June 30th, 2008

Thought and Memory

New words: 2,161

Total words: 82,942

Listening/watching: Doctor Who soundtrack

Total words for the year: 255,082

Back to writing after a two week holiday. I was both looking forward to and dreading getting back to it. Worried that the words wouldn’t come, that it would all suddenly seem like utter crap.

I needn’t have worried. I had some stuff left in first draft from before the holiday, and set down to work on that. With a few hiccups, the words flowed. And they seemed good.

*sigh of relief*

Now I keep on moving to the end of this draft, which shouldn’t be too far away. And then I set this aside for a while. I suspect that it will need another full draft before I’m ready to have it read by anyone. This is becoming the most-drafted thing I’ve ever written, which I hope isn’t a starting trend. I had a few brainwaves while on holiday about what I need to change. One of which is something that I’ve already changed - I think it needs to be changed back. Sigh. Such is the writing life.

[cross-posted from my website]

June 30th, 2008

Thought and Memory

New words: 2,161

Total words: 82,942

Listening/watching: Doctor Who soundtrack

Total words for the year: 255,082

Back to writing after a two week holiday. I was both looking forward to and dreading getting back to it. Worried that the words wouldn’t come, that it would all suddenly seem like utter crap.

I needn’t have worried. I had some stuff left in first draft from before the holiday, and set down to work on that. With a few hiccups, the words flowed. And they seemed good.

*sigh of relief*

Now I keep on moving to the end of this draft, which shouldn’t be too far away. And then I set this aside for a while. I suspect that it will need another full draft before I’m ready to have it read by anyone. This is becoming the most-drafted thing I’ve ever written, which I hope isn’t a starting trend. I had a few brainwaves while on holiday about what I need to change. One of which is something that I’ve already changed – I think it needs to be changed back. Sigh. Such is the writing life.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

June 30th, 2008

Thought and Memory

New words: 2,161

Total words: 82,942

Listening/watching: Doctor Who soundtrack

Total words for the year: 255,082

Back to writing after a two week holiday. I was both looking forward to and dreading getting back to it. Worried that the words wouldn’t come, that it would all suddenly seem like utter crap.

I needn’t have worried. I had some stuff left in first draft from before the holiday, and set down to work on that. With a few hiccups, the words flowed. And they seemed good.

*sigh of relief*

Now I keep on moving to the end of this draft, which shouldn’t be too far away. And then I set this aside for a while. I suspect that it will need another full draft before I’m ready to have it read by anyone. This is becoming the most-drafted thing I’ve ever written, which I hope isn’t a starting trend. I had a few brainwaves while on holiday about what I need to change. One of which is something that I’ve already changed – I think it needs to be changed back. Sigh. Such is the writing life.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

A creature of habit

It’s possibly unhealthy how much a creature of habit I am. Also how much I am influenced by my environment.

I cleaned the house properly for the first time in two weeks this morning. To be fair, for the first of those weeks we were away at Rottnest. And last week, Wade was on holidays and so I took time off as well. Cleaning didn’t seem to fit in with those plans too well.

While I am capable of ignoring a messy house for a while, I felt a palpable sense of relief at being able to clean it properly today. The house wasn’t dirty, just a bit messy (well, the carpets had accumulated a set of cat hair tumbleweeds). I’m by no means a clean freak, nor does it bother me when I’m in someone else’s untidy house (well, too much, anyway - I’m able to suppress my urges to clean, anyway).

Still, I feel much better being in a clean house. Things are tidy, the floors are vacuumed and steam mopped, the laundry is all done, dried and put away.

I’m back in my routine. And feeling the better for it.

[cross-posted from my website]

A creature of habit

It’s possibly unhealthy how much a creature of habit I am. Also how much I am influenced by my environment.

I cleaned the house properly for the first time in two weeks this morning. To be fair, for the first of those weeks we were away at Rottnest. And last week, Wade was on holidays and so I took time off as well. Cleaning didn’t seem to fit in with those plans too well.

While I am capable of ignoring a messy house for a while, I felt a palpable sense of relief at being able to clean it properly today. The house wasn’t dirty, just a bit messy (well, the carpets had accumulated a set of cat hair tumbleweeds). I’m by no means a clean freak, nor does it bother me when I’m in someone else’s untidy house (well, too much, anyway – I’m able to suppress my urges to clean, anyway).

Still, I feel much better being in a clean house. Things are tidy, the floors are vacuumed and steam mopped, the laundry is all done, dried and put away.

I’m back in my routine. And feeling the better for it.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

A creature of habit

It’s possibly unhealthy how much a creature of habit I am. Also how much I am influenced by my environment.

I cleaned the house properly for the first time in two weeks this morning. To be fair, for the first of those weeks we were away at Rottnest. And last week, Wade was on holidays and so I took time off as well. Cleaning didn’t seem to fit in with those plans too well.

While I am capable of ignoring a messy house for a while, I felt a palpable sense of relief at being able to clean it properly today. The house wasn’t dirty, just a bit messy (well, the carpets had accumulated a set of cat hair tumbleweeds). I’m by no means a clean freak, nor does it bother me when I’m in someone else’s untidy house (well, too much, anyway – I’m able to suppress my urges to clean, anyway).

Still, I feel much better being in a clean house. Things are tidy, the floors are vacuumed and steam mopped, the laundry is all done, dried and put away.

I’m back in my routine. And feeling the better for it.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.