So, after much stress and bribing the kids to let me type in peace, I finally finished my latest entry for the tourney at http://community.livejournal.com/sg_fic_uoa/

And there was much rejoicing.

At one point I was complete stuck. I asked Don "Do I write 'boring explanatory part' or should I skip to 'exiting action scene'? He said "Write what's easy and then go back and fill in the rest."

But here's the thing... I can't write like that. I'm very much a "Write this part, and then this is what's going to happen, and then the third part" writer. I can't skip to part number three if part number two is not finished yet. My brain doesn't work that way, and I don't really enjoy writing out of sequence. Unfortunately, this means that if I'm stuck on one part, then nothing gets done.

So, next time I'll *try* it Don's way. Who knows, maybe I can find a way to make it work.

(Also, I realized that if I, the writer, thinks a part is boring, I just shouldn't write it at all. So that's what I did to get past the block.)

Random Thoughts to start my Blog

Hello! Thought I'd jump on the Blogger Bandwagon (Yeah, I'm years too late, what of it? I only got on Facebook a few months ago, too.) and try to keep a Blog updated.

We spent today at my parent's house. We took over 4 loads of laundry because our front loading washing machine decided to spring a leak. We showered there, also, because the gas company really likes it when you pay them regularly, so we currently have no hot water. We're just at the time of the year when the savings from the previous year's cooler season is drying up, so we're having to stretch to make ends meet. It's really fun, let me tell you.

I've determined to write at least 100 words of my story tonight. It's a trick, you see. I can blink and there'll be 100 words. And then I'll get on a role and write 500, which turns into 750. It's just getting started that is the tricky part. I have a story deadline coming up on the 27th and I'm supposed to have 5000 words by then. I have about 150. Woops. Better get the kids to bed and get cracking!

I am the queen of waiting till the night before the deadline to write the story. But at least I'm writing!

Edited to add: well, I got 500 words written and I watched the latest episode of Lost. Woo!