Kat Sakaro: Blog

Well I hit another mile stone, 85,000 words for ANLoL. I never imagined I would write something this big, and I know ANLoL will go past 100,000 still got plenty of story left to tell.

It's the new year, and some people say "New Year, New Me." but I'm going to say New Year, Better Me, because I like the me that I am, but I still need improvement, especially the health side. I'm not going to go to the gym and try to lose weight, or diet (as my favorite cat says, "diet is just Die with a T"). But I do need to improve on my taking my medications, so I will attempt to improve my compliance with taking meds. Taking meds will help keep me healthy and out of the hospital.

I'm making progress on chapter 20. I finally broke thru how and when Sara got her telepathic abilities in ANLoL. So eventually I will look over ch 20, have Microsoft word look it over for me, make sure the corrections are correct and then publish. After all that I'll have to brain storm the aftermath of chapter 15.

Until next time.
Kat

Just as I try to get back to writing after moving, writers block strikes me. I can't seem to find the right way to explain how Sara's telepathy emerged. I wanted it one way but it didn't feel right, then I tried another way, again didn't feel right. So now I am stuck trying to figure out how her ability came to be.

So that's where I am, finished moving, still have unpacking to do. Also might have lost a few items for my computers due to incompetent movers for a partial home move. A lot of things were meant to be left behind, but not all of the things we told them to pack didn't get packed. So the new owners now have some of my stuff. A kick ass laser printer that myself and BFF couldn't move and we didn't have a chance to try and move it together.

So yeah, that's my update for now. I hope everyone enjoys their holidays, be it Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or other religious holidays, and Winter-een-mas for the gamers out there Jan 25-31 (IYKYK).

Well, things are looking better now, BFF is almost employed, we have a place lined up, just need to pull the trigger on applying after BFF is fully employed. Dad has finally gotten a place to live out his retirement, after 2 places denied him. So that is all a big relief off my chest. I'm going to try and get my cat labeled as an Emotional Support Animal. Other than my dad, she's the only reason I get up in the morning and out of bed, and with dad moving to the home, she'll literally be the only reason to get up and out of bed.

We'll be slowly transferring the car over to me or BFF, then the insurance and the tags. With that done, I will finally be living on my own and out of the parents house again, and not have to worry about my dad and how he'd survive with out some one constantly needing to be with him.

I've been taking care of my parents for 23 years now, first my mom, then dad after mom passed away. Now I'm free to live my life at 39, I can't help but feel cheated, not by taking care of my parents, but my body. I can't do anything, can't do the job I want to do, or jobs I need to do in order to survive, And the government is dragging it's feet even with a motion to speed things up due to possible homelessness at the start of this fiasco.

As for ANLoL, still stuck on Sarah's portion of the chapter, although after re-reading the chapter now I think I need to redo it all. It feels like a sub-par attempt at adding a bit of background to the 2 brother/sister couples, but then again it's focused on (spoilers) when they learned that they loved their sibling, and Sarah's a bit different.(/spoilers)

Once I'm moved and settled I'll try to restart writing ANLoL again, see if I can't get over this writers block I seem to have.

Well there is a good chance I'll be forced to move. So everything is on hold until I can get my shit back together again. I knew this day would come, but expected it to be a few more years from now when I'm more stable, mentally and physically and financially. I don't even have a SHTF bag for this right now and I feel like I'm drowning.