This is how the cookie crumbles

[maderr]

One thing this whole disaster with my (ex)Boss had done is cement my vehement dislike for the world of the office monkey. I am heartily sick of office politics and corporate level assholes who don't give a fuck about the peons. I'm sick of everyone around me bitching and bemoaning their awful fates but not doing anything to improve their horrid lot.

I'm sick of myself for slowy but surely becoming a part of it.

I want out. More than that, I really truly want to be a writer. A professional one. I keep saying it, and thinking, and vowing it...but not really doing it.

Part of the problem is that I feel overwhelmed by all the stuff I've started but not finished, the promises to write certain stories that *still* haven't been written. It makes me dizzy.

So this is Megan's gameplan:

Between now and November I am slowly but surely knocking out my in-progress stories. At least one full-length story a month, along with at least one short and/or miniseries. I also want to spend whole month typing up the stories I still owe way too many people. It's a wonder anyone still talks to me. November is Nanowrimo, and that I've already alloted to The Blade and the Butterfly, in hopes that I can turn it into something worth publishing.

Let's just hope this fervor holds up. Then again, I'm so ready to move to another site right now I can't see it'll die anytime soon.

So that all begins in May. First story up for completetion is, of course, Treasure.*





*others, like Unequal may not reappear for a long time. I don't have the time or ability to finish something as complicated as that right now. So my apologies.

Comments

[thealisonbailey.livejournal.com]

Have I told you lately that I admire you. =)

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Should probably wait to see if I actually stick to it :P

But the admiration is entirely mutual, my dear. When we're famous, we'll have to arrange our book tours together for to cause much havoc and fun ^_~

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Woop woop!

[stardance.livejournal.com]

I am really glad that you are planning The Blade and the Butterfly for NaNo. I think that one has a lot of potential XD

Also, good luck on chasing your dream ^^. Just remember that an artist is never completely satisfied with their work. Trust your readers <3 We'll be honest with you.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Having a place where the people are decent and the politics are non-existant makes all the difference in the world in an office job.

Good luck on the writing! You have a great deal of skill, and watching your writing evolve, you've made a great deal of progress in the right direction. I honestly think you could make it as a writer.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

You can do it, and if you ever need any help, I'm sure everyone (me! me! I wanna help! *bounces* ^-^;;) here on your f-list will be more than happy to pitch in a hand. ;3 You've got what it takes, and I look forward to seeing your name on a book in my local bookstore. ^-^

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

SECONDED!

[goofyrobo.livejournal.com]

First let me say, how ironic. Second, speaking from my own experiences, eventually you get to buried and have to just shelve some things. Mebbe you'll get back to them someday, mebbe you won't. It doesn't matter. I could spend my whole life trying to catch up on all the things I wanted but not necesarily need to do. I dunno, this seems to work for many people who do this, and they stop digging themselves into holes.

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

Well, I did have a consort position open at one time . . .

Anyway, don't worry so much about what you feel you have to do, just concentrate on doing those things that you want to do and enjoy it (and the things that you really have to do). Too many self-imposed responsibilities will crush you. A mind clear of unfulfilled obligations is a happy one.

Just adding to goofyrobo's advice mainly

[goofyrobo.livejournal.com]

Kinda like how I left the anime club and the anime cons, stopped being fun and more of a soul crushing commitment.