A Bunch of Random Thoughts and Also Updates

[caitri]

I AM SO TIRED. Remember when I thought I was gonna have some down-time after those back-to-back conferences last month?

Ha.

Ha ha.

No.

I've gotten maybe 1800 words on my STBB/NaNo project? I'll probably have to drop out.

What I DO have are applications for a Bibliographic Society of America fellowship (which I can send off as soon as a second person confirms they are gonna do a rec letter for me) and an application for an Emerging Scholar Prize (which I can send off as soon as my diss chair says she likes it). I have a diss chapter my chair is pleased with, I have a set of essay edits due in January, and I have an outline with bits for a collaborative article. Also, I got some good feedback from my writing group on my fannish literary history project, so it's just to keep adding to that, bit by bit.

But in the meantime there's all of the attendant stress of holidays plus seasonal depression (it's dark! it's cold! DISLIKE!) plus getting roped into other things ongoing, and yeah. YEAH.

Did I mention I'm tired?

Comments

[weirdquark]

I've had lots of commitments taking up my time. Not that they haven't been awesome, but it doesn't leave much writing time. So I've managed about 15K words for NaNo, though it's more like a 7/8K split writing the same thing two different ways which may or may not be combinable into one thing. But since the point of NaNo for me was to just start writing, I'm not fussed about how many words I get in this month as long as I keep at it and finish a draft.

At least you have been productive even if NaNo hasn't seen much action!

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm glad your NaNo is going strong! I feel like I'm spread in so many directions right now that nothing is getting done, even though intellectually I know that's not true.

[weirdquark]

Yeah, I know that feeling. Hope you feel less scattered soon!

[caitri.livejournal.com]

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