Thoughts on the Journey

Today started out hopeful, I turned in a cover letter and the new job continues to be great and oddly good for my inspiration. I started a Cassian fic that the Hamilton soundtrack made me go oh, so many amazing lyrics. As I was driving home listening to Hamilton, suddenly I was over the curb with two flat tires. Someone was looking out for me as there was an auto place on the corner, I was on a side street behind the Watertown mall and I was fixed and going in about half an hour.

Now I’m home and realizing that I have bruises but feeling lucky. Also I have a lot of long periods during my current sub job and access to a computer. Please send prompts as the Star Wars’ release day is Thursday and I’d love to post some fic then. Rogue One is the fandom I’m writing for the most with a focus on Cassian and Jyn but I know Clone Wars, OT and some of the books so try me and keep my mind busy.

Its raining today. I have some plans to try and do some writing but I thought I'd be a part of that December writing meme. Though I'm adding my own small twist, you can request a topic or a fic with a prompt, fics might not appear exactly on the day but I'll try. I love writing for others and miss doing it.

( Dates in December )

The past two days have been rainy and grey, which made it hard to do all the things I wanted to. But I'm working on getting myself back into a schedule for fact-checking as well as more job stuff though today I was reminded how the librarian job market is a hirer's one. In the mail, I received a sorry, but no thanks letter from a library I applied to I think in February.

I was wondering how those of you who've done the sort of freelance editing that fact-checking falls under put it on your resume since each assignment takes about a month. Also I think I need to redo my cover letter, I hate cover letters since I never know what's going to click and I'm worried what I have now hasn't been working. Job searching suck but it helps to know that the fact-checking place trusted me enough to send me another book.

In fun news, I stumbled across a commentfest that looks like a lot of fun and will be of interest to many of you.



Sparrow Hill Road is being a fantastic read and today, I went to read it at the closet to a diner I can find around here since I've been craving pancakes. I really miss The Broken Egg in Ann Arbor and The Pancake House on Woodward Ave, there aren't enough proper breakfast places around here.

I finished my fact-checking job! I found out that I really like fact-checking even though it kind of eats all my mental space. It reminds me of when I was working at the Seaport Museum and I got lost in logbooks to prepare them for archive precis, but this time I'm making sure the history given to kids is right. Also people pay me to go poke history and go, you know, that seems way too simple. What's really going on? I love it and they pay me. I don't know if I'll get another book since I'll be traveling to DC the rest of the week and then off to LA for a job interview the next week but this is a freelance job I could do.

Since I'm uploading and emailing it all away and tomorrow driving to DC for the job fair, I'm going to open myself up to prompts. I miss writing and road trips are the best for giving me time to think and hopefully words to come out. DC folks, I'll have my laptop and if you need my telephone number, DM or PM or whatever me, because want to see you guys. I recall a fantastic Mexican place that I went with college friends somewhere around Dupont Circle that I want to find again and its Winter Soldier time. Movie watching probably won't happen as that always requires major planning but coffee, dinner, whatever works for me. I'll be free after 4:30 on Friday and all day Saturday.

Now for a great prompt meme from walksbyherself. Below the cut are One Hundred Prompts. Pick one or two or however many, give me characters and get a drabble or more. Open to AUs, RPs, everything. I want to write again.

( 100 Prompts! )

And I really need to do a road trip or something up New England way as this fact-checking reminded me that I last was a tourist in Boston when I was in high school. It was a marching band trip and a lot of fun but a few decades away.

I don't think my holiday cards are going to happen this year. I'm really sorry about this but the combination of new job, moving, the difficult transition has meant that my year has felt pushed about and I haven't had the time. Most of my vacation has been talking, resting, which I really needed and the cards aren't happening.

Since I do love gifting everyone and doing something for all of you wonderful people. I'm opening myself up to write more gift fics as I'm still working on the other ones. A new prompt, something we've discussed that I haven't written, whatever you would like, I'm here to write for you.

Tomorrow I start the drive back to Michigan with many supplies, goodies and I think a new coffee table from my father before starting work on Monday. I think I'm ready to reenter and face new challenges and keep doing more.

It turns out a school party that I thought was tonight is tomorrow night, so I can have a restful night. The day is rainy but not as cold as yesterday, I always appreciate not having to deice my car in the morning.

Now for two holiday things, I'll try and hit up everyone's love meme threads this weekend and if you don't do them, know that I think you're wonderful. I hope to get started on my cards soon as I feel a little overwhelmed at how behind I am on my shopping.

If you'd like a holiday fic, leave me a prompt here.

holiday love meme 2012
my thread.

The new job angle has turned around so fast on me, it's amazing. They're already referring me to jobs and all I have to do is write cover letters and keep getting them documentation. I actually feel like I'm going to get a job at some point in the near future. Someone's not only on my side but thinking, let's see how we can help you and get you placed. I just want to bottle this feeling and bring it out on bad days.

Otherwise life is being fairly good, the weather's gone back to being cold again and I feel like I might be fighting off a cold of some sort but nothing too horrible. As long as I rest and eat properly I'll be fine and don't worry too much about the end of the month bills. I have a plan to take care of them with a touch of stretching until my next paycheck.

I'm hoping to be visiting the East Coast at the end of April, beginning of May for a niece's birthday party and to get away from Ann Arbor for a bit. Hopefully some visits can actually happen this time. Sadly my winter break was minute and there wasn't time but my parents aren't that far away and with my car, things are possible.

My writing bug is starting to come back. Today's DE about What Ifs finally prompted me to share an AU idea that's been sitting in my head for a while and that I might make into a story. On Twitter I also shared another little fic idea. I think I'll add a sort of prompt to this.

If there's a fic idea, we've talked about that I mentioned writing at some point. Leave it here and I'll try and write you at least a hundred words or any ideas. Be warned if the idea has been simmering in my head, it might be larger. Make me write for you!

Monday is hitting me rather hard and I don't like it. Last night around work wasn't great. On my walk up, there was a guy who I passed that just made me nervous and then on the walk back, my ankle started hurting. I'm trying to ready myself to do more pushing myself in job things. I need to send out more apps, write a librarian blog post and tomorrow I'm talking with a staffing agency. Overall I just wish I felt more hopeful, but that's a hard thing to call into being. I'm also feeling sad as I realize how many paid accounts I need to get my pup icons, but I'll manage that, it's just another nagging, money thought.

So that means I need distraction and am going to ask for prompts or picture requests. I will get to the Valentine's Day ones, I promise. My writing has just been coming in odd fits and starts lately. Also you don't have to do both memes. I'm just putting them down as they're the ones that seem to get my creativity going the most.

Give me a prompt of a lyric, line of poetry, or picture plus characters and/or setting. As always RP characters are always welcome.

Tell me something to photograph.

I've been thinking about what I want to do in terms of showing how grateful and happy I am to have all of you in my life as Valentine's Day approaches. My solution which probably surprises no one is that I want to write you stories.

Give me a pairing and I will write you at least a hundred words of them being together. Feel free to give me a lyric, an image, anything and a sense of would you like fluffy or sexy.

Also the pairing doesn't have to be romantic, any sort of pairing. I'm here to write for you as all of you inspire and support me.

I have also had some hopeful job news but I don't want to say too much for now.

I went to bed last night with the AU for William/Thalia Indiana Jones/boarding school/I don't know what spinning around in my head and then found this wonderful prompt meme from a friend. Sadly that AU has created too many ideas and none of them have been written yet, hopefully soon I'll feel happy enough to actually write them. My mind is odd. I've already started on a new XMFC story for it.



50 reasons to have sex fic fest

DW | LJ

Life is busy as I try to figure out when I can leave to get back in time for work and if I can trade out my shifts for the end of the week so I can have the weekend to travel.

I hope so because this has been another terribly busy break that's been glorious but tiring. I would love to have a little more time to just be with my parents and spend some Christmas money. *fingers crossed*