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I just finished reading Kenn Gannon's latest offering in the Swarm Cycle. Yes I know he says I contributed editing help to it, but I read it here too... Anyway reading that story and thinking of others got me to thinking about what my own fiction may be missing. I decided that the most glaring failure in my writing to date is the lack of a detestable villain.
Of course I know that the lack of a detestable villain is not the only difficulty I have with regard to producing compelling fiction. Just that it is one of the issues.
On my personal life... Lots, and lots of overtime. Not as much as some people who have written me are getting, but it does leave me a bit hammered, so not much is getting done with regard to writing.
I like working overtime... Well except for the utterly exhausted part at the end of every week! But the extra money is nice! I'm almost getting some 'sunk' funds set up now. So things are getting somewhat easier on the financial front. But putting this much hard labor in has definitely played hob with my writing, or even reading, for that matter! So to those hoping for something new from me, I say, I doubt I'll get there any time soon. So my stories will continue in hiatus for some longer time.
This also means that for anyone who wants to have me do proofreading that I've slowed down to a crawl at best. I doubt I am reading over 50,000 words a week.
Yes more overtime. Maybe 48 hours a week for the foreseeable future. This week I broke 50 hours. I enjoy a lot of my job. It keeps me active, so I don't turn into a suet pot, it can be interesting in ways, and hey it does do to generally keep the wolf off from my door... But it plays hob with my writing!
I won't work 48 hours next week, but will be off the 5th and 7th for labor day, however I will be working 40 hours the week of the 7th so will be paid 48 hours. Working Saturday, rather than Monday....
I'm considering what I can do for my fans here, as in, Proof any of my posted work, etc. I promise I'm thinking of new stuff, just not making much progress on it!!
I lost a filling this week... GRRR... Poor PMCS as the military would say... Anyway the dentist says the tooth will have to be extracted... To crown and root-canal the one next to it will be about $1,700, and probably I'll need another crown and root-canal, altogether he was saying something in the neighborhood of $6,000. All of which pretty much eats my automobile fund... And all my other funds for the year.
I hate saying po' mouth, but in a way I am po' so po' that I can't afford any extra o's or r's :P
With what I've been putting in in the mornings and another shift this month I'll be approaching 20 extra hours this month. It is nice on the wallet, but I sure feel my age at the end of an extra shift. Not so much when I put half or more of an hour extra in a day....
Anyway I have to make plans to arrange other things I want to do, what with another weekend essentially being eaten...
On the health front, I lost a filling the other day and probably may just spend the overtime money I get having that replaced if it can be done.
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