Yes, I live!

I just wrapped up three intense week of classes in the vein of pursuing my library media specialist endorsement. Literally, I was in classes from 8:15 - 4 P.M. M - F. I had just enough down time to do homework, eat meals, and maybe spend a little time with my family or boyfriend before going to bed to do it all over again. It was pretty gruelling -- six grad credit hours -- but I survived with my grades intact. (I think.)

Progress on PIT6, natch, fell to a trickle. I'm still on the same #$%^& scene I've been writing for the last 2 months. Not a huge exaggeration there. But today I got some stuff done, and in fact I'm at a coffee shop now to get more stuff done. This week's been fairly cluttered with Errands That I Have To Do And Could Not For Three Weeks. (Doc appointments, vet appointments, oil change appointments.) But next week is wiiiide open with free time!

I also rediscovered my brain! Strange but true. A prolonged period of unemployment that I've had -- having last worked in late May 2010 -- has made me feel that my brain is sort of running at half the power as normal. Schooling always helps rev things up, and when that happens my creativity and muse also get revved up. This resulted in not one but three outlines for three very different stories. One is a second-to-last fanfic segment that, eventually, I will sit down and write. (It's all outlined; I just need some time. Probably when PIT6 is being Betaed, which is still months away.) One is a PIT story that will likely be PIT9, the seed of which was planted by my boyfriend during a discussion on a car ride where we were waxing over time travel and the PITtyverse. And the third was a 100% stand alone original story idea. (Not PIT related. Or time travel. GASP!)

So that was nice. Very very nice. I also organized my PIT series arc in terms of the stories. I think I'll ultimately have 16 books. Either 16 or 20. I know my stopping point, have known it for a while.

I also suspect more inspiration to come. My boyfriend and I have fallen in a habit of watching TV series on DVD that the other -- usually me -- has never seen. The first season of Glee. The only seasons of Firefly and Undeclared. The three seasons of Arrested Development. Etc. Next up in the pipeline is The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., a quirky western that aired on Fox in 1992. It was one of my favorite shows back in the day. I suspect the quirky western stuff will toggle my inspiration for PIT6, which takes place in about the same time period.

Inspiration leads to writing. And when I do sit down, I write. So that's good. I'm feeling less disconnected with this part of my life for the first time in months.

-K