Picking up a big project after a hiatus is... extremely difficult.  I've done a great deal of writing since the last time I worked on my ByaUlqui story, but that was different writing.  That was writing short pieces, birthday and exchange fics, which require a different mindset.

I opened my doc and saw all the detailed notes I'd left myself where I'd left off, and for just an instant I wanted to curl up and hide.  So many plot threads to keep straight, so many details I can't forget to include!  Gah!  There was a brief moment of incredulity, with just a hint of panic - how on earth did I manage to write stories like this?  I've intimidated myself, lol.

Still, it's good to be back in "project mode".  I know it's kind of dorky, but I like having a major project on the go, it makes me feel productive. :)  This time, I'm going to continue to work on not stressing myself to the max with it.  I'll get done what I get done, when I get it done.  I've gotten pretty good at giving myself permission to do other things, so I'm going to continue to knit, watch my shows, read manga, and write other stories at the same time.

So I'm back in business on the ByaUlqui, and on the side I have other things to work on when I need a break: the next Amaranthine story, SSTL (#3 is ready to post this week, whee!), occasional exercises for my writing group, the multifandom request prompts, and a couple original projects that I'm not quite ready to talk about yet but am very excited over. ^_^

In other news, the past few weeks have seen many goodies arriving in my snail mail.

( Pics of fun pressies below the cut! )

Time for some random chatter! :D

Do I have any other Babylon 5 fans on my flist?  Saturday I watched (well listened to, really) the latter half of S4 while I packed. I blubbered, as usual - the second half of 'Endgame' has me wibbling enormously, just one emotional blow after another there. I ship Marcus/Ivanova, no surprise there, see icon (though I still don't know how I feel about the 'Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic' short story from JMS... felt kinda like a weak fanfic, truth be told), and they are two of my favourite characters, so the way that all played out was extra devastating for me.

From the end of S4, I went directly to 'Sleeping in Light' (since S5 is the suck, apart from the usual awesome Londo & G'kar moments). Now, SIL has me in pieces pretty much from start to finish. There's always been a dusting of cheese on the John/Delenn relationship, but even I have to admit that SIL was unbelievably well done.  The romance, the angst, the quiet desperation... oh god, it kills me, every time.  There's so much going on in that episode, you can't help but be moved by something. I'm inevitably in floods from when they do the toast right through to the credits. *sobs*  Even hubby agrees that it's all heartwrenchingly well done, and he just doesn't get into stuff the same way I do.

*sigh*  I'm kinda bummed that I don't even know who on my flist will remotely understand or care about that first bit. :p  I need to make friends with more scifi geeks, I really do.

I've just reactivated my WoW account, for the first time in years. :o I know, I know!   But really, don't fret, I'm not going to be swallowed up.  I just miss my roots, and running newbie quests is exactly the right kind of distraction I'll need while settling things at the new house. (Kyriani, do you still play?)  I'll still have loads of time to write, though, never fear. :D  I am practically drooling at the thought of taking my laptop to my screened porch room and getting back to serious work on my projects. *quivers with excitement*  The weather this week has been and will continue to be uncommonly cooperative - warm, breezy, and not sticky, for the first time since, well, last winter.  I'll be very lucky if I get anything unpacked at all, with that porch singing its siren song... *drifts toward it*

I need new recs for tv shows. If you follow my LJ, you prolly know what I'm into already.  I sort of want to be convinced that SGA is worth it, but I still haven't watched SG1 from start to finish yet, and I don't think my OCD will let me do one without the other. :p

So, how's everyone doing? :) 
 

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canucks! What are you doing to celebrate? Firing up the grill, heading to the liquor store beach?

While I'm at it, a happy early 4th of July to all the folks in the US! What sort of plans do you have for your big weekend? Anyone throwing a big backyard bash?


I think we're going to sit home and relax from all the house hunting stuff. Grill some steak, write some smut, play some computer games... you know, all the really important things that say 'yay Canada'. *snickersnort*

Edit: Have a video! :)


 

It's Sunday night, and I'm not prepping a chapter for posting.

That feels so, so weird.

What do you do after two and a half months of posting a story you worked on for a year? (Write more fics, duh!)

More importantly, what does this foreshadow about my reaction when I get a novel out the door and on the shelves? I'm probably going to be a complete wreck - I was already in floods over Covenant being finished, and every review I've received all weekend has just made the waterworks start up again. *laughs at self*

I'm sure that by Wednesday it'll all have sunk in. Tonight, though, it's still a bizarre feeling. At the risk of sounding immodest, I'm sure that some of you are going to be missing your thrice-weekly fix - I know this because you told me so. ^_^ So while I am feeling a bit mopey about it being done, I'm heartened to know that there are others out there missing it as much as I do.

Misery loves company, or a sense of satisfaction at having shared the fun? You decide! *grin*