgeous, young, single teacher. Regular pilates/yoga/ jogging- on a tredmill that I own. As well as an exercise bike. More discipline for my painting, and better acrylics. And a kick ass relationship! Yeah, you're out there. You know you are. And giving one-on-one creative writing lessons every week, maybe two or three students.
Sounds like a darn good life to me! *Sits back and dreams*

Man when I don't have a deadline my writing is like... nothing. Doesn't exist these days. Frightens me.

45,310 / 110,000 (41.2%)

Ok so I'm back in the game. Hamlet is getting his say (yes Hamlet I hear you). Things are slowly piecing back together. I really have to be careful next time because this time around I had thoughts I hadn't written down about The Anchor that had to happen, so coming back to it all I couldn't remember where to go- though I know I had a further purpose. But it seems to be working out okay.
I like Hamlet but he's just... changed. But you get that, he had to change. He's been in debt a little while now so he's become addicted to the plundering, mwahaha!

Today I particularly liked this line:

“Did you get it done?” the leader grunted through his black moustache that resembled a small sheep.

Production level since ending nano: 0

Oh yeah that's right kids. 0. Oh no. might be about 6- I did that podcast. Podcast at Mhehesphabet Casting. Other than that I should really jump into The Anchor again, I have some painting that still needs to be done and with Christmas coming up who the hell knows how I'm going to get by that alive.

I have been asked to do some writing by ashelin but due to the fact that I just wrote 128k in 17 days I'm still breaking. Yes I am. I am getting out of this depressive state of mind and putting it to good use. Putting myself to good use, more like it. (Thank you tangled_fortune)

On another note...


Project Mhehesphabet Casting .


I am doing interviews of my writer friends, a few who have been published, all who will be worthy of a listen. I'll be talking to Valerie Griswold-Ford, Lai Zhao (perhaps I can even snag Wen Spencer!) and others who are published. But it will be worth a listen, I promise! If it's so boring even I wouldn't want to listen to it the recording goes in the bin. I haven't figured out the streaming thing yet, I suppose I'll have to to get some songs in.

I've been contemplating on my way home from work just to jump back into The Anchor. To join all the other nano'ers and blitz through it. But today the idea of writing eluded me. Came to a point where I asked myself why? and What do I write? I know it sounds silly but writing a proper novel right now just... the idea sifts through my fingers like sand. I can't wrap my head around the idea of doing something like that, isn't that stupid?
No, I don't suppose not. It's like seeing a word so often after a while it makes no sense. Gotta look away for a while, just a bit.

But Aroset is most definitely calling me, as is Hamlet. My darling Hamlet. I am returning, tell me where you are!

Project Kyle Craze.

As you can tell I've not been updating here very often. This be the reason why:



Fin of La Monotonie Avant Le Chaos by Scarlett Archer.

128,085 / 128,085 (100.0%)

Finished! Oh yes finished. Oh the sweetness of it all. Now i would go into detail but the fact of the matter is I've been writing and writing. Now its time for War of the Worlds again. And graphics!

*feels sad to let Kyle go*

My updates have been mainly in my more personal blog rather than here. But really it should have been the other way, shouldn't it? This is my writing blog after all and that's all I've been doing.
Ok, wordcount for the thirteenth of November two-thousand-and-five:

108,000 / 120,000 (90.0%)

I doubled my wordcount in the same amount of time I did NaNoWriMo last year. And it's all been through FM warring, pretty much. And so now because I got to 100k, and I'm only off my ending by about 10k, I'm taking the first actual break since beginning on November 1st.

And now... to life.

And I got to it. And now step number two, 100,000. That is a challenge. And I will do it.

Sacrificing my boring life, but oh well.



Tick sheet:

o! A hot hot sex scene (several)
o! Lots of blood.
o! Lots of death.
o! The crossing pathway of Aroset.
o! Terrorism
o! Kyle becoming just a liiiiiiiittle bit evil.
o! The question of beliefs
o! Loneliness
o! Violence
o! Monotony of everyday life
o! Love
o! Breaking

50,006 / 100,000 (50.0%)

20,015 / 50,000 (40.0%)

Project Kyle Craze.

ticksheet:

o! A hot hot sex scene.
o! Lots of blood.
o! The crossing pathway of Aroset.
o! Terrorism
o! Loneliness
o! Violence
o! Monotony of everyday life


Kyle is going well, and had surprisingly violent sex with Aroset which went for about eight pages which was awesomess. I just blew up a cafe, and have so much more to do. Kyle is a darling, yet, I can see how he's going to be the anti-hero.

Sorry love.

Project Kyle Craze.
And so because of last night and I wasn't feeling well I had to start this morning. I got up, still had my headache which was a BIATCH beyond belief, but I got up at 6.30 and then M1138 mentioned in FM chat to put just a hot towel on my forehead and voila! No headache! Oh the joy! And so yes, I got to my limit today, just before I have to go to this bbq family thing and then I shall return and get as much done before bed time.

5,399 / 50,000 (10.8%)

Well because of this headache and last nights nausea I wasn't able to start nano at midnight like I planned but that's ok. I'm onto it this morning. Damn I mean I woke at 6.30 and here I am now, 555 words down and a new scene into it. I don't think the coffee will help my state but I'm forcing it down anyway. And I want to get as much as possible done by the time I gotta get ready to go to mother's bbq thingy, and see if dad can pick me up cos I don't want to travel with headaches.
And here I am doing the procrastination thing. But its ok, I can see I have a tight leash on it. Aroset is being very insistent upon this, and when she sees what I"m actually doing, instead of writing, she reminds me ever so lightly with her gun and her smile to get back to it.

Project Kyle Craze.

And so yes. It begins tonight. Midnight I am there. Coffee. Me. Computer. Music. Boyah.
50,000 words in eleven days? Bo. Yah.

Fuck you Kyle now give me something.

You know what I'd love to do? Make my own magazine. For writing. For inspiration. I've seen writing magazines. They're boring.

After a siesta, a dream about the boys, and a bath, I feel disgustingly groggy. I haven't written in about a month. No, I lie, I wrote that short for theblitz for the pre-nano exercise. I've just been waiting for nano, and reading and watching and listing and podcasting and chatting and meeting people. Strange, the men who have been coming into my life are no younger than 28.
I need reading more. After tomorrow's work I think I shall come home and read. Sounds like a plan (probably won't stick with it but who cares). I make so many frail decisions that are always broken as if they never were. Read. Meditate. Exercise. Not watch TV. All my decisions are based upon what I want, and don't want. So when I think about the "good" of me, and what would be "better" for me, what I want, whether it's better or not, usually wins out hands down.


Project Kyle Craze.

Kyle fades in and out. He comes to me and then leaves, he leaves traces of himself through my life like a pathway I have to follow. Tonight I saw a man in a suit outside a restaurant sucking on a cigarette. I found it seductive, erotic. I found it demanding and meditative. There is something so solitary about that action. But Nano is coming soon, and it is the time when I test myself again. really, test myself.


Project iDeviant.

Not updated anything since my pirate outfit, but then again my productivity level has dropped. No it hasn't. It's just... dormant.

Wow, look at that.

The great city buildings are hazed into grey, opaic against the distinct line of housing across the road from me. It rains, and it's sunshine. It's the smell of fresh water and grass and mud. It's washing out the stink in the air. The clouds hovering above the city are all shades of light. Blinding white aatop a swirling cake of warm gunmetal grey, dissolving down into a more monstrous blackness. And behind all that is the most perfect succulent blue. From ashen vague blue covered by clouds to the deeper hues, and then just above the city scape there is that tinge of aqua marine that peeks out.
And then, as I stand at the window watching the rain, watching the little flickers of water fill up my windows, watching them glitter everything up like a nonchalant scattering of clear diamonds, the sun breaks out like a God wrestling his tremendous body through the barrage of grey and white and lets all his glory, his light, his warmth illuminate everything he sees. And it's magnificent.


Meanwhile, in my small little one bedroom apartment where my cats laze in the sun (one of them is attempting to tackle beads of rain on the opposite side of the window), there's music and there's me and there's the sound of typing and there's finished coffee. I got five bucks in my pocket.


Project Kyle Craze.

So today I stumble upon this on NaNoWriMo.org, A Novel In A Day thread on the forums. I mean, this I thought meh take a bit of a squiz. But you know what? I'm seriously considering doing it. Never mind when. Oh yes, I am annoyed at the fact that I've just had three weeks of holidays to do absolutely nothing and it only comes to me on the very last day, when I can't put aside 24 hours of nothing ness to do it (can't we just rewind the clock a little bit?). And so, after I finish my Nano I shall do it. I shall put myself to the test. 50,000 words in 1 day. 24 hours. And the way they work it out on that site really makes sense, it can be done. With stamina, insanity, and a fuck load of caffiene, it can be done.
Doth any man challenge me? Doth any man join me?

Recently I've been thrown into the need to write a time piece again. Time travel has always inspired me and always drawn me to it and it's just... I dunno I thinka boutwriting it and it's like.... I don't feel I could pull it off nor feel like I could stick to it very well. I could write a series of short stories perhaps, that might be an idea...? A collaboration of short stories, all little scenes and adventures of time travelling back, and stick them together in one book. I've always wnated to do that too, have a short story collection along the same themes.

Project Kyle Craze.

So I'm swapping two characters so far. One with 99729 and one with Jim. I would like just one more swap but I'll see how I go. I think for both I'm giving my characters, instead of taking. So I've not taken yet, mayhap I should. I gave Lile to tangled_fortune last year and that was lots of fun, I don't know if she's even invited that into her novel yet. I'm pretty sure she has, I gotta check her up on that.

I'm still taming Aroset as best I can and nay letter her run amock in my head. She wants passion and she wants Arthur and it's Aaarrgggghhhh woman, sit!