railenthe | OK. HERE'S THE THING. *stickied until Beltaine*

I just looked at the things I want to get posted and such for the first time in forever. And man, am I disappointed in myself.

Welcome to Cornelia was last updated LAST YEAR. Right after I got out of the bin. This is just talking about the local copy, not the stuff that’s up.
Angelic Shards is in similar neglect.
Da’ath hasn’t seen love from me since December.
Lollipop hasn’t been updated since ~~Gingersnap~~ Balgaire got stuck with his new nickname.
I haven’t so much as done any more research in anything since any of these.

It’s time I set some guidelines for how I’m managing my time.

So here’s the deal:

If I say I am writing and I might not be particularly responsive on one day, then that means that I am writing and may not be particularly responsive on one day. One thing in particular up there is an ambitious fan project, but the other things listed up there? Yeah, those are the things that I’m trying to put together in an effort to be able to take the ‘unpublished’ out from in front of ‘writer’ in my LinkedIn profile. (Spoiler alert: don’t go looking for me on LinkedIn—that profile doesn’t exist; this was used as a figure of speech.)

If I say I’m in the middle of something, the thing that I am in the middle of is probably writing, and if I seem a bit irritable, it’s because I have a quota that I’d like to hit before I go do something leisurely.

If I seem to be distracted and my mind is a bajillion places at a time, you’ve probably caught me in the middle of writing.

Am I offline in EVERY ASPECT of social media that isn’t Google? Then I’m probably writing. And even if I AM on line in the Google messenger, check for a status something like ‘#amwriting’ before hailing me. Also included are ‘inkslinging,’ ‘editing,’ ‘writing,’ ‘word herding,’ et cetera. Best to wait until that status is no longer attached to my name before attempting to hail me formally. Is it still up? Do not be surprised if I do not answer.

All of these apply until the fifth of May—Beltaine to us pagans, cinco de mayo to everyone else in the area who is going to send our hotel into HELL that week.

Hail me at your own risk.

I’m off to sling ink now.

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That internet distraction thing! I hear you! How I wish I can create with another person in meat space, and they get to hit me with a mullet every time I piss around.

I have to be incredibly firm with myself and other people when this happens. I've decided to give myself a slight rest by lowering my quota threshold a bit, but I'm still shooting for the same big number when all is said and done.

…speaking of… *opens Scrivener*

OK. HERE'S THE THING. stickied until Beltaine

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It's crazy.