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One step forward, two steps back...
I was all ready to write something about how I utterly failed to meet my Nano goal, but that's ok because I'm working out a reasonably sustainable writing process-- I seem to do 200-ish words in a go, then stop and do something else for a bit, and then I'm good for another drabble. The thing I'm working on (which is probably more novella than novel, but who can say) is hanging out in my brain sufficiently that I'm doing my pre-writing think-through stuff mixed in with ordinary tasks, so my only real issues are when I get caught up in someone else's book & start worrying over their characters instead of mine. (How do other people do this??)
...and then on Monday the company who bought Craftster.org a few years back announced suddenly that oh, sorry, they're shutting down the site on the 19th. Coincidentally less than a week after I opened sign-ups for a second round of the swap I ran last year that got delayed by a month when the feedback system broke, so I have this superstitious "my swap is cursed" feeling hanging over my head. Anyway, that was my most functional remaining internet community, and so we're all scrambling to figure out other places to hang out & do our things, and I am still running the swap, despite not yet knowing where the gallery & discussion are going to go, and my 200-word-drabbles have dropped to 20-word ones.
Also, the Megatherium is supposed to be doing a fitness thing this month, and for her first cardio day yesterday she did the required 1 minute of jumping on the trampoline, and then set a timer for another 2 minutes (with a couple 10-second water breaks) and then kept going for a bit after that was over, and I'm still trying to figure out where she got the hyperactive thing from because ADD I understand but ADHD is all "who is this changeling child and why is she climbing on my head??" For some reason, this does not go well with my overworked brain state, either.
At dinner today she suggested changing her name to [firstname] Wigglebottom Weirdo, and 15-minutes later was painting an imaginary taco crown on her father's face with a dry brush. I got Tiger Swan stage makeup for a play she says she knows all the lines for but hasn't decided what the plot is yet. Also she has discovered Go Fish and now wants to play it frequently. This is a big step up from Tuesday evening, when we couldn't stop her from practicing all the verses of the "Make new friends" girl scout song with her usual enthusiastic lack of intonation. Never a dull moment here.
...and then on Monday the company who bought Craftster.org a few years back announced suddenly that oh, sorry, they're shutting down the site on the 19th. Coincidentally less than a week after I opened sign-ups for a second round of the swap I ran last year that got delayed by a month when the feedback system broke, so I have this superstitious "my swap is cursed" feeling hanging over my head. Anyway, that was my most functional remaining internet community, and so we're all scrambling to figure out other places to hang out & do our things, and I am still running the swap, despite not yet knowing where the gallery & discussion are going to go, and my 200-word-drabbles have dropped to 20-word ones.
Also, the Megatherium is supposed to be doing a fitness thing this month, and for her first cardio day yesterday she did the required 1 minute of jumping on the trampoline, and then set a timer for another 2 minutes (with a couple 10-second water breaks) and then kept going for a bit after that was over, and I'm still trying to figure out where she got the hyperactive thing from because ADD I understand but ADHD is all "who is this changeling child and why is she climbing on my head??" For some reason, this does not go well with my overworked brain state, either.
At dinner today she suggested changing her name to [firstname] Wigglebottom Weirdo, and 15-minutes later was painting an imaginary taco crown on her father's face with a dry brush. I got Tiger Swan stage makeup for a play she says she knows all the lines for but hasn't decided what the plot is yet. Also she has discovered Go Fish and now wants to play it frequently. This is a big step up from Tuesday evening, when we couldn't stop her from practicing all the verses of the "Make new friends" girl scout song with her usual enthusiastic lack of intonation. Never a dull moment here.
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And booooo for a functional online community getting torpedoed. I hate to see anything like that go. Good on you for still running the swap!
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The child sounds adorable!