Well, You Cant Have Everything - Where Would You Put It?

[teddy_radiator]

It looks like Chapter 20 of Lay Me Low won't be forthcoming from the laptop. Dom Brian has just too much on his plate right now to do all the necessary little fiddly bits necessary to take the HD apart, put it somewhere else and then try again. Boo. Hiss. I need chocolate and red wine and hugs and lots of tea. *pout*

I think that is the Muse's way of telling me that I should just cut my losses and try to re-write it, and this depresses me. I can't actually say I'm surprised. I had not been 100% happy with what I'd written, but there were bits I really liked, and those won't be forthcoming. I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and get on with it. It will be hard; it is a long fic, which lost a lot of steam when I tanked my laptop, and it will take a lot of effort and grunt work to get the old engine moving again.

On the other hand, today I got a phone call from my precious beta, who just wanted to give me some encouragement of course and she did. I will get Chapter 20 going for her. I owe it to her talents not to mope about and just get on with it.

Riding on those coattails is the darkarts_ldws challenge, and this week's challenge has stumped me. I have three irons on the fire, not to mention a little private fic I'm writing for the goddess mimimanderly (which I'm having a ball with), and the excellent sshg_exchange  prompt I received today which is PHENOMENAL and I'm pumped for, but I feel a little silly that I'm whinging on and on about something I love doing so much. I just want them all to be good.

Comments

[droxy.livejournal.com]

add a forth iron...you still have a TPP fic. =)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

This is true. And I am feeling less like I can accomplish anything at all with every passing minute.

Seriously, I feel very weird right now.

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Oooooohhh... so I'm a goddess now, am I? I thought I was merely a conceptual icon, so I guess this is a promotion! Yay for that!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

If the shoe fits...

[irishredlass.livejournal.com]

So printing Chapter 20 won't work?

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

He can't get it to open...

[irishredlass.livejournal.com]

Argh!

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Sorry if the prompt is a little weird for darkarts_ldws. It could be someone else in possession of the Elder Wand, as long as the wand and Severus are prominent.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, it's not that, babe! It just that I'm not getting anything very inspirational for it. It's a good prompt, and I've already written two drabbles for it, but neither one, to me, is very submission-worthy.

It's just that I write SS all the time, so you'd think I'd be able to come up with something decent. I'd skip, but I'd feel disloyal to Severus if I did! Also, if I skipped, I might later be faced with a character I really don't know what to do with, and bomb for sure!

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

I'll understand if you need to skip, but just remember the last 3 rounds are unskippable ;) I'm enjoying perusing your journal in the meantime, random hits here and there. I should leave comments, but a snake in the grass often leaves little trace. Suffice it to say I love your SSHG which isn't one of my big ships. :)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your encouragement! I think I will submit one of the drabbles I have written. I just read it over and in the cold light of day it's not too bad!

[justpinkpastel.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! LML is just giving you a heck of a time, isn't it? Lots and lots of hugs, chocolate and alcohol are being sent your way. I might sprinkle in some tea while I'm at it.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

And yet, I'm still getting reviews that make my toes curl and my heart flutter, and I know I've got to press grimly on. My sweet beta called me this week, and I've got to get on it, but I just can't seem to get started. Too much on my plate.

And I went to update the last two chapters of the new and improved 'I Want That One', and the file had been corrupted, so I've got to start over my editing on those! Grrr. It's not been my week.