Saturday, August 05, 2006

Progress Update 4

Sorry that I've been neglecting the blog this week. Please don't think that I've forgotten about you or about the project.

Perhaps an explanation of what's been going on is in order: I've been very busy with work as I'm in my last days getting ready to leave--work continues to pile on while I train my replacements, prepare as much neat packages as I can make for them, and finish the things unreasonable for them to inherit. The saddest thing is--I've been taking on extra work, because I know when I leave, it's difficult for anyone else to do it. So even with my departure a week away, many days are uphill battles, and when I come home I'd either do mindless things or go to bed.

But the DS project still continues. I've planned out much of the additional plot, and I'm really excited about it, because it delves into a lot of Escaflowne backstory that I love to think and write about.

It's just that this week, I'd open my working DS document, take one look at the white page with its blinking cursor, and close it back up. I'm not sure why it's so hard to keep staring at that page, to force myself to type something--anything.

Just...so very tired, I guess. But everything will come to an end Friday, and we'll celebrate with another exciting Van picture.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I'm glad to know that you're a comitted author. To your work AND to your life. But...I'm also wondering when you're going to post chapter 3!! Eagerly waiting...
Sincerely, VOE~lover

jomiel said...

Hello there, you didn't leave a user profile on my ff review, either, so if you read this again--let me know how I can contact you and thank you ^^

Perhaps my post was too whiny and self-righteous. It's true that work is busy, but I'm frustrated mainly because I'm torn between wanting to slack off on the last week of work and thinking that I should go out with a bang and work my butt off to finish everything. I'm actually quite lazy on normal days :P

Another confession--I have ch3 finished ; ; But, if I post it, I don't have a buffer chapter, so I'd feel sort of unprotected if I post it... I don't know ;o Maybe I should just take a chance and do it.

algelic said...

Oh don't worry... you're not being whiny!

I'd do exactly what you're doing... work extra hard on my last days, so they'd know what they would be losing! ^^

Keep up! ^^ Choose a nice Van photo!