Things to Do! (So It Only Makes Sense to Write in my LJ....)

[dawn_felagund]

The last week or so has been really nice. I'm productive again, getting things done, but not overwhelmed to the point where I am neglecting things that should be getting done but can't possibly fit into my schedule.

• Beta work!!! Actually, last week, I finished a story and a packet of stuff from Antithesis Common, so I don't feel so overwhelmingly behind. The authors for whom I beta are such wonderfully patient people. Alina, you're next! Your story is sitting in my data deposit box, just waiting, probably to be begun as soon as I finish the LJ entry.



• Finish latest D&D Adventure. Actaully, I started on this last night. It was hard in a weird way: When my sister called me with the news about my grandmother, I was working on this adventure. In the past few weeks, I have known that I need to work on it, yet have not been able to, as though continuing the story in absence of my grandmother is some form of acceptance. I don't expect this to make sense.
  
  Incidentally, since I've decided to make some major changes to the adventure, parts of what already existed prior to learning about Nanny were also changed. Which somehow makes me feel better, as though when I read it, I will not be thinking, "And here's where everything changes...."



• Finish isil_elensar's birthday story! Yes, Isil, I have written about four pages of your birthday story, as the Legolas muse I acquired finally managed to wriggle free of the chains that my Feanor muse put him in. While I'm at it, I need to check which of you all have upcoming birthdays deserving of stories! If you haven't given me your birthday and want a story, now's a good time to let me know. ;)



• Stop neglecting Nelyo's. Yes, I've been bad and haven't read my books in over a week now.... Top of my list is to acquire some books from Kitchen Krafts that look interesting.



• Conjure some form of Super Bowl party dessert. In the past, I've made a cake decorated like a football field, but I think that might be too much for this year. I'm thinking an ice cream pie with both team logos on it. Maybe with some wee chocolate footballs along the edge, if I can find a suitable mold before Saturday? Maybe peanut butter or caramel-filled chocolate footballs??
  
  Or maybe just a plain ol' boring ice cream pie.



• Tag the silwritersguild LJ. *despises tagging the SWG LJ, but it is a necessary evil neglected since November or so*



• It might not hurt to write a chapter summary for the Henneth-Annun Silmarillion reading sooner than the day it's due?



• Acquire some new icons. I have space for 100 and have a whopping 14. Mostly because the conditions under which Bobby bought me space for 100 require that I make an icon that says "Oh Yay Elves Are Cool" and use it on at least one post. How long would it take to make such an icon? Thirty seconds?? So why isn't it done??? ...

And there's two things that I've been chronically neglecting, which is odd, as they are two of the things about which I am most enthusiastic:

• Revise AMC. Post AMC in places other than LiveJournal. I think that once I get past the depressing mess that is the first few chapters, I will be fine with this. It's just a matter of mustering up the energy for massive revision that involves possibly running with scissors...but it must be done. Why can't stories revise themselves?



• SWG archive site. I need to get something down for this. A style sheet would be nice. A few HTML pages? I can worry about finding fiction archive codes later, but we should at least have a rudimentary homepage in the meantime. Thing is, I like writing webpages. And this project has been enough of a headache so far that I should have something to show for it.

Edit: "Elves Are Cool" icon has been made. (see results on this post) Now I am free to add as many new icons as I want. But first I'm going to hack into Bobby's account and change his default icon to "Oh Yay. Elves Are Cool."

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[dawn_felagund]

I kind of forced his hand. We'd started an RPG and I introduced the notion of doing the role-playing part online (since none of us were comfortable with "acting" in-character), and he agreed. And I said, "Well, I'm running it through LJ, so you'll need an LJ account...."

I doubt that would work for you, though, but that was my nefarious method. >:^]]