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So my Writing List for the year (OK really just until May for several of these, but a couple are yearly goals too) has gotten a little nuts, so I thought I would write it down here so I can see it vanish as I mark things off. Plus some of you can help me being all accountable and stuff!

~~-shipswap Assignment~~ - Actually done!!! Just need to get it back from my beta and upload it to AO3.
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shipswap Pinch Hit - Started
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wipbigbang - 1300 of 7500 needed
~~-couplesbigbang - 705 of 10,000 needed - possibly dropping if I can figure out something re: question below.~~ Making the executive decision for my sanity to drop - plus it looks like if I can't find an alternate BigBang, I'll be co-running one!
-Short Story submission for Steam SEA anthology - due June 1st - 2500-9000
-1st Round edits on Psychic Soldier Story - done through page 98 - waiting to re-up Grammarly Subscription with next paycheck
-Sleeping Beauty Redux - 19k - will probably be close to 100k by the end? Maybe longer (Planned to be finished by end of year)
-Start Angel Story Sequel - if Sleeping Beauty Redux done by end of the year

Also just as I wanted to keep track here - for my

getyourwordsout pledge for the year of 150,000, I have so far written 11,417. So yeah, I'm WAY behind, but I'm kicking my butt into gear, so hopefully that number will be growing signficantly over the next few weeks!

...In other news on a completely unrelated (or OK so somewhat related) subject - does anyone know if there is a Black Jewels AU BigBang anywhere? Preferably for later in the year? I ask because my CouplesBigBang plot is a Femme!Bilbo-centric Hobbit Black Jewels AU. The story has me totally excited, but it's definitely becoming less couply the longer I plot it out. Yes, there will be romance, but that's not so much the focus. Not only that, but it's feeling a heckuva lot longer than the 10k necessary, and even 10k was looking dicy with the current deadline. I could cut the overall story arc into 2 books I think, but the first book will have next to no couply moments at all. So it's feeling less appropriate for the BigBang I've signed up for.

So yeah, a Black Jewels AU Big Bang would really be perfect for it - I just have no idea if there are any out there. I'd say I'd start one, but I've never modded for anything like that, and honestly I just wouldn't know how to even begin doing so. So yeah - anyone got any ideas or input for me?

Whoo so I've discovered I have a serious problem telling my muse "no." Particularly when it's writing pretties for other people. At least it's a generous muse right? ... Right?

Anyway, I thought I'd give yall a glimpse of what I need to be working on if you seem me trolling around procrastinating.

1. Trick or Treat Meme ficlet for anuna_81 - first part technically done - I think I just need to see that this is done so the monster fic that will likely come of it will stay out of my head at least for the rest of the year lol http://archiveofourown.org/works/574068
2. Betaing for

jaune_chat - this needs to be done by the end of the weekend so at least it'll be checked of soon. Or will be if I can keep myself from being sucked into the original epic that precedes the fic I'm betaing lol
3.

be_compromised Secret Santa fic - not started and due 12/20. I think I'm intimidated by the idea I've got in my head. Just need to sit down and force myself to start writing. Love the idea - just intimidated.
4. 12 Days of Ficmas drabbles - 8 so far on the list - none started... eek
5.

xover_exchange Fic - Due in January so not as pressing. Also I already have an idea I'm excited about so that's good too
6.

fandom_stocking assorted fills when/if that goes live again this year cuz it was a blast last year

The Five Things Meme has rolled around too, but I'm being a good girl and NOT giving in to that this year. I have too much on my plate already!

So, last thing - 2 quick reminders for all of you!

1. The 12 Days of Ficmas list still has 4 open slots!! If you want a 500-1000 word requested fic for Christmas, then go sign up! http://hiddencait.livejournal.com/74842.html

2. I am sending out Holiday cards to whoever wants them! Sign up over here: http://hiddencait.livejournal.com/75046.html

I think that's all for now - wish me luck with my writing madness!!

So today is my day off this week, or well.. half a day off as I have to make up time from the migraine. But either way, I'd say I've done a hell of a lot with my morning!

After getting up for the past couple of months at 5:40 a.m. to work out with my buddy, sleeping in past 7:00 just didn't happen this morning. That meant I was up in time to make it for the early bird special for my oil change and yearly inspection. So cheaper and still was home by 8:15.

Then I thought I'd be brave and tackle mowing the front yard as it was getting rough thanks to the 2 weeks of rain we just had. That didn't take as long as I thought it would, so I managed to get the edging in for what will eventually be a flower bed of some kind to pretty up the yard a little and make it look less like a rent house and more like a home.

Imagine my shock when after doing both of those, it still WASN'T EVEN 10!

So I thought what the hell, I'll attempt the jungle of a backyard.

Now that I didn't finish... Hell I only managed a 1/3 of it. However, considering my yard is pretty large, and I probably covered the ground of that 1/3 at least 5 times to actually force the jungle into submission? I'd say I did a pretty damned good job!

And now it's 11:15 and I have showered and am waiting for my mom to get into town with my dad's dog Moose who'll be my pups' guest for the next week or so.

But yeah, considering I haven't been up more than 4 hours, I've kinda impressed myself. Go me lol.

So I am off ALL of next week which is freaking awesome, even more so because my betaluv

askita will be arriving tomorrow to stay for the rest of my staycation.

I did have to go in for 5 hours of overtime this morning, but after that the day took a rather lovely turn.

My dad decided (in a sober moment no less!) to transfer money to my bank account so I could treat myself to getting my car detailed so that when I'm driving my chicas around they won't be stuck in the horrendously dirty car. It took like an hour longer than they said, but seriously this is the cleanest my car has been since BEFORE I bought it. Like, my windows were tripping me out because they were clear enough that I literally could not see them! LOL.

...course now it looks like it's going to rain, but hey we needed it, and better yet, this place actually gives 4 day rainchecks where you can go back with you receipt and get a do-over if it rains. Whoot!

Also, they had free concessions for a charity donation AND a chair massage guy that worked for tips. My 10-15 minute massage ended up closer to 30 as no one else was waiting for one. I tipped him $15 and felt it was well well worth it!

So now I'm home again and trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my weekend. I really DESPERATELY need to work on my

het_bigbang story as I have only 3k of the 25k required, but I'm having a hard time getting inspiration for the part 2 of the 6 parts. Tis a quandary but hopefully I can push past it.

( Le sigh... )

So I have FINALLY finished up round one of edits on Proxy and sent copies out to my two beta readers and my mom-the-english-teacher, and that means I actually have free time again.

Or... well... semi-free time. Ish?

Anyway! I have plans and things to accomplish this weekend, and as posting my to-do list seemed to help motivate me last time, I'm thinking it sounds like a plan!

1. Put in more part-time applications. I really need to get my debt in order, so I really need to do this (and possibly get a room mate). Honestly if I work my ass off, I can get it all paid down in less than a year. I just need to get in gear and DO IT. I've already applied to a few places but keep getting the "overqualified" crap back. Seriously - why do people care if I have a degree but am still willing to work for minimum wage? Anyway, I'm applying at:
-Lowes
-Cinemark
-HEB
-Target
-Kohls

2. Start trying to actually plot on my hetbang Gamble/Letty fic. My utter lack of plot has really made this

hetbigbang a lot more intimidating than last year's was. I just didn't have a freaking clue on what needed to happen between these two beyond snarking and sexy times. I had a lucky break earlier though when

irony_rocks put the idea of a doing a 5-Times fic into my head. I figured out a while back with the Tinman fandom that I can manage a vaguely chronological story series pretty well. I just have to settle on the theme for the 5 Times/Things, and I think I would be in business.

That said - any ideas for what that 5 Times theme could be? - with a vaguely hetfocused theme if possible lol.

3. Get caught up on work. Overtime is never my favorite thing on a Saturday but we are freaking swamped and I missed 5 hours today while I got my AC repaired. So yeah, first thing in the morning.

4. Try to get some progress in my yard on the flower beds I'm planning. Frankly I just need to do ANYTHING progress wise. It may only be finally getting the edging in the ground so I know what shape I'm going to have to clear out. I just need to do something ya know?

OK so the list isn't actually as long as I thought it was... I guess it's just that each part has either large blocks of time I have to dedicate to them, or else lots of little steps to work with. We'll see what I can manage aye?

So much better weekend than the past couple have been. Definitely more productive at least. Between yesterday and today, I have managed to:

-Finish and post art/mix for angstbigbang
-Finish art/mix for witchesbigbang
-Took a bunch of donation stuff to be sold at a garage sale at sourpony's work
-Read and beta all of askita's angstbigbang story
-Do two loads of laundry
-Make the bed in my guestroom
-Completed another necklace/bracelet combo for the Artcrossing giftgiving comm over on deviantArt
-And last but not least - I FINALLY had my girly doctor's appointment, and we are changing my meds so maybe I can NOT be crazy any more.

So yeah, not too shabby aye?

And considering I've managed to do all of that AND was out drinking till all hours last night at one of the clubs downtown with some of my buddies, I'd say it's all the more impressive. LOL.

Anyways, I'm off to attempt to write on... well something though fuck if I know what yet. My buddy Hoshi is over for a writing night, but my brain is pretty much trying to shut off. So not helpful!

So I've been relatively quiet this week because I have been in a TRULY shitastic mood. Like after multiple years of friendship,

askita could safely say she'd only heard me like this twice ever.

You can imagine what that kind of mood has done for me productivity. Would you believe I've been in bed before 9 more than once this week? Yeah, not so good.

Now, I don't feel so much like ripping someone's head off today, but damned if I feel like doing much of anything at all frankly. Which is not good for me getting much done on my To-Do list. I'm still gonna post it here though and try to get at least a few of these accomplished. Send me motivated vibes please?

(And I am including the few things I have managed to check off - if only to make me feel less failboaty)

( the list )

There are actually more written on my hard copy of the list, but fuck it, I don't wanna.

Current Mood: lethargic

( Stuff to do... )

So today has been a stellar example of why I'd missed my regular 4 10hour day work schedule with Friday's off. I mean seriously, here it is only 11:30 in the morning on Friday, and I have already accomplished a ton of stuff on my to-do list:

-Oil change - done
-Work shoes from Target - bought
-Hair cut - done
-Eyebrows (cuz I suck at doing them myself) - done at the same place I got my hair cut
-Birth control - bought
-Towels - in the dryer
-Sheets - in the washer
-Daily Tarot/Rune drawing - posted

And now I'm settling to try to get some of my writing goals accomplished. Among them is 1-2k on both of my

bigbang_mixup fics, posting the fancast for the Jeremy Renner romantic comedy my betaluv

askita has roped me into and possibly writing the intro for that, possibly writing a journal entry for TED, a songfic for

primeval_vsx, and maybe an answer to my own Tropes/Cliches challenge over at

faketvnetwork. Because I am insane and apparently like long lists of things to do.

Wish me luck! I may or may not be spamming yall with entries as things get accomplished lol.

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, I was doing the math in my head and realized just how many writing projects I really wanted to try to do this weekend. It's a little scarey, but hey it's only Thursday. I can do this.

1. Hit 20k on "From the Last to the First" - this was terrifying to think of on Monday, but as I just hit 18k last night, this is totally doable.

2. Next chapter of Hart of Wonderland - I haven't managed to write much on HoW during the week this month, but weekend mornings seem to rock in my Primeval/Alice brain, so not worried about this one really either!

(The rest of these are in no particular order really. I just put numbers because they make it look all pretty and organized.)

3. Primeval ficlet for Kyle Michaels during Convergence - I've been talking this one up to whuffle like crazy, and she made me the pretty icon, so I ought to actually get going on this!

4. Doom 5 places fic for askita for a belated B-day fic: This one has been in my brain for over a year now, and damned if I don't want it just down on paper and out of my to-do list lol.

5. Steampunk drabble for alex_kade - no definite fandom for this yet so it could be a bit exciting. We'll see lol.

6. "Working Title" Challenge fic for M7Land - technically have till the 26th for this, so there's a good chance this'll get pushed to the end of the list.

7. River/Riddick "after the fight" kissmeme drabble for askita - as this is 2nd for her in my to-do list, this may also wait a bit. Assuming the muse agrees with my logic.

8. New FakeTV for urbancate tentatively titled "Period Drama" - this has been on the backburner for a while so I really want to get it done. I figure I can do one character profile in between all the other ficstuff and make some easy headweay.

So... umm.. did I miss anything? Is anyone waiting on drabble requests I somehow lost in the shuffle? Is anyone WANTING a drabble request? lol Let me know guys!