Thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday, especially with the kind words about hoping I find a job soon. And I apologize. I realized as those messages came in that I left out a very important bit of information in yesterday’s post. I did start my new job yesterday. So the way I see it, I got the month of April off just for A-Z and now life is back to normal.

While I was going through this whole month-long vacation, I had the amazing support of some good friends. Even after being online longer than most gods (except Vulcan – dude is a Usenet genius), it still astounds and amazes and touches me how wonderful it is to connect with people who live hundreds or thousands of miles away. Or ten or fifteen.

I have a non-writer friend locally. I know, right? A friend who doesn’t write? How weird is that? He’s a voracious reader, though. All my writer friends worldwide kept telling me how much writing I could/should get done with my time off. He’s a bit more practical. He said something along the lines of “You can, but you know you won’t.”

And I joked back that he was probably right. The inspiration would wither and limp along until I started working again. It was all funny and ha-ha, and he doesn’t know this (well, he will if reads this), but I was determined to prove him wrong. I was going to write in my time off, damn it. I was going to be a brilliant reviser and get things accomplished and not just sit around in my jammies all day gaming.

One thing I don’t like about being me. I’m really transparent sometimes. And I’m not talking about the pale skin that screams at the sight of any sun. And in the end he was right. Five weeks passed and I did little more than have an idea and write a thousand words about it. But I’ll have you know I made almost 200 levels in those five weeks, and my favorite avatar is one step closer to god-hood.

#EpicLameSadFace

However, I did have an idea during that time. I call it Sekrit Anime Project. It’s epic and no one knows what it’s about except me. I haven’t talked this through with anyone. I want to see if I can write it that way. If keeping it sekrit means I’m more motivated to get it on paper. It came to me in a dream, sort of. And it’s dark and contemporary and terrifies and excites me at the same time.

And on Sunday, we totally figured out how to make some changes to Uriel’s Fall. They were changes I’ve been mulling over for a while, but we figured out how to make them happen.

I wrote outlines for both stories in the last couple of days. And yes, I’m planning on working on them concurrently. I’ve never done this before. Not intentionally. Sure I flit back and forth between stories because I’m a flake, but I’m actually finding myself able to write on both at the same time.

Very different main characters and story ideas, though. Don’t know how long the inspiration will last. But…we’ll see ^_^

And Thank You to Kate and the other couple of people who have given me blog awards over the last couple of days. I need to dedicate a post to those and formally say thanks. And I will soon.

What are you working on right now?