Iroiro

[elaby]

Fic update!

Skating fic: I haven't worked on this since the last time I updated, mostly because we had to forego writing night this week onnacounta taking a house-buying seminar.

Giant row fic: 1,473 words! \o/ Of actual prose! From the beginning of the story! So that means I actually started, as opposed to sitting around poking at dialogue and trying to perfect my Victorian syntax. This is progress, trust me. Did I mention that I'm writing this thing in the third person? O_o;; That's a first for me and Holmes fic. It has to be, but I'm less confident about my writing in this genre when it's not first-person. For right now, I'm just getting down concepts within my sentences and I'll work on finessing the language later.

Life update!

Yes, so, that house-buying seminar we're taking... terrifying, or extremely terrifying? Also exhilarating. Last night was the "for god's sake get your finances under control before you try to buy a house" night, and tonight was "mortgage lingo and closing cost trauma" night. (I kid. Last night showed us how to budget and ascertain our financial situations before looking into getting approved for a loan, and tonight went through how one applies for a mortgage and all the programs that exist in the area, which is lots, for helping first-time buyers who don't make much money get really awesome deals. This is good, as that = us.)

I'm going out after work with my coworkers tomorrow, which will be another new experience. The last time I did this it was with the gang from the Writing Center, all of whom I really loved, and my coworkers now are kind of a whole lot different from the way I am. I think I'll have a decent time, though.

Comments

[med_cat]

Best of luck with house-buying!

Looking forward to your fics when you get a chance to finish them ;)

Have fun at your outing!
Cat

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

You forgot to mention that the first night was the "20 ways to depress the hell out of Caitirin and make her walk around morosely for a day night"!

[elaineofshalott]

Buying a house! Wow, scary. It is good that you are being informed, and prepared, and all that. Still...man, scary. You are intrepid and I salute you.

[janeturenne.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Giant Row progress! I'm so excited to see your third person. It's disconcerting writing Holmes in third, I agree, as it's essentially a first-person fandom, but there are so many things that third person can express that first simply can't. It works the other way too, of course, but after spending the past month writing just about exclusively in first, I'm totally envying you your third-person just now ^_^

Congrats and best of luck with the homebuying, and have fun with your coworkers tonight!