State of the writer.

[apocalypsos]

SO. Um.

I've had a slow week. It's not a terrible thing, really. I have been writing ... just, you know, a couple hundred words here or there. A trickle is better than nothing, I suppose.

I think this chapter is getting to me because it's a full-on immersion for Vera in a world she's only been dipping her toes into up until now. She's been skating around her heritage in more ways than one, and she's spent the past five years settling into a life where she doesn't see superheroes anymore than most anybody else. And now ... WHOOSH. She was so busy dipping her toes into the pool she forgot to make sure she didn't get elbowed into the deep end. Heh. ;)

I'm not worried about the female angle ... I've got that one handled, I think. The bisexual bit, I'm tentatively happy with. I think I've got a good balance with that, but then again I really have not been touching each chapter after I finish, so we'll see how it holds up when I reread it later. The Mexican-American bits I'm more worried about, if only because up until now they've been subtle because Vera's been in a place the past few years in the story where her Mexican heritage is tied into a lot of shit she'd just rather not deal with. So it's kinda like a snowstorm -- one or two references here or there falling from the sky and then, WHOOSH, you're standing in three feet of snow.

I haven't touched The Grand Prize Winner in a few weeks. Right now, I've been mentally tweaking the ending to see if I can get some focus into it. It's ... getting there. It's just not going as quickly as I'd like.

I may see later if I can brainstorm some new ideas for whatever I plan on writing next. I've got the virgin thing on the side, which if I do write it will probably be just me snarking about being a virgin as opposed to writing a character who's an unapologetic virgin, although I'm not ruling that one out. I do want to write a female lead again since I'm having so much fun with this one. I think it's just a matter of finding an angle and a name, which always helps me a lot. God, I've been sitting on the name Vera for ages. :)

I still haven't written my apocalyptothon assignment. I'm such a bad mod. *headdesk*

I haven't written any of my stori_telling prompt either. I need to get my hands on Merlin again. Hmph.

And because I'm taking so long to do them, I'm not about to sign up for anything else, which means Remix is right out. Hell, as long as I do apocalyptothon and Yuletide this year, that's all I care about.

Comments

[liliaeth]

You think not writing your assignment is bad? I can't even find mine. Been thinking of contacting you for two weeks now.

Uhm, could you either resend me the assignment, or if that's impossible, tell me what email you used to send it, so it might be a little bit easier to find it i my email?

Pretty please.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. I used apocalyptothon@gmail. :)