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Some weeks ago, s-girl so very kindly sent me a copy of a bit of fanart she made for MnM (the carriage scene, whoopee!). It's utterly beautiful and sweet. Gah. Seeing a romance so vividly and beautifully illustrated is stirring up the mushiness in me. Hee hee! Will have to see about putting it up here, or wherever, with permission from the artist, of course. ^.^

At the moment, to use a coffee analogy, the grounds for Chapter 20 are already prepared and waiting. I just need the time and peace of mind to sit down and start percolating properly. The "realism" voice in my head is preparing for battle with the "romantic" voice... I'm not so sure which will win out. ^.^; Well, there aren't any classes this Thursday for this unworthy one, so let's hope I get something done!

I'm kinda feeling furtively bad about the round robin these days... @.@ For a long time I contributed nothing because I wasn't exactly getting any ideas into my head... but then a twist came that finally did seem to open up an opportunity for me to do my part. So I sorta jumped at it.

And now I've contributed a long installment that has everybody just plain baffled, I think. ^.^;; I was hoping to inject some sort of real-world order into the story (at least, the kind of order my poor little brain can take); some of the recent twists that the plot had taken just threw me for a loop and had the less audacious/courageous writer in me shrinking into the shadows to let other people handle the innovation. So I tried to sort out things into a more, um, realistic sequence... but now everyone's just bewildered. T.T

(I do seem to have that effect on people, really, even in real life. ^.^; To be honest, sometimes I baffle myself. Especially when I'm writing. Thus I have to come up with at least two or three draft outlines while I'm working on an extensive story, to make sense of the absurdities into which my mind occasionally jumps.)

Gah. I'm just too weird/illogical/deep into my own self-absorbed universe, I think. @.@


	chiisailammy August 15, 2004 04:42 PM PDT dang it! I can't type--or brain not function--or the two are directly related to one another. I meant to say that "we still <3 you" bahh. you get the point... CL slinks away for her long overdue hibernation


	chiisailammy August 15, 2004 04:40 PM PDT Ahh! I haven't "stalked" your blog in a while. No worries on the RR thing. It's all in good fun. You should definitely NOT feel bad about it. Throwing people in a loop is what we do best, ne? :) Hey, we love challenges!! This is how we squeeze out that proverbial creative juice, you know so again no worries. We well <3 you. But we will <3 you more with an epilogue. whistles innocently :P


	Leila Winters August 15, 2004 12:56 PM PDT Aww...don't think that. While it's true that this particular installment was a bit baffling, it wasn't awful and was in fact, quite good. It's just there were elements in it that were bewildering. :) But, I realize you're aware of where people are having mental freezes. Don't be hard on yourself. Maybe instead of letting yourself shrink back, you should let yourself sprout and explore those writing realms that you had wanted to to begin with! That just might be the thing to clear up this perpetual haze that has been hovering over iceandfire... (And do NOT say your installment was long! Lol...I've done long and yours was not long at all!) Breathe in, breathe out, feel better, okay? ^_^