writing and work

I hate deadlines.

Nevertheless, a rough draft of my Ladystuck pinch hit is now complete and posted to the archive, and I will edit the (inevitable) mountain of mistakes, omissions, and general wtf-was-I-thinking passages tomorrow.

For now? Bed. Because while I slept a good nine hours last night, I was still operating on zombie mode all through my shift at the smoke shop, and I'm pretty sure if I am similarly zoned out on Friday, Boss Lady will be seriously pissed off. Bleh, jobs.

(On the bright side, my assignment and pinch hit alone have kicked me over 10,000 words for January -- that being the per-month minimum needed to write 120,000 words a year. I try to take pleasure where I can. *grin*)

wherein Liz is still wrapped up in Ladystuck

I made extensive edits to my Ladystuck pinch hit (by which I mean I actively added a bunch of other characters and dialogue, and smoothed the most awkward, spiky, wtf-this-has-no-foreshadowing bits of the world-building, for a net gain of nearly a thousand words), chose a slightly differen paragraph for the summary, and picked a new title. This is the third title the story has had -- the first was a deliberately ridiculous working title, the second was a blunt description of the plot excuse on which I have hung the character stuff, and the third is... kind of pretentious, I guess, but at least less awkward than the other attempts.

I am now debating whether I want to try writing a couple treats -- little things, more overgrown drabbles than proper fics -- or whether I should go to bed. I think I will at least look over the request list (also available in a sortable form, courtesy of inklesspen!) to see if anything speaks to me. But I make no guarantees.

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Oh, for anyone who might have been worried: yes, there is flooding in Ithaca right now. Ice jams in Cascadilla and Fall Creek have been backing up storm sewers in Northside and Fall Creek neighborhoods, which floods basements, which kills furnaces. Thus far, my street(s) have been safe, and there are extensive efforts underway to break up the worst of the ice jams before fragmented ice from upstream comes floating down to make everything worse. Hopefully my house will continue unaffected. *crosses fingers*

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ETA, 1:30am Wrote one treat, going to bed. :-)