Camp Nanowrimo '13 Done!

The title says it all. Of course it lasts for the entire month. I met my goal early and decided to take it easy today. Of course, the really bad thing is that I feel out of my own loop. If you know what I mean. I haven't even looked at anything of my own, other than this story I was working on the past four weeks.  It might also be because there were a lot of things on my mind too. Birthdays, end of school for my kids coming up, my husband being injured on the job and not being able to see the specialist for so long. Money woes. It's all there. Like a bad white trash soap opera.

There were some good things too though. One kid started playing soccer for the first time. Enrolling my youngest into school for the coming fall. Friend's new baby arriving! That was awesome. Oh and teenage daughter breaking up with "boyfriend". Others might not count that as a good thing. But legally an adult, high school drop out that asked my fifteen year old to move in with him. Yeah, it was a good thing. The break-up obviously and she only spent one night crying about it. Drama. I barely remember the days in my life where there was none. And then I hit middle school. Wow, I feel old. And ranty. And a little blessed, if I'm honest.

So now I get the fun decision of what I want to work on next during May. And I might (read: most probably yeah) be moving. So packing will take up a lot of my time. I'll see what I can manage and what captures my attention. Even just going through the pile of stuff that simply needs editing might be a good place to start. It's almost as if I don't feel creative, because this month's story just wrote itself. I liked it, but it needs way too much more work at the moment.

I'll try and keep those that read my stuff here, updated on what I'm planning. Thanks for the patience guys!

Spring Blahs

Welcome to the spring blahs. Like many other parts of the country, we have been subjected to all sorts of nasty spring weather that is not at all spring-like. Snow. Yuck. But even though we've been pretty housebound around here, I have been writing. Just not on anything that I would publish. Mostly I've been writing for Camp Nanowrimo, the first camp occurring in April this year.  I've been doing fairly well, my goal being 75k this year. I'm just over half way there. I just find that I've been having problems getting into any of the projects that I currently have going on. We're so far in seasons on Supernatural that it's hard to go back and try to capture the emotion of the first season, especially as such emotional events are coming up in When It Changes.

I don't know, maybe once the scow melts and we can get outside more, I'll be able to perk up. Gotta say though, I made the switch to writing totally on my laptop and I am loving it. So much easier to keep an eye on the younglings when I can go where they are and see them, instead of sitting at my desk where I can't see them.

Also, cut off a good six inches of my hair. Hope that will help with the inevitable headaches that I get this time of year with the weather changes. Feels much lighter, even though my hair has thinned over the years. Whatever it is, I'll get it figured out and be back with a vengeance, hopefully soon! And if that fails, need to edit some chapters that I had written prior to this month and get them posted. Yay! I mean that. Seriously, yay.