carriemac: (arrow - felicity hands under chin)
The deadline kind, not the hair kind. Real life (and okay, World of Warcraft) have kicked me in the pants lately. Technically, if I hadn't spent a few hours a week raiding with my guild, I would have had time to write and do more fannish stuff.

But WoW is my outlet in a way writing can't be. It lets me just turn my brain off for a while and escape. With writing, I'm always aware of myself. And to be honest, writing is not something that comes easy to me. I love it, but it's also a struggle, and it stresses me out.

Thank goodness that the Rare Ship Swap deadline was extended for a week. I'm writing a crossover fic in fandoms I haven't written in before (though I'm very familiar with the canons) and it's more complicated than what I'm used to doing. If I didn't have a deadline, it would probably turn into a 20-50K monster.

It's not like things will get much easier. The Romantic Times convention is in less than a month, and I'm going to be there "on the clock" for my company. Even thinking about it makes me want to fire up WoW and level up my warlock, who's been stuck at 35 for about three months...
carriemac: (Alice-sad)
Tonight is supposed to be the coldest night yet, which means no sleep for me as I try to keep the cats and critters alive. The last Arctic blast that came through froze and busted the pipes in my kitchen, and it cost a fortune to fix. Here's hoping the pipes hold this time.

It also froze my door shut, which meant I had to walk all the way around the house to check the shelters in my backyard. Not fun.

In news that is kind of fun, I only have a little more to go before the first draft of my Arrow fic, Only If for a Night, is done. And then I need to write the beginning of my Ladies' Bingo OUAT fic--the end is already done. :)

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