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Posted by Katje on July 26, 2010
Today I signed into Facebook and saw this:
Augh! What do you mean only ninety-eight days? I haven’t finished The Jade Star of Athering, Islands of Fire and Water, OR The Man of Bronze! How the frak am I supposed to start a new novel in 98 days???
Ahh! Ahhh! AHHHHHHHHHH!
*hyperventilates*
*calms down*
Nope, still upset.
Fuck.
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Posted by Katje on May 14, 2010
It pays off. I found my notebook!
As I was posting earlier it occurred to me, somewhere in that thing I call a brain, that the notebook may be in my set of plastic, clear drawers, because I remembered setting the notebook on top of the drawers while I was packing.
So I toddled on down to the garage, where all my stuff is sitting until we can get a yurt built in the backyard for me (no lie; I’m living in the library right now), and looked in the clear drawers and lo! my notebook! And the notebook for The Man of Bronze, and my AA batteries!
A good day, overall. I’m going to reward my hard work with some Glee, and then I’m going to write.
Really.
I promise.
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Posted by Katje on January 1, 2010
2009 was a fairly productive year, writing-wise. I finished Bellica, started and finished Snowbound, and started The Jade Star of Athering. I also wrote a few poems, published a book of poetry, and reached a total of 156,732 for my yearly word count. I didn’t make my goal of 200,000, but I’m not too concerned about the 43,268 difference. It was a difficult year and I think I far surpassed my own expectations; the fact that I didn’t make it doesn’t discredit my valiant attempt. (Also, 70,000+ words in July is nothing to sneeze at.)
I have the same goal for 2010, as far as word count goes, and I intend to make it this year (mainly by being more on top of the word counts early on in the year). I also wish to make more blog posts here, on top of my story goals (listed below for convenience).
The last one has a question mark because Dear Gods I am busy this year, and seriously wish to be less insane.
I’d also like to branch socially as a writer more, but I’m such a damn recluse and so intolerant of most people in all groups that I move in that I’m scared this may backfire on me terribly. Or I’ll meet another writer as snarky and reclusive as I am, and we shall become great friends and dominate the world of something. Trufax.
I also want to crochet more, and improve my knitting, but that has nothing to do with writing. Too many projects. Too much creativity. I’m having a small meltdown, I think.
So. Off to bed, and tomorrow is a fresh day that I shall sleep through. As is my wont.
-Katje
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Posted by Katje on August 27, 2009
I am taking a break from writing anything new until September 8th because I have to work on editing Snowbound, preparing for Dragon*Con, going to Dragon*Con, getting together a working props list for Dove In Death (a production that goes off the end of September), getting together my production stuff for Just Shoot Me (the show I’m directing in November), and losing some weight so I can be IN the fall show that goes off end of October (The Balcony).
Yes, three shows overlapping, right after the other. Plus 5 classes (more than full load), dance classes, morning yoga, and working out at the gym 3 times a week. And then there’s making my GYWO word count goals, which are 10K for Sept, 5K for Oct, 50K for November, and 5k for December. Yay.
Also, I have decided to publish my novels, etc, serially on Muerta’s Tears. You can start reading Bellica with the Prologue sometime before Sept. 20th, which is the official start date — ie, when Chapter 1 is up.
I’ll be putting up Islands of Fire and Water and The Man of Bronze sometime in 2010, too, provided I finish writing them and then edit them this year. Snowbound is getting turned into a contest (which I’m still eligible for, because NO WAY will I get 5,000 hits before the contest runs through, and I’m not getting paid for these works), so it’ll be a while before that one comes up.
The Jade Star of Athering won’t be up for a while, cause I haven’t written it yet.
So yeah — check it out. And if you wish to continue to see my works online, please consider donating to fund my writing habit. 
See you after Labour Day Weekend (which is just going to be one big party, man.)
-Katje
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Posted by Katje on July 14, 2009
Still haven’t gotten down to editing. After finishing I was up for two days straight, basically. Last night I slept 13+ hours straight, and now I’m up till 4am because I slept too much last night.
I swear I’m not on Earth’s schedule.
Tomorrow is class and gym and hopefully edit. I do also have to work on my three papers for class, though, which are all due a week from now. Feck.
You may notice the synopsis is up for The White Star of Athering. Do not assume this means I know what the feck I’m writing. I do not.
I also need to get cracking on my other stories as soon as possible.
Weekend? Please do not elude me.
-Katje
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