Writing and other things

[bjornwilde]

I signed up for getyourwordsout  again and am doing the Habit pledge instead of word counts. I didn't come near my pledge fo 250k words last year, but I did get 40k which I am counting as a win cause I don't know that I've ever written that much or that much on mostly one project. I decided to do the Habit pledge, writing for 250 days this year, as I feel like it'll be less intimidating for me.

So far I am behind. I don't know what it is but I haven't been inspired by any one project or even small projects. I get ideas, but I'm kind of vague on them, so I end up doing writing exercises to get my day out. Maybe I should go back to some fanfic or just brainstorm why I seem to have so passion for the ideas I've been getting.

And get back to listening to writing podcasts. I feel like those start things going for me.

I'm inclined to get myself away from Google for my writing as well. It works and it's free, but I am not so happy with having so much of my life in Google's hands. I've been looking at Dabblewritter.com, which would work for me as it is cloud based as well as having desktop apps for both Mac and PC. Pricing seems good as well, $9/month or $8/month if you pay for the year. I just am not sure about spending money if i'm not writing. Might try the 14-day trial and see how I like it.

I've also been looking at what appeals to me with headvoices for Milliways and such. I've decided I need both a good personality and a fun (to me) world. This was sparked by my long term desire to play Kady from The Magicians but then never apping her. I've half-decided that while I love her character and the world, her personality isn't one I want to play. If that makes sense.

I am eyeing a new pup, who's a nutty professor type from a high fantasy world, but I'll sandbox him until I finish the canon he comes from.
 

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

I am eyeing a new pup, who's a nutty professor type from a high fantasy world,

I'm curious about the canon in question, as I like nutty professor types :D

[bjornwilde]

It’s the Mage Errant series by John Bierce. It strikes me as YA high fantasy and reminded me of Mercedes Lackey’s Herald Mage series mashed with Avatar the Last Airbender.

Full disclaimer, my mind works oddly so that description may not be true for you.

I also liked it cause the emotional challenges the main character faces don’t get erased in one book. He deals with his holdups and has supporting friends but still has the bad voice in his head he has to deal with. CW for bullying and emotional manipulation that’s not blatant and just revealed at the end of the first book. There are three books so far, I’ve read the first two.

[hamsterwoman]

Herald Mage / AtLA sounds good to me! (I love elemental magic especially :D)

Thank you for all the info -- I'll keep an eye out!