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*

[lordshiva.livejournal.com]

Office space and Measure of a Man = AWESOME!

[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.

[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!

[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*

[ladyhelix.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! - and keep up the good work.

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

[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.

[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 :)