Fluorescent lights, they hum like angels

The thing about sunburn is, once it stops hurting, it starts ITCHING. Take it from me on this one.

So! It's been HOW long now since my last entry? Funny part is on some level I thought it had been even longer. :P But still, I was surprised to see that I didn't update at all up until now for the month of June! Yeesh.

So here's my first thing to mention:

I updated TWC3 with another new chapter! Yay for me! I did mention this on DeviantArt and I am pretty sure most everyone who occasionally pops in here does follow me over there, so they probably already knew it. But ya know, I like to mention it here. :) Is it worth my putting a link up here? If you need one let me know and I'll link it.

Second thing to mention:

Apparently TWC3 is just about my least popular fic so far. Seriously, I don't remember the last time I've had this few reviews on an ongoing fic (not counting the old ones I put up all at once). For the record, I'm not saying specific people or friends of mine - I usually get more random pop-in reviews, that's all. I had a few people following the TWC1 rewrite that I didn't even know; I guess they lost interest. Then I met some new people with TWC2, and that was cool, but only one of them has reviewed a chapter of TWC3 this time and it was to say she wasn't sure about Quackerjack's motivations. (Fair enough, btw; I'm not confident writing him. I think it's totally fair criticism, I just am worried that it was enough to put her off reading the fic. :( I don't want to drive readers away!) I'm kind of hoping I'll pick up some end-of-fic reviews once I finish it, but I'm worried I won't, and that'll be a little bit depressing; I have to admit, I'm not that inspired on this one so it's not my best, but some - in fact nearly all - of hte background plot developments in this one are *pivotal* to the series. They all happen in this one. So I sorta hope that's enough that, by the end, I'll have a few more people who feel it's worth saying something. :)

I guess it couldnt' hurt if I interacted more on FF.net, which I find really difficult, because I can't sort through fanfics to find good ones. I just don't have the time. It's very easy for me to go through a ton of art on DA and leave comments, but I can't invest the time in fanfic unless I know in advance that it's worth reading. I'm sure if I read more fics and interacted with people more they'd reciprocally read mine more, or at least comment to make it look like they were reading. ;)

Oh well, the good news (depending on your perspective) is that I intend to finish this fic regardless. :D And I think TWC4 will be a fun one. I hope anyway. :)

Other weird things: All day on Formspring the number of followers has been distracting me. I don't like having it so clearly marked. It has been fluxing between 53 and 55 followers ALL DAY. It's gone up and down at least 6 times by now. Is this normal? Does anyone else have this happen and is it a bug, or do I just have a couple of people who can't make up their minds about me?

I love it when a plan comes together

Okay so, every time I'm planning a fic down the road, I look at it and have no idea how the mess of ideas I have is going to actually WORK because it's just vague concepts and possibilities. Then I get panicky. Then I go on walks and I think it over and try to work it out. And usually it takes me at least ten or more walks before I get anything productive out of it, but always, always, finally, I have one of the ones that actually GETS somewhere.

And I had one today, for the rewrite of TWC4. I'm not saying it's perfectly plotted in my head now, but this one was giving me fits in terms of the plot and how Beth had to work in it and what she was going to do, and this time, it just clicked. Sigh. I LOVE that click. That click is the most amazing damned thing! All of a sudden I just had entire portions of scenes with dialogue and stuff going and I was like "Yes! It actually worked!"

The only problem is that I went on to see it through to the ending and now I want to write that scene. Not because something great happens but just because it's fresh in my head and I want to write something for the fic... well, we'll see what I have in terms of time, though it's not much. :P

Double Post

Wow, I did it. I kinda didn't think I'd make it. But it's nearly midnight so #$&)$. Was it worth it, I don't know. I only got one review on the last chapter so I don't expect to get much on this one either (though what's keeping me going on this is that I want to make it at least to TWC4 since that's where things get "juicy" as it were; anyway point being reviews are gravy but I have an internal push, for now anyway, might burn out we'll see. Damn i'm tired)

Anyway, here is link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2460903/1/TWC_3_Forever_Young

I'll update AO3 tomorrow, right now too lazy/tired/screwyouguys,I'mgoinghome type stuff. BED and I mean it. (As if I won't probably waste another ten-fifteen minutes rechecking my email JUST IN CASE someone reviewed).

I'll just add that I'm at that stage of being tired/annoyed by the fact that I'm not in bed yet where everything angers me. Make a typo, and I'm like "I HATE YOU FINGERS! RAAHR! WHAT IF I THREW YOU IN THE TRASHCAN THEN WOULD YOU BE SORRY?!" ;)

I listen to the Bee Gees while I write.

True confessions. I don't really like the Bee Gees but they are condusive to writing, for some reason. It's usually "How Deep Is Your Love" which actually has comparitively little falsetto - it's the falsetto that usually kills these things for me. Okay, that and the fact that all three of the Gibbs brothers are just really hard on the eyes, and yet you know they were getting more action...

Annnnnyway. Trying to finish up this chapter of TWC3 tonight. So of course I have to procrastinate and somehow I choose to procrastinate by writing about how much I wnat to finish up the chapter? Huh?

I will admit that I am frustrated by the pacing of this. I can't *quite* figure out how to end this scene (second to last in this chapter) and it's going on too long. Then I'm not fully sure where the next scene is going to go, I just know a couple of htings that will happen in it. Meanwhile it's nearly 11 pm, again, and I'm tired, and oh, RASPBERRIES. At least this evening I got to spend a little time with my hubby before cloistering myself to try to finish fanfiction. :P

There may or may not be a Bee Gees/Saturday Night Fever-inspired picture that will surface someday. I'm making no promises. It could be a thing of beauty or, perhaps, the exact opposite... time will tell.

BED

I wish I went to bed earlier than 11pm most nights, instead of after it. It's just that I want to get things done! And I have no time except from about 9-11 pm!

I'm trying to finish up the first chapter of Act II of TWC3 (wow... anyway). I should have it finished by the end of the week - actually I'm hoping by tomorrow. That's pretty good considering it took me a month to get started on it! The chapter has ended up just sort of coming, since this weekend. Nice. I wish they all flowed like that. :P

I haven't mentioned this but this particular fic is about two things. One of them is obvious: Quackerjack. That's the plot. That's totally and definitely the plot.

But there is another plot that, to me, is the "real" one and I'm embarrassed to admit it but I think I probably should. But it's a spoiler so I won't say it here. I'll leave a comment. Then if you want to know, you can read the comments. *nodnod* Secret-like. Did you get the impression that we are whispering while reading this? Haha, that's what it seemed like to me.

Anyway... comments have spoilers. Avoid if you want to wait for the fic to be finished. My realistic (not optimistic but not very pessimistic either) estimate is that it'll be finished around August or September this year, if I can post two chapters per month between now and then. Since I also want to work on "Those Daring McQuacks in Their Flying Machines" i might not keep that pace, but I'll try!

Btw, should I post a preview of "Flying Machines" here? I mean, the stuff that I haven't posted yet on FF.net? Or should I just let that go?

Sheesh, well, bye-bye April

Man, I didn't get a lot done fic-wise this month. :)

This evening I decided I'd try to do some writing. I have done none, and I do'nt know if I will get any done after this. :P So hard to FOCUS. I need some inspiration.

I'm sorry, I thought I had more to write about. :)

EDIT: So I did get some writing done, though nothing substantial... DURNIT. I got a small portion of the start of chapter 2 of TWC3's second act, and somewhere close to the beginning of TWC4 (the music I was listening to demanded that I work on that scene). I guess there's really only so much you can do during an hour's worth of time. But I need a kick in ze pants to get me workin' on real plot content. :P

Someone inspire me! Pweeeeeease?

Just to say...

Hello, April!

I need to work on Act II of TWC3, but I've been focusing instead (when I have the time/drive to write) on my new fic, "Those Daring McQuacks In Their Flying Machines". I think I am nearly through Act I. That's nice, huh? :)

My laptop battery is about to go dead so I"ll just drop some keywords:

Air show
Spies
Love triangle
McQuacks
Explosions.

Yay!