I've been struggling with writer's block for the last week or so. After the initial burst of enthusiasm for NaNo, I fell behind at about 16,000 words and eventually had to admit that I wasn't excited enough about the project and that it was time to do something else ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide Author,

First of all, thank you so much for whatever it is you're going to write for me. This is my first time doing Yuletide, and I'm super excited about my requests and my offered fandoms both. I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun reading and writing this year!

Secondly, I'm about as easy as they come with my requests. ( How easy am I? )

First of all, if you've ever even thought of applying (and maybe if you haven't): apply apply apply. I've been wanting to go to VP for years and never had the guts to apply before this year, and it turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life, let alone one of the best things I've done as a writer ( Read more... )

I'm making an effort to write every single day. Getting accepted to VP was, in a weird way, a wake-up call: Yes, you really could be a writer, maybe, but you have to actually work at it. I've always been in the habit of writing whenever inspiration struck (or when I had a deadline); this frequently translated into every day, but it also translated ( Read more... )

I seem to have committed drabble (well, a triple-drabble really) as a pinch-hitter in mctabby's Cats' Birthday Drabblethon. This was the first HP I've written in a really long time, and it was like putting on an old comfy t-shirt. Oh HP fandom, I missed you!

I'm going to Viable Paradise.

Marriage equality passes the final vote in Maine and receives the Governor's signature!

DC Council votes to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere!

New Hampshire's final vote on marriage equality is today - NH-ers, call your Representatives! ETA: NH vote passsed!! Now it's down to the governor...

Maine House OKs Gay Marriage Bill

Also, HB436, New Hampshire's marriage equality bill, goes back to the New Hampshire House tomorrow. Call your state representatives, New Hampshireans New Hampshirites anybody living in NH!

MAINE MAINE MAINE

hahaha, I am never going to post anything again except joy over marriage equality successes...

HOORAY NEW HAMPSHIRE!

The House still has to approve the Senate version (they passed their own bill last month), and then the Governor has to sign it, but that's three states in one month!