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[auntiemeesh]

I was making a cup of tea and pondering deep thoughts, as I do occasionally. I was thinking about a very old episode of Sliders, in which the gang found themselves in a reality in which teachers (or researchers or something like that -- it's been a long time since I watched that show) took the place of athletes and actors as very famous and well-paid celebrities. Then I began applying that to my life.

If teachers were celebrities instead of actors, well, I'm assuming that college professors would be the equivalent of the big A-list stars. Then you have elementary and secondary teachers who would be possibly off-broadway but not bad. Then preschool would be off-off-broadway. Infant-toddler programs (my level) would then be somewhere along the lines of community theater. You still get some good acting, but nobody outside the small community has ever heard of you. It seems I couldn't get fame and fortune even if teachers were celebrities. Drat!

I've set myself the task of working on chapter nine tonight.

"Time to get started," said I.

"Okay, but first I have to check my flist," said other I.

Did that.

"Now, really, get to work."

"Wait, I need to check my email first."

"Um hm. Quickly please."

Did that.

"Can we please get to work now?" I asked plaintively.

"But, the round robin...must add to the round robin."

"Well, I suppose. It is writing, of sorts, so I guess it counts. But then we really have to get to work on chapter nine."

Ten minutes later... "There, that's done. Now on with the work at hand."

"Oh, but, I can't possibly work on "Courage" without a cup of tea and a snack. I have corners that need filling up."

*sigh* "Fine."

Made a cup of tea and thought deep thoughts. Munched on a granola bar.

"Okay, let's get this show on the road."

I turn go into my LotR fic folder and call up "Courage," read through the last little bit to get myself up to speed and allow my fingers to hover over the keyboard, pondering my next sentences.

"Oh, but wait. I was having an interesting thought while I was brewing the tea and I really wanted to write it down."

"Arggh. Alright, but really. This is the last thing. After this we must start chapter nine. pipspebble is waiting."

Comments

[teawith.livejournal.com]

God, yes - I have three stuck at the mo' - one on chapter 3, one on chapter 4, and one on chapter 7. It's so much easier to write a short feww thousand words one off than work on something long...

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

This is the first long thing I've done and I had no idea when I started that it was going to turn into such a beast. I thought it would be a fairly simple story to write (it was supposed to be a Marigold challenge). The longer it gets, the farther it seems to be from it's ending. Of course I labor ridiculously over everything so even short things take far more time and effort than seems reasonable for something I do as an enjoyable hobby. Apparently I'm only happy when I'm suffering.

[teawith.livejournal.com]

I tend to find my longer fics suffer *because* of Marigold's challenges - it's so much easier to write a short fic for one of those, than try and wrestle one of the Beasts (good word for them) :)