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[katallison]

Mmm. ::waving:: I feel like I've been gone for a while; I said to Anna that I've been in a state of voluntary mutism, and that's close to the mark. Have had a number of entries/mini-essays sketched out in my head, but just haven't gotten them into words; the gears haven't been engaged or grinding forward purposefully.

Which isn't to say that I haven't been *writing*; I've been moving forward pretty steadily on the new story. The first 7,000 words or so are essentially done, and I like them; the ending is completely mapped out, and I have at least a sketchy idea of everything that happens between beginning and end. This will end up being roughly as long as the last thing I wrote (alas), but different in almost every other respect. Well, except that it's still Fraser 1st-person POV; I will certainly someday get to the point where I can no longer handle living in Fraser's head, but I hope it doesn't happen until I'm done with this thing. He continues to fascinate me, for the time being.

Oddly, the writing--these self-indulgent fantasies about television characters, this somewhat embarrassing preoccupation--feels like the one point of stability in my life these days. Everything else in the universe feels a bit teetery, phantasmal, imperiled.

It is cold here, still--was seven below zero when I got up this morning. But I think that might have been our last sub-zero morning of the season; the forecast is that we should be in the 50s, maybe nudging 60, by the weekend. I am ready for this; I have, as they say, *been* ready. The cold has made me hermetic this winter, insular and asocial. I need to get the hell out of the house, away from the computer once in a while.

Does *every* sentence in this freakin' entry have a semicolon in it? *Jeez.* Fling open the windows and let the fresh air in, willya, Kat?

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[minette.livejournal.com]

On a completely different note: I'd been raving about this Hard Core Logo story 'Xeriscape' that I read a long time ago and Kerry got intrigued enough to demand the URL. So, I go looking for it and shazam! not only do I find it, but I find out that you wrote it (I know, I'm terribly slow, forgive me?), so the pleasure is doubled for me. I plan on reading it again, but I remember finishing the story the first time and feeling like I'd just come out of a fevered dream where everything was vivid and hectic and so incredibly textured, it was like I'd lived it. The writing, the use of language and imagery and the sheer weight of the words themselves, stuck with me long afterwards, almost like a knife to the heart, it was all so sharp.

'Xeriscape' was not an easy story to read, but it is an amazing story that I would recommend to anyone, especially to fans of the movie. I think you're a hell of a talented writer and I'm going to go back and *devour* everything on your site.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Wow! *very pink in the face* Thanks so much for the incredibly kind words, Minette! I'm delighted that you liked the story, and bowled over by your comments. Doing the happy-writer dance now ...

[twistedchick]

It's good to hear from you again. This has been such a hard winter in so many ways.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Kit. And yeah, boy howdy, a *lot* of people have been struggling lately. It's like the Harmonic Divergence, or something.

I support, wholeheartedly, your use of semicolons.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Also, I hope you will free to send me story chunks at any time, particularly if this is the one I think it is. (: And I'm happy to provide Vecchio voice assistance should you feel you need it.

Grok you fully on the life-all-unstable thing. It's good to have the writing to cling to in crazy times. {{{Kat}}}

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, yeah, it's the one I think I was babbling to you about not long ago, and trust me, I shall be shipping along story chunks as soon as they're more or less viewable. (This time I'll actually try to get it to you sequentially, so you can get some sense of what's going on. *That* would be a novelty. <g>) And I shall indeed rely on you to vet my Vecchio, who's got me rather buffaloed.

[destina.livejournal.com]

This will end up being roughly as long as the last thing I wrote (alas), but different in almost every other respect.

What do you mean, alas, you silly, lovely woman?? I say, hurrah! *g*

*hug*

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, you say "hurrah" because you're not the one *writing* the freakin' thing. <grumble, grumble>

(And thanks for the sweet and kind words! *hug back*)

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

I like semicolons. I finally learned how to use them correctly when I got a job as a tech writer. And now I'm NOT ALLOWED to use them. Waaaaah!!

Blasted style guide. :-(

[brynwulf]

On a purely selfish note, I'm glad that the writing of the Fraser person is stable, but do feel badly that the rest isn't following suit like a good little life. How dare it!! :( Why has this winter been so disruptive to so many people? A sign of the times I fear. And believe me, it does scare me. {{huggles}}}
Back to listening to Jerry Jeff...
Meg