Light At Last

Light At Last! 

LOL Just wrote the ending to my overwrought cheating wife/LW sequel -well, kind of forced it to an end because chapter 3 was turning into an 80 page novella. I know, I know, it's long-winded but I've actually cut it down by at least 30% so you get the idea.

Thank you in advance to beta readers, hope the soppy romantic nature of it doesn't trigger your gag reflex too much.  

I'm almost definitely going to take a bit of a break (3-5months??) in between simply because I'm gonna need physiotherapy and need to get that pain under control. Gonna do my best to stave off surgery, I've not had to step into an OR thus far and I plan on keeping it that way!  

In the meantime, I'll start work on the Original Sin conclusion and hope to wrap it before my smutversary (the day I published erotica ~think wicked laughter~) comes round which is (gack!) in two weeks' time. [Facepalms] Where did the time go? 

Bummer

Yes, that's me and that's the week that just ended. Survived through pain which came back with a vengeance. Did almost no writing and am plodding through with a story that's likely to earn me lots of slamming and criticism.  

Highlight of the week has to be reading the work of a friend who trusts me enough to ask for my opinion. It's a great piece of work. While I can't say it's perfect, it's close enough. And I'm depressed on the other hand since I was going to write a sequel to the same story and have just realised how shallow mine is. Picture me drawing my toes in the sand just thinking about how inadequate my writing is, no wonder I get comments suggesting I go back to school. I bet OU is regretting giving me that honours degree huh?!!  

Anyway, just as a character once said, it may not be the biggest cock but it's the only one I've got, so too bad if you don't like it. Too bad if my writing isn't perfect, it's the only one I've got, I ain't got no choice but to stick with it and improve on the way, hopefully. So you might not want to read the excerpt from my upcoming work to be released on my other blog. 

    

And the blast from the past that I finally found out after 23 years isn't an Amy Grant song lol

  

I don't know about readers but that song I remember from my days as a feckless and reckless teenager who believed achieving anything was possible.

Cranky Writer Alert

Ok, let me confess, I was hoping to have gotten quite a lot done over the vacation time I've just had but nothing got done. As in nada, zilch, pretty sure you get what I mean and with the day job work load getting heavier, almost all releases are delayed. Not too sure I can release anything for my smutversary - apologies if friends or readers are disappointed.

Short of me winning the lottery, the writing ain't speeding up.  And I'm crankier than ever. It isn't even the fact that I've been recovering from a pain-filled respiratory condition. It's partly because Lent rolled around couple of days back and as usual, I'm kinda abstaining from /giving up on a couple of things and praying for God's blessing for the health and safety of family and friends, including online friends! Particularly those who haven't been feeling too great recently. So no fried chicken or gelato.

Don't really eat the former too often, but southern fried chicken has always been comfort food and you know when you aren't supposed to eat something, the more you crave it? Yup, experiencing it by the buckets. And no ice cream (I'm not devious enough to count other types of ice cream as non gelato), that's tough particularly with a boring, work-filled Valentine's coming up.  

Oh well. Let's hope there's sunshine after the rain!  

CA when will I see you again?!!

Valentine's Through My Ages

LOL I know, my posts have been way too SFW these few weeks, I appeal to your understanding my dear readers. Ill health and work pressures have stood in the way of the writing and I want to avoid posting slipshod stories, so bear with me!

Thought to do a post on Valentine's, so here's what my Valentine's dreams looked like, through the ages (via music videos):

Teens

Loved the arrangement of the song plus George Michael's smooth husky tones

20s

It was a miserable time

30s

Hope at the end of the tunnel of darkness?

In celebration of those who gave me sleepless nights 

Happy Chinese New Year!

To all my Asian friends, especially Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese friends: Happy New Year!

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Hope the year of the monkey brings us all good times!


Still love the tune!