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The state of me
Dec. 21st, 2011 02:10 pmYou know, when they recommend adding whiskey to hot lemon and honey for a cold, I'm not sure it's Jack Daniels they have in mind. What a thing to do to good JD! But it does work.
Yeah, I have a cold. Currently in the miserable feeling-sorry-for-myself phase although objectively speaking it's not really bad. Still, this is a good thing because I'll be on the mend by Christmas. On Friday I leave for five days in Exmouth where I plan to, well, be alone. I need it. Honestly at this point I'd grab a proper retreat - the kind where you take a vow of silence and meditate all day - with both hands but there isn't one I wouldn't need a car to get to. Exmouth will do. I have a nice hotel, two miles of beach which will be wonderful in any weather and no plans other that making time to read my Yuletide gift and watch the Doctor Who special.
Oh, and while I'm thinking of Christmas, I was stupidly late sending my cards out. I got in early enough, I think for the cards going to UK and Europe to get there on time, but my friends in the USA are likely to get theirs in January. I am so sorry! I grovel in abject, uh, something or other. I suck at the holiday spirit this year. But if you are on my Christmas list (i.e. if you requested a card from me in the past and you're still on my flist) I didn't forget. A card is coming.
Two days ago I had the first idea for an original fic I've had for many years. I've been so immersed in fanfic original worlds just haven't had space in my brain. This one may come to nothing, either, but it's an interesting idea. It has elements I recognise from SPN but it's not going to be like fanfic "with the serial numbers filed off". It's more like SPN has made me think about some things and some of that is coming into this new 'verse in my head. I guess this will fall under the "urban fantasy" genre, so I can't claim it's never been done before, but it's not like anything I've read in the genre. No vampires sparkly or otherwise and no werewolves, skinwalkers, angels or demons. The idea is that all those mythological things are the same thing, a reality behind the folk tales. I've still got a lot to work out though and I have certain fanfic commitments that are gonna come first.
Yeah, I have a cold. Currently in the miserable feeling-sorry-for-myself phase although objectively speaking it's not really bad. Still, this is a good thing because I'll be on the mend by Christmas. On Friday I leave for five days in Exmouth where I plan to, well, be alone. I need it. Honestly at this point I'd grab a proper retreat - the kind where you take a vow of silence and meditate all day - with both hands but there isn't one I wouldn't need a car to get to. Exmouth will do. I have a nice hotel, two miles of beach which will be wonderful in any weather and no plans other that making time to read my Yuletide gift and watch the Doctor Who special.
Oh, and while I'm thinking of Christmas, I was stupidly late sending my cards out. I got in early enough, I think for the cards going to UK and Europe to get there on time, but my friends in the USA are likely to get theirs in January. I am so sorry! I grovel in abject, uh, something or other. I suck at the holiday spirit this year. But if you are on my Christmas list (i.e. if you requested a card from me in the past and you're still on my flist) I didn't forget. A card is coming.
Two days ago I had the first idea for an original fic I've had for many years. I've been so immersed in fanfic original worlds just haven't had space in my brain. This one may come to nothing, either, but it's an interesting idea. It has elements I recognise from SPN but it's not going to be like fanfic "with the serial numbers filed off". It's more like SPN has made me think about some things and some of that is coming into this new 'verse in my head. I guess this will fall under the "urban fantasy" genre, so I can't claim it's never been done before, but it's not like anything I've read in the genre. No vampires sparkly or otherwise and no werewolves, skinwalkers, angels or demons. The idea is that all those mythological things are the same thing, a reality behind the folk tales. I've still got a lot to work out though and I have certain fanfic commitments that are gonna come first.
