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So second year in a row I got matched on not one, but TWO fandoms that I offered!

I swear, the hardest part is going to be deciding which to write. Or hell I may just write both. I need words for NaNoWriMo anyway LOL.

But yeah, super excited about Yuletide and my Clint/Coulson exchange. Now to just wrest time from the new job and the old job asking for part time and moving one roommate in and another roommate out and and and...

Seriously WHY is November always one of the busiest months for me every year? Doesn't the universe know I need to NaNo??

So I ended up way behind on NaNoWriMo this week after getting with a migraine on Sunday and not managing to write anything that day or much of anything on Monday. So as you can imaging I was trying to play catch up all week.

Color me totally shocked when today I sat down and had a totally easy flow going, ran my wordcount and realized I had done 3,500 just in the course of an afternoon. And am now caught up at 23,384. Color me very VERY pleased with myself!!

Oh! And because I get a wild hair occasionally, I decided to go red again. It's not as crazy red as it has been in the past, but I wanted it more natural since I'm working in a pretty professional office environment.

I like it though. I'll post pics later if I can get LJ to behave.

Anyway, what's going on with all of you?

Don't forget - I'm taking addies for holiday card send outs too - just a comment over on that post.

Love you all!

Yup it's that time again!

Drop me a comment with your address if you'd like a card this year.

Also, remind me if you want a holiday neutral card - I'm really a flake this year with NaNo in full swing.

15271 on NaNoWriMo by the way - still on track which totally makes me happy, though I've started DualNovelling it as the psychic soldier came back and hijacked my brain a bit. I figure as long as I'm writing on an in-progress original novel, it still counts. So there.

So I'm at 5381 for day 3 of NaNoWriMo. It's the first time I can remember being ahead of my word count since I started this crazy challenge 6 or 7 years ago lol. So yeah, I'm seriously hopeful that I'm going to win this year. Go go go all of us who are doing it!!

Also, I just saw Ender's Game and can I just say this may be the best book-to-movie film I've seen in a very long time. Just flat out gorgeous and I had the same reaction of sheer shock and awe that I remember from reading it the first time. I'm actually really glad I didn't re-read it before I saw the film - even knowing certain details, it was long enough ago that it still hit like brand new. Plus the sheer visual spectacle took my breath away. Just yeah - if you like sci-fi, great psychology, and moral ambuguity - this will definitely be a film for you!

And now, as always, I haz a meme! as stolen from a couple people on my flists:

The Smut Writer's Meme: Name a pairing that you know I know and ask me a question. I'll tell you anything you want to know about their sex lives from my own personal fanon.

(And also because my wordcount was just painfully dismal yesterday...)

Friday:
-Hart of Wonderland chapter 8 256
-Firefly drinkin' game ficlet 240

Total: 496

Saturday:
-Kirill-centric Bourne/Push crossover ficlet (finished and to be posted!) 536
-Firefly drinking game ficlet (finished and soon to be posted) 166

Total: 702

...OK so this was just sad. I can't get focused.. it's driving me batty!

New NaNoWriMo Total:
22800

Morning - pre Jury duty
-Let Me Fall Primeval Mattcentric songfic done and posted - 880

Afternoon (after the Jury duty anticlimax)
-Hart of Wonderland chapter 8 - only 57 but it's the Cheshire's POV and I know I need a realllllllly specific mood to write her well

And ended going out for my weekly girldate with my buddy, and managed to accomplish nothing else. But hey - I wrote SOMETHING and that's really what matters.

Total:
937

Month Total:
21602

So yes I'm spamming LJ this morning, but it's my journal so I can lol. Anyway I'm off today because I have jury duty this afternoon (which is weird as everyone I know has always been called in the morning but who knows?), and I've already gotten a ton of stuff done and it's barely 10:00.

The pest control guy came right at 8, so I'm all settled and anti-bugged for the next two months which is great as the colder weather usually forces the creepy crawlies indoors, and here is Texas we have TONS of creepy crawlies in a plethora of many-legged varieties.

In a similar vein, it was time to put the flea/tick/mosquito drops on the fuzzies again, and while they're not fond of it, we all MUCH prefer that to flea attacks.

I've paid ALL THE BILLS for this month, so while my bank account looks rather sadface, it won't look any less sadface except for fun stuff. And you know food, but that's doable.

Also on the money side of things, I went up to the bank to see about changing the type of checking account I've got in hopes of avoiding the fees I've finally started noticing as my budget gets tighter. And I was forcibly reminded of why I occasionally like my bank. Not only did I not have to change anything on my end (as the lady did some quick checking and my mortgage will now wave all fees on the checking account), but they refunded all of the fees back to when I signed on for the mortgage! So now I have extra money in my account that I wasn't counting on which is always fun. I'll have to figure out something fun to do with it... though I suppose I should be good and just toss it on the credit card. Maybe I'll compromise and do half fun and half responsible.

In LJ land, I posted the answer to my Number Meme and finally got around to doing a daily draw which I've been lax on the past few days and managed to pull my signature card which is always a sign for a good day me thinks!

But yeah, quite a few things checked off this week's to-do list so I'm feeling pretty good about today!

In other more NaNo news, I didn't write a damned thing last night again, but I think I know why. I've decided to try to go off Dr. Peppers (or at least significant cut back) again, because I was drinking a stupid amount. Which is bad for my weight and for my wallet. So yeah, cutting down is definitely a good thing, but as I don't really enjoy anything else with caffiene, I'm having a hard time focusing and may be for a little while until I wean myself off of it. This is probably why I did so well with the mass of Karl ficlet options - I had an excuse to let my writing brain be totally scattered and it worked for me.

I probably just need to open 4-5 word docs again and just flash from one to another. That seems to work for me. And hey, I don't have to be at jury duty until 1:30, so I've got a couple hours to try to write right now. And added bonus, I can take my laptop into the courthouse until I'm actually sitting on a jury (if I even get selected), so I can probably get some writing done then. So yeah, Caity is determined and stuff!

BTW, for those of you who care - the Reaper!Vaako fic has come out ahead in the poll so I'll be starting that as well. Bring on the eyeliner!Karl!

So got started earlier than yestarday, and I think that was a good sign. I'm working in 1k bursts in between chores and rearranging furniture. Should be exciting. We'll see if I can get as much accomplished as I think I might!

-Pushbigbang chapter 1 956
-Pushbigbang cast list 116
-AP novel 905 (HOLY SHIT ROUGH DRAFT COMPLETED FLAILS AND FLAILS AND FLAILS)

Today's total: 1977

NaNoWriMo Total:
18,561

Trust me I'll be posted to my original fic filter with some flailing and as a bonus a handy dandy AP fanmix just for all of yall!

Nothing much to say beyond fucking hell I need to write - so I'll leave it at that!

-Push fic for BigBang_MixUp prologue 1075
-AP novelness (almost done) 1084

Today's Total:
2,159

NaNoWriMo Total Thus Far:
16,584

Still didn't make my 3k goal so I'm still behind but hey, not too far. I can catch up sooner rather than later.

So, I went 2 solid days without writing ANYTHING thanks so two nights of hanging out with friends in a row. Since when do I have a social life and why oh WHY did it decide to show up in November? Le sigh.

I did the math and in order to be caught up by the end of tonight I would need to write 5983 words. Yes you read that right. Pardon me while I have a mini-meltdown. *panic*

...OK I think I'm over it. So I did some more math, and if I spread it out, I can be caught up by the end of the weekend with just 3106 per day. Still fairly panic worthy, but I think I can do this. I think.

I'm gonna put in The Fifth Element as it seems to be my writing movie and see what I can churn out.

BTW, if you see me wasting time on LJ over the weekend, feel free to shout out "Write, bitch. Write!" until I behave myself!

-Finishing up See No Evil chapter 8 (Pitch Black blind OC fic) 902
-AP novel 1169

So it's after midnight, and I'm passing out so I guess I'm going to give up the ghost for tonight at least. Still managed to get more than the normal "daily" goal of 1667, so rock on right?

And hey, I have all weekend (minus a few hours overtime tomorrow.. again).

NaNoWriMo Total
2071

Welp, I warned you Push was about to take over my brain and HARD!

-Push BigBang side character bios/cast list (because while I'm relatively plotless, I know there will have to be other people and I will NEED a team for Nick to pull off what I'm vaguely planning for him) 1082

...and I'm behind on my word count again, but I can't seem to care too much lol

NaNoWriMo Total thus far?
12,354

So I thought for the heck of I'd do a sort of run down on just want kind of crazy multi-fandom juggling I'm doing for my NaNoWriMo this time, just to put it all in perspective just how freaking BATSHIT my brain is sometimes.

So, thus far (and I'm only on day EIGHT remember) I have written for:

Primeval
FakeTV drabbles including:
   Counting Crows
   The Gardens
Trick or Treat drabbles including:
      Black Jewels Trilogy
          King Arthur (movie verse)
          Supernatural/Dr. Who crossover
AP - original novel from hell/heaven depending on the day
Resident Evil
Pitch Black
Push

So 10ish different fandoms/concepts? I NEED HELP PEOPLE!!!!

Oh! Speaking of Push, I'm involved with another BigBang (Yes I know I have no self control-why do you ask?! I am an author for

bigbang_mixup! Basically it's sorta the reverse of most of the other BigBangs I've seen in that the fanmixes are done FIRST and then the authors take over. The mix I claimed looks awesome so far, and best of all, my mixer listed several smaller fandoms I love but have barely written for, specifically PUSH!!!!!! Yes I am one of those who freaking loved that move, totally under the radar though it somehow seemed to be. And yes, I am TOTALLY a Nick/Cassie shipper, squicky though it may be.

Let's just say I will be setting my fic some 5ish years in the future so she's legal and all is well! Anyway, I'm all about this fandom, and you will be seeing Pushfic eventually - though I don't think rough drafts are even due until January. I will be probably sharing snippets though!

And on that note, I should probably go write now k thanks bye!

Ended up focusing on another long overdue chapter in another fandom. Didn't quite get caught up, but I'm only 400 words down now, which is definitely progress. And considering this OC is blind and am writing the whole thing in present tense - it's DEFINITELY a work out of a chapter, so I'm pretty pleased with my 2k!

-See No Evil chapter 8 Allies (Pitch Black blind OC insert fic) 2071

NaNoWriMo Total thus far:
11,272.

Decided to tackle a final death scene for my novel in progress, and it definitely took the heart out of me. But that scene is done, and I'll be in the home stretch to finish the rough draft once I can stand to look at that word doc again. I'll just need to find something else angsty as fuck to write on for the rest of today's goal. Cuz damned if I can manage anything fluffy...

-AP novel (after crying like a baby) 1816

Decided not to attempt anything else. Instead I cleaned and rented Fast Five because nothing cheers me up like an action flick.. and this was definitely of the epic of action flick fun. Lots of pretty, though none of them got shirtless which made me a little sad lol.

But yeah so totals.

Total NaNoWriMo:

9201 - still 800 behind, but definitely better than it was!

So I really had the best intentions, but despite them, I managed to procrastinate most of the afternoon away without writing a single word.

In my defense though: I worked 4 hours of over time, mailed a package, folded laundry AND put it away, did my daily drawing, had a phone call with Kym I needed to have, and napped. So really, I've done a lot today and checked things off my to-do list. The writing to-do list just got pushed to the side. But it's a little after 6ish and I don't have to work tomorrow. That gives me LOTS of late night writing time. I can do this!

-Overcome Chapter 5 - a Resident Evil Apocalypse fic chap that's way overdue! 1800
-AP novel in progress (crossed the 86k mark with this! - unfortunately I'm right at another section that's going to make me cry like a baby... so I think I'll stop there and tackle that in the morning when I'll have time to recover from said character emotional trauma lol) 1079

So it's not as late as I thought I'd stay up, but I've started fading, and I figure better to wake up and dive into writing again relatively early. Plus I did accomplish quite a bit - I'm only 1k off of the over all goal now, and that I can handle.

Total for tonight:
2879

Total NaNoWriMo word count thus far:
7385

Apparently the muse is feeling a bit smutty this evening.. could be fun!

-Comment porn Matt/Emily 168
-Comment porn Connor/Abby 214
-Comment porn poly/voyeurism 355
-Comment porn post-apocalypse trio (J/B/C) 203
-Comment porn pet/mistress/master trio (A/C/C) 210

...so that's 1150 JUST ON PORN! Go team me lol.

But yeah, just a little spent after that one, so I'm calling it a night. I have all weekend to get caught up. Well all weekend minus the couple hours of overtime I have to go in for...

Total NaNoWriMo count:
4506

So today started off a little better time wise, and hey I'll take whatever I can get!

-Finishing up requested drabble for

darkhorse_99 232
-Secret Santa fic for

primeval_denial 43 words

So writing came to a fairly rapid halt due to a much needed conversation. Not at ALL regretting it, though. Gave me a lot to think about.

Today's total:
275 words

NaNoWriMo total:
3356

So today was the perfect example of why it tends to be hard for me to do NaNo or BigBangs: I didn't get off work until 6 like always, then I had to go grocery shopping, which meant I wasn't home until after 7. After feeding my dogs and getting my own dinner, it was after 8 before I could finally settle down and get started ~~procrastinating~~ I mean writing...

*headdesknowplease*

Anyway, on with the totals.

Individual totals:
-"A Mess of Things"

primeval_vsx challenge fic 1124 words
-Connor/Abby Vacation ficlet I owe

darkhorse_99 168 words

...and then my brain just flat shut off completely.

Today's Daily Total
1292

NaNoWriMo Total thus far
3081

...not as great as I'd hoped considering I'm already behind on the "required" wordcount, but better than I expected considering the crazy evening!

I've decided I'm going to keep a running tally here on what I managed to work on each day with individual wordcounts for each separate project, as well as the total count for the day. Here goes nothing!

- Finishing "Once Was Blind" Allison songfic for primeval_vsx 687 words
-Pair of drabbles for the "Silence" challenge at faketvnetwork 511 words
-Finishing up the Trick or Treat Drabbles 591 work

Grand Total for the Day: 1789!

(I think I'm going to like this system!)

So after finding out my work schedules going to need to be more intense than ususal, and after NOT finishing my other novel this weekend like I'd hoped, I was very close to dropping out of NaNo all together.

However, after some discussion with my betacreature Askita, I think I'm going to continue to do the challenge just in a much different way.

My goal for November: 50,000 words as per the challenge.

However, I'm opening that up to ALL of my writing for this month, be it finishing my novel, Taking Eden, or even fanfiction. My goal is just to write like a fiend and keep track of all of the totals.

*nods* I think I can do this.

Hmm, now I wonder if I should plan some kind of uber prize for myself if I pull it off... *ponders*

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