Not My Brightest Moment

[teddy_radiator]

Ashwinder posted the latest chapter of Lay Me Low (Chapter 12) and I'm ever increasingly grateful to my alpha and betas for getting me to the point where I only had five cavities on this (compared to the 40 I had on TPP for As Morning Falls Chapter 4 - lack of beta, anyone?).

I am still reeling from Sempra's stunning artwork for Chapter 10 and Chapter 11. She has done illustrations for Chapters 2 and 3 as well, and I'm just blown away by her, as always. I often say that our Muses are drinking buddies.

I posted a poem to LJ_Scribe yesterday, but just as I sent it off, I realised it was not an automatic posting, and was subject to the moderator's discretion whether or not it would be posted. It hasn't been, so I guess I didn't make the cut, but the dumb thing is that I wrote it on the posting - I have no other copy of it.

I know, dumb as a very dumb thing. I've written to the mod and asked if she would send it back to me, but if she doesn't, serves me right. I can be such a dope at times. At times, I'm amazed my birth certificate has finished printing.

Comments

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Don't I know it! I'm sooooo close to wrapping this all together beautifully, but you know what? I'm not going to worry. The Muse has walked every step with me, and when I got to a fork in the road and didn't know what to do, he just put his arm around me and guilded me in the right direction. I just relaxed each time, and he snuggled up and told me what to do... so that's what I'll do now. He tells me not to worry, so I won't.

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Whenever I worry about a project I'm working on... or worry because I HAVE no current project to work on... my Muse chides me with "What? You mean you don't trust me by now?" Then he comes through for me beautifully. I have learned to trust him... but worry is a very hard habit to break!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Amen, my beloved sister. I am the poster-child for worry and lack of confidence. The more I trust, though, the more things happen. We are going to definitely record the Muse lyrics - the ones I sent you the other day? The guy that is financing the recording read it today, and was in tears. He said, "We HAVE to do this!" Yep, I still think I've got to do it all myself, but when I remember I don't, nice, nice things happen to me....like you....

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

OooooooOOOOOO!! I want a recording!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I promise - it will also have another song I wrote, and me singing on the song As Morning Falls, which was the inspiration for my fanfic of the same title (my secretly favourite one).

I would be proud to send you a CD of it. It's the closest thing to art I can create, to show you my appreciation for all you've done for me.