General Update

[moon_custafer]

Happy that Poilievre lost, disappointed that Singh also lost, overall relieved that the election results weren’t as bad as they could have been. However I think all the stress of waiting for the election is catching up on me—felt tired enough last night to complain about it. General sense of my bones being too close to the surface— I’m not sure Andrew and I ever got entirely over that stomach bug last month—he hasn’t had much appetite lately and has lost weight noticeably (he has an appointment with his GP next week, we’ll ask about it), and I’ve had a few bouts of Off My Feed and occasional moments of Gah Argh Texture Is Repulsive.

I’m charmed by this show from Sudbury, ON in the early 1980s that apparently consisted of just Stewart Cameron in a gansey singing and playing sea-shanties in front of a blank background.

Gentleman of the Shade, the surreal urban fantasy set in 1990s radio station that I began writing last year as a weekly/biweekly serial, has broken 40,000 words, and I think I might be starting to manage to wrap up the plot. Which is good, because a new story idea has begun gnawing on my brain (sorry Spooked!... in Soho, I don’t know when I’ll get back to you).

Comments

[sabotabby]

Lots of relief tbh.

[sovay]

General sense of my bones being too close to the surface— I’m not sure Andrew and I ever got entirely over that stomach bug last month

*hugs*

I am glad you are through the election and it was not in fact the worst thing. I hope you can get some kind of time to recover.

[edit] Forgot to enthuse about Gentleman of the Shade, which I have been greatly enjoying. How much of it did you have mapped out at the time?

[moon_custafer]

Very little. My writing method seems to be to just start writing and posting chapters as soon as the premise reaches some kind of critical mass.

It's sort of a combination of "must scratch the itch in my head and I'll go mad if I have to wait for the entire plot to be complete" and "if I start, inertia might keep me going" (this only works sometimes, but it does seem to be more effective than trying to have the whole story ready ahead of time).

I think I'm going to have to post the opening chapter this weekend for the new story that's currently saddled with the working title "WWMBD?," just need to pin down a few more details (character and place names mainly). It looks like it's going to be a queer romance/romantic comedy, no supernatural elements unless some decide to crop up later.