Date: 2007-12-11 20:14 Subject: Update Security: Public Tags: life, reading, writing

Got one horrible bit of work out of the way, after working all weekend (I think I worked all last weekend as well, but I can't actually remember) and then until 2 am last night.

Finished and uploaded one fest fic. Then realised I'd exceeded the word limit. *cries*

Got started on the next one (deadline in a week). Have written over a thousand words, but one of the main characters has gone missing, and nobody (including me) knows where he is.

Had two glasses of wine on Sunday night and that got me drunk enough to sob all over boyfriend when he suggested that I should do some exercise. At least this is a sign that I've been eating healthily, as when I eat crap it takes a bottle of wine to get me drunk. *nods*

Got Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault from the library. Also got Magic and Madness by Justine Larbalestier, which is proof that writing a blog is good for business. I love her blog.

Noticed that I seem to have schizophrenic reading habits: on one hand I'm reading Our Mutual Friend and War and Peace at the same time; on the other, I've developed a thing for YA fantasy. I suspect this is because the books are quick and don't require the emotional & temporal investment that adult fantasy does.

Spent an inordinate amount of time this week planning what books I'm going to take to NZ. Currently: Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert (lovelovelove), Fire from Heaven, The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney and something by Sarah Waters.

Book club is reading Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers. This is both exciting and slightly nerve-wracking - what if they all think it's crap? I have faith in Peter and Harriet, though.

Read more good fic. OK, I was always going to like this one (Alice! Augusta! Neville! Longbottoms photography!), but it's very well done with an absolutely beautiful ending. I heart Augusta in this story, and Neville's maturing is utterly convincing. A Certain Light by anonymous tells the story of various Christmases in Neville's life.

There is also lots of lovely looking stuff up at rs_small_gifts which I hope to read soon.

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Date: 2007-10-24 22:26 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: life, work

*sigh* The problem with being self-employed is that it's easy to fall into the trap that everyone else puts you in of thinking that you have time for everything. So I find myself planning lots of tasks for my mornings: journal, run, shopping, washing, cleaning, writing...and then before I know it it's nearly midday and I haven't started my work yet. In the best case scenario it means I have to work a couple of hours later that evening; in the worst case, I end up spending the next few days doing nothing but work, meaning that when I emerge bleary-eyed and brain-dead, I have to (or more usually fail to) spend my hard-earned rest time catching up on life stuff.

Can I get off the world, please? I'm tired, and I seem to have lost the knack of saying no to clients. Also, as wanderlight said earlier, seven hours' sleep would be really, really nice one of these days.

I know there are lots of mothers on my flist; can any of you recommend a good "what to expect during pregnancy"-type book? It's not for me - at least it is, but for research rather than practical use! Any suggestions gratefully received.

To end on a cheerful note: this made me giggle. (Um, poss not safe for work.)

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