OMG! I wrote!

[gwyn]

Today, the installers from the Closet Factory came to install my new office system. I've been working at home for nearly two years now, cramped into this ridiculous setup with my work laptop and my Mac and vidding setup vying for the teensy amount of space I had, making my RSI so bad that at times I actually get tears in my eyes, the pain is so bad. And now I have an office system! With storage and stuff! And huge tracts of filing drawers. Now I can go out and buy organizey stuff -- clear plastic boxes with pullout drawers, and drawer organizers, and all manner of wonderful things. Of course, I got a cold right when this happened, so I'm just bringing the bare minimum stuff back into the space and getting the computers set up, since I'm working this weekend. That's all I have the energy for since I feel feverish and sore.

But an even better thing happened -- there's not a lot to do when they're here, because they have to take up a lot of space to bring things in, drill, cut, etc., so I sat down in the corner with my last chapter of Measure of a Man, which I haven't touched in months upon months, and I wrote. A whole thousand or so words. Now I have a whomping 2,000 plus words. This is not normally a big deal -- I can toss out 1,000 words on my lunch break, but because I haven't been able to write for so very long, this felt pretty monumental. And 2,000 words isn't a lot when you consider that all the other chapters clocked in with at least 6-8,000 minimum except one small chapter, but... it's progress. Something I haven't had in a long time for my little work in no progress.

Comments

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Oh, I LOVE it when a long-blocked story starts to shake its way free!

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I hope your cold isn't bad. I should bail on Casino Royale, though. I bailed on Jo and Jeff too.
*iz ded*

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Mine morphed from cold into full blown flu yesterday, and I'm definitely pretty damn miserable. I'm afraid I'm fast on the way to bronchitis, too, which I hate because it means heavy duty antibiotics, which fucks up my system.

::is dying::

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Bah! Dammit all. Today I actually started feeling human again (in time for being asked to go to the mall for work, in this weather).

[lordshiva.livejournal.com]

Office space and Measure of a Man = AWESOME!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

We should make a writing pacts with TTfP and MoM, maybe we could both benefit each other with a team approach. ;-) But then I had to go and get the flu and now I can't even pick up the laptop to continue my progress... is sad. I want to finish this thing!

[mystic-savage.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[morgantree.livejournal.com]

I have to tell you that I actually gasped when I read that you are working on MOAM again; so loudly, in fact, that my partner came into my office to ask me what was wrong.

Nothing. Everything is very right. *absolutely beams at you*

MOAM is my #1 WIP-you-pray-the-author-will-one-day-finish. But you know what? Even if you decide not to finish it, it will still be a story I re-read frequently just for the pleasure of it. Having said that, if there is ANYTHING I can do from out here in cyberspace to keep you going, don't hesitate to let me know. I really mean that.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Heee... that is really sweet of you. I hope I can continue the progress and not let it drop again. I'm so busy fighting flu right now, though, that I can't even think beyond "when can I go to bed, please?"

[morgantree.livejournal.com]

You should go to bed RIGHT NOW. The flu is nothing to mess around with. If you were local, I would bring you a big pot of homemade vegetable soup and a baguette with sweet butter.

If you're a drug person, I recommend Theraflu, cause it really makes you feel better, and it instantly soothes your throat. Lemony and hot.

Take care of yourself!

[dine.livejournal.com]

yay! I'm glad the words began flowing again - long may that continue!

I hope your new office set-up works out beautifully for you - it sounds like the answer to some of your problems. and may you soon be over the crud and feeling better!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie -- and I just wanted to also say thank you so much for the holiday card. It is incredibly kind of you to think of me when you've had enough on your own plate lately.

[dine.livejournal.com]

I'm ignoring and repressing like mad - it's possibly not the *best* coping strategy, but right now it's working. I figure there's not much I can do except wait - I hate it when important stuff really is out of my control.

and so I think of friends instead; cause that makes me much happier than dwelling on possible futures

[carose59.livejournal.com]

You're writing! And you're writing the story I just finished reading all the finished parts of! This is a very exciting thing, both because I want to read the next part, & because--you're writing!!! I'm very happy for you (& for me, too *g*).

Over on my other lj, the moose are celebrating, but here--roses from Tish's garden. *g*

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Tish -- you spoke French! God, how I loved Gomez and Morticia...

I hope I can continue the writing and it wsn't just a fluke -- or a fluke of the flu. Right now I'm so sick I can't even see straight, literally.

[ladyhelix.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! - and keep up the good work.

Any photos of your new office system? That's VERY exciting!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try to take some pictures -- I was thinking of even posting about the experience of hiring a closet organization company to help figure out what to do with things over on the homekeeping community, because as fans, we have rather... unique challenges to our setups. I don't know if anyone will be interested, but it was definitely a learning process for me -- what I've had to give up, what I get, the differences. Right now I'm still trying to figure out where I want everything to go and it's a mess of wires and cables and books strewn about. But it's cool to know someone's interested! (I sometimes feel like people I know are looking at me with this... kind of evil eye, like, well aren't you the spendy one! I wish I had that kind of money. And the truth is I'm going to be paying for this forever, but it's made my living space a lot more sensible.)

[ladyhelix.livejournal.com]

"it's a mess of wires and cables and books strewn about"

((HUGS YOU))

IAs one who is also short on space (I share 950 square feet with two teenage boys - and their SHOES/COATS/BACKPACKS/Computers), I understaned how important staying organized and maximizing space are! We all invest our money in the things that mean the most to us - and that keep us sane!! I say BRAVO!

[elinora.livejournal.com]

so I sat down in the corner with my last chapter of Measure of a Man,

Yay! I've been waiting for that for a looonnnng time. And congrats on the new office system.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed I can keep it up after I get over this flu!!

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the writing. I know how it is to be blocked for months. Getting some words out is just wonderful.

[rattlecatcher.livejournal.com]

Again with the yay.

I have a stalled piece that I stare at from time to time but outside of a 500 word spree about a year ago, it's been pretty silent. So I love hearing about stories coming together for other people - it makes me pet my hard drive and tell it not to give up hope. :)

[sweet-ali.livejournal.com]

Always good to hear :)

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I tell you, you have lavished me with mitzvahs for all this patience, support, and willingness to stand by for when you are needed. I have no idea how frustrating this must be for you! I can only see it from my end, which is frustrating enough!