It's friday?
Listening to: Cold- Static X
Drinking: Boiling hot coffee, to keep from freezing to death
I have the furnace cranked higher than I've had it all winter. I'm wearing more *clothes* than I have, all winter. I've got candles lit to cut down on the drafts, and yet...I'm *still* freezing. We're talking *teeth chattering* cold, man. The best part? There's a winter storm coming. Yay!! (not!)
So. I really hate winter. I don't think I've mentioned that yet.
I am *not* writing at the moment, but that will change by the end of the evening. Right now, I'm talking to Belle on ICQ, trying to get warm, and trying to get inside Judah's head.
Ever create a character that turns out to be a total wildcard? You know how you want them to act/react in certain situations, but they're always the ones who throw you a curveball, when you least expect it. People think I'm kidding when I say my characters take on lives of their own...but dammit, I'm not. *laughs*
Judah is proving to be my wildcard in this story. I know exactly how he's *supposed* to think and feel, but he's very closed off, very sneaky. I just don't trust the guy right now, and I'm *supposed* to be able to! Argh. But hey, it's fun, right? And I can content myself with the fact that Minks has proven to be a very easy character to get to know. He was supposed to be sort of a background/scenery type of guy, but gee- he's got a mind of his own, and he's been whispering his back story into my ear for the past two days.
Blah, blah, blah.
Sorry I'm babbling so much about this story, but I can't tell you how much I've been *enjoying* it. Even with all of the insanity, writing makes everything feel right with the world again.
And you know? I don't think inspiration has anything to do with it. If you want to write, then *write*. Don't bitch and moan about how you're just not inspired any more. I think that was a mental block that I created for myself, that proved nearly impossible to get past. If you just let yourself get started, the inspiration *will* come.
And if you're anything like me, once that inspiration starts trickling in...you'll have a flood on your hands, in a few days.
All of a sudden, I'm even considering getting involved in different fandoms again. I'm getting ideas for almost everything I've seen or read lately, which is...different, to say the least.
But first, I concentrate on The Story. If there's anything left in my brain by the time I finish it, then we'll see about some fandom dabbling.
*reads back* Yeah, I'm boring.