Looks like I’ll be putting the creative stuffs on the back burner for a bit, having kind of accidentally signed myself up for a bit of a crazy amount of copy work until the end of the month. But it’s ok! The anti-drama monkey will keep me sane by reminding me not to pay attention to the mini-dramas unrolling around me, as will the promise of a whole flat to myself come May will put a smile on my face despite the teeth grinding .
So here’s the promise to myself: 20 days of flat out copy work, packing and cleaning – and at the end of it I can read back the latest completed draft of the WIP. And eat lots of chocolate and drink lots of coffee. And lie in the hall of the new flat – just ’cause I’ll be able to. And start the new story that’s slowly fermenting. It’ll be worth it.
Lynsey May 
Thank God for the anti-drama monkey 🙂 Twenty days is not a very long time and sometimes doing something unrelated to your WIP can actually help clear your head, give you a fresh set of eyes for your revision!
And all those chocolate bars- they will be worth to wait 🙂
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you’re totally right Lua (Don’t tell anyone that I ate a creme egg about two seconds before writing this ok ;)) a break will be a good thing. For the story at least, if not for my sanity!
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Aw, I dunno why but reading this made me miss you. Even more, that is.
I hope this month of work goes okay for you and you don’t get too copy overloaded. I know what it’s like. But it WILL be worth it, you’re completely right. And I hope you have an amazing time lying in the hallway of your new place. Sometimes, you just gotta lie on the floor.
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awww, you miss me being overworked and grumpy – knew it! mmm, floor lying.
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Very occasionally you were happy. Like when you had mango.
PS: they don’t seem to have that mango here. It’s all crystallised and disgusting here. 😦
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sad times! I’ll keep you some mango
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Good luck girl! I’m with you on this one. I have to write a monster paper a weekend until the end of the semester which means my brain will be too exhausted to pump out anything creative. 😦 We’ll get back to it soon!!
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thanks for the encouragement! You’re right, we will, and by then we’ll be hungrier for it than ever 🙂
Good luck with the assignment.
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