I do believe in fairys

I know lots of you guys are interested in Victorians, and that the other lot are interested in the Supernatural so I thought I’d present a happy medium between them both -Hyde Park Corner.

Taking its influences from Gothic Victorian literature such as Dracula Hyde Park Corner is the antithesis of the sparkly vampires of current fame. With an overarching plot, and many interesting and varied characters it hopes to offer something to everyone. At least it’s a great way to spend the summer time.

Yes, I crumbled but please don’t let my little dragons die

I'm going.

My journals are on Greatest Journal and Insane Journal on which I am roz_morgan on both. I really didn't want to do this but I can't stay here any longer. You might see me checking but that's all.

Well, journal. Since many of you know spoilers I need to ask.

What happens to Lucius? I don't care about anyone else (well, I do but he's a throw away name, we already know he's R.A.B and Ron and Hermione get to be happy so no worries there.) so I need your help!

Today, I need to write 900 words or I will in some way punish myself. I was supposed to write 500 yesterday but only wrote 100 hence the 900 today and the punishment if I don’t.

But I’m very lazy. And I like procrastinating. I’ve refreshed my friend’s page, read Meta Fandom and been busy pretending to do research reading The CrusieMayer.com 2007 Online Writing Workshop* and now I’m writing this.

I’m trying to write a novel (Ha! Ha! I hear you cry, we’ve been here before) and I am determined to finish it. I must write 500 words a day no matter how bad they are till I have finished it. I will finish this even if nothing ever comes of it because I’m training myself to write.

But again I’m lazy; and Himself is not helping either.
I tell him of my woes during our (procrastinating) phone calls and he placates me with very naughty phrases like “Oh, but those 100 words are good. Don’t write anymore; go for quality not quantity” which is nice but what redrafts are for.

I want to do NaNoWriMo this year and have worked out that to hit the target I’ll need to write 2000 words a day. I can of course write more but I must do 2000 words each day as a minimum. I’ve already started outlining it and drawing up chapters/characters so I know what I want to do and where I want to be around say day 12 or so.

But, despite the laziness and the hours of sitting staring at blank sheets of word document 001 – first draft I actually think this is good for me. Writing is a struggle, and writing well and writing lots is something that takes time and takes effort and is something you should be training yourself to come back to and to do each day.

The piece of fan fiction I’m most proud of and the longest piece I ever wrote Le Petite Mort was the work of months – redrafting, editing and trimming. And it was one of the best writing experiences I ever had.

So, despite my procrastination and this essay and the fact that I am my own worst enemy I can already feel that I’m getting better; maybe not in what I’m actually writing or subject matter but that I’m getting better in my planning and my approach. I’m more organized and I’m growing more confident.

I may never be published, but if I don’t write then I certainly never will be.

And although this was a big, naughty distraction of a thing it’s been good to get my ideas and my feelings down on word document and out of the way.

Has anyone else planned to do NaNoWriMo this year? Had any ideas yet? Enjoy procrastinating like me?

*It’s actually a wonderful site. I just enjoy reading it and doing some of the exercises and reading it made me realise where I’d been going wrong and why something I was writing just wasn’t working.

[Edit/] YAY! Beat the target.

Happy Birthday to the beyond lovely fleshdress who I am am constantly in awe of!

I hope you had a lovely birthday with lots of pretty shoes and please request away on fic. It may take a little while to get itself written but should be ready for sometime next week.

My cat just had her kitties! Five perfectly healthy little bundles of fluff born on the 10th. We can't go see them till next week but I'm so very excited.

There will be pictures forth-coming. This is rather a surprise.

This was written for one of the challenges on the wonderful writing group musemuggers and since it contains naughty students seducing soldiers, and talk of boys in France prostituting themselves for cigarettes I thought I might cross-post it to you lot.

Yes, this is original characters but don’t let that put you off.

Rating: PG-13 for implied sex, homosexual themes and some kisses.

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Thank goodness!

I'll be keeping the old stuff friends-locked simply because I have certain things that I don't want people to see and I'm very lazy. *blush*

So glad we don't have to move - anyway, I'm off to hex_files* to celebrate Lucius Malfoy's desicion to stand for Minister of Magic! And I invite you all to do the same.

*Seriously, join. It's wonderful there - lots of murder, some underage smexing of pretty boys and possibly incest - you never can tell with those Blacks.

I have read all the spoiler but still no word - what happens to the Death Eaters?