Margaritas, Ventura Stops and Writing

 Waiting for people to be awake so I can start calling. 💕 Yep, I make morning calls and texts to all my favorite people. Too many to actually count. 

Sue picked me up for dinner. We had watermelon mango margaritas and just chatted the heck out of our time together. She is going to let me borrow a overnight bag because I'm getting on an airplane to Arizona. I'll be in AZ for about four days. I think only one commune knows I'm coming. This isn't until May though.

Sue is heading to Arizona for the weekend so that will be fun for her. I asked her if she was going to Cave Creek and she said she doesn't think so. Nuts! I need to get more Arizona spices which tend to be a little on the hot side. I have one that Emory puts on our veggie burgers and tofu that tastes excellent! It's hard to find novelity spices out here, though there is a place called Spicetopia, but you only get an ounce for $5.99 and up which is pretty expensive. 

With everything going up in price, who knows how much spices will cost soon. This is crazy. I'm not on board. I never was on board. 

Emory and I went to Ventura for a few hours. It's about a 45 minute drive from where we live. We went to Old Town, got pho for lunch (which I really wanted) and sadly, I couldn't help but do a little shopping. I really wanted perfume, but have been dragging my feet because an ounce of perfume is expensive and I don't think we should be spending money in this economy. 

I did break and got myself a perfume called Aloha. It's devine! I also got a brand new Starbucks mug at Goodwill for 1/3rd the original price. It's usually $22.99 at the actual Starbucks. It says "California" on it and has all the highlights of California. It's handwashed only. I don't mind. I wanted something I could take in the car with me when I go out. Also, I really really shouldn't have, but I bought a puzzle that has 5 puzzles in one box. It's the Disney Villains. I got it for $5.00 at the library. It's been completed so I know all the pieces are there. So excited.

I'm sending some puzzles out with Sue to the Glendale Commune. Also, Ann wanted a few things I was just going to give away, so I'm going to send that out too. All useful things. 

Writing Update:

Werewolf Untitled: I had a hard time naming my "creature" as he should be fairly old. I have a few baby name books so I went through and I think I am satisfied at this moment, with my character names. Still  working on chapter 1. I want to get 2,500 words for each chapter for the 1st draft. I hate blank pages. I'm a huge fan of editing. Word count: 1,680 words

C: chapter 10, stuck. I wrote my character into a hole and people are waiting. I really need to get my butt in gear now that I'm home alone again for another week. Just time to work the heck out of these novels. 

V for Vendetta, Apartment Fights and Writing

 Mozart won't let me type. 😂 This makes it so hard to get any stories done.

"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people." Alan Moore - V for Vendetta (If you haven't seen that movie.... well, go see it!) 

That said, we've been having wild nights. This woman was screaming outside our window and this morning, more screaming so I went outside because I wasn't sure if she needed help. She was throwing out all sorts of expletives and degrading words. There were people outside, and they said she tried breaking into their car and into the building and they were calling the police. 

I hate calling the police because when Emory was badly hurt, I called and was on hold for almost ten minutes. It was frustrating because people were trying to talk with me and I could barely hear the recorded messages as I was waiting for emergency to pick up. I'm just grateful for all the souls that stayed with me until the police came. 

I have never wanted to hug strangers more than that night. I usually don't have that overwhelming relief that makes you just go boneless and want to touch complete strangers, but I was so grateful that so many people had come to make sure we were okay. I hope the Goddess gives them each a little extra magick in their lives for their kindness. 

Writing Update:

Untitled Werewolf: Chapter 1. I feel stuck, but the story in my head has changed. I do have the fairies and some good old fashion mythology in this story, but my "creature-feature" has changed from being a fairy into maybe being something a little more Godly? Truthfully I had a scene in my head and that's where I'm starting from. I had over 15000 words written the first time and my flashdrive ate it! So now it's time to finally try rewriting from what I remember, but even then I was stuck on chapter 4. I need some daydreaming to get unstuck.

Untitled Cop: I had a scene in my head with a vague idea so I started working on the scene. The more I worked on it, the more supernatural it got. I guess I really like the supernatural but I need to think how I really want to do this. Oh, and I think my cop has now become an independent detective. What am I even doing with this story? Seriously. This might just be a passion project.

Actually all my stories might just be passion projects.

Untitled Dom/sub: I really don't know what rules I want to make for this reality. I have the idea. I'm on chapter 3. I just need to get this first draft done so I can see what needs to be fixed. I have super long chapters that I want to work on.

I might make all my chapters too long. I want to get them from 5000+ words down to 3,500-4,000 words. Do people read stories with long chapters? 

It feels good having visions for original work. I wrote mostly AUs anyways and people complain that AUs are too outside the canon. So yeah, might as well just write my own worlds, my own people, my own visions into something that a wider audience might enjoy.