Okay. Sorry about the missed deadline. I needed sleep and then there was an issue that had me aternately screaming into a pillow and sobbing with all of my being for something like 11 hours straight. Then I started writing again and found that while I didn't have writer's block, I couldn't write it. The subject matter being way too close to my own past. It will be finished, and likely posted Friday
Since waking up from a nap on Friday evening around 9pm (Central US time), I've not slept much
1 hour Saturday afternoon
2 hours Sunday evening
3 hours Monday afternoon
So. I'm going to bed now (4am Tuesday morning) and sleeping until I wake up. Then I'll write Sk8r Grrls for this week. If it's not done in time... sorry. I'm unashamedly unabashed about missing this deadline. Not that I don't care about how awesome you've all been... I'm just too damn tired to give more than passing thought to it
So, that IRC session I mentioned, for the Q&A? I'd like to schedule it for sometime tomorrow (July 11) evening :)
The IRC I've been frequenting apparently has a separate room for author chats, anyway, so that'll be good
irc.tgsa.net port 6667
and it's apparently the one that you get to through Storysite
Um... time and room is the only things not set -- and the room may be
I'm not a fan of forced fem stories. If it's not voluntary, making someone do something that will put them in danger -- either at the time or later on -- is wrong and would be construed as child abuse in most of the cases in which they do this. I guess I see them as way too formulaic. There's also the fact that I was severely abused as a child... from about age 6 months to around age 15 when I finally stood up and stopped taking it
I was constantly beating the odds of bad things happening, in my first 20 years. So much so, that I had the reputation of being the clumsiest person in town. When I was in high school, there was a contest in the town newspaper that described some of my injuries and the circumstances that led to them. The first 50 correct responders to the newspaper office would receive a coupon good for a free sandwich from a local fast food place. All 50 coupons were claimed before an hour had passed from the time the papers hit the shelves/streets
Hrm. Thought I posted this earlier, guess I forgot to hit "Submit"
Sk8r Grrls 10 will be on the site no later than Sunday afternoon -- I have a LOT of projects in the works right now, and 4 days of being sick has screwed them all up!
I will have Sk8r Grrls 11 on Tuesday like I should, though
I collapsed and could barely lift my head for about half an hour, so writing took a back seat. I was in bed until about an hour ago. I don't think I'll get Episode 7 out today, but I'll likely get it and Episode 8 both out tomorrow...
I was using today to catch up on other things that I've been too sick to do earlier this week... but now I'm writing -- well, I will be as soon as I've posted this :)
First off, for all the folks that PM'ed me or commented, wishing me good health, thank you very much! I feel much luvved
I'm still coughing a bit, and coughing up a bit, but I'm so much better... First time since Monday night that I've been able to handle solid food was this morning's breakfast. If a half a bagel and being full can be considered breakfast, that is
If anyone is interested in seeing an example of other stories I've written, this morning (before I admitted to myself that I felt like crap) I uploaded the first 8 parts of a fantasy setting story of mine
I put it up at my Fictioneer Page (thanks, Erin!). The series is called, The Original "Intrepid Heroes", categorized under the 'intrepid' marker over there
I'm taking a sick day because, well, Laryngitis sucks. I can't even squeak. Granted this doesn't affect my ability to type or think. But I feel awful. I'm taking it easy today. I'll write Sk8r Grrls Episode 6 tomorrow
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