Quick apology & update

[amruniel]

I should go to bed, but first I need to apologize to all of you whom I didn't respond to these last few days... (and foremost to silvan_lady for not reading and commenting :( )

My muses have made a surprise-comback, I've been bitten by a huge VigOrli plotbunny and while I haven't written a single word so far, I've spent all of my waking moments these last days doing research. (By the way, my muses demand to ask you all for each and any information you can come up with in terms of Viggo and Orlando - they simply refuse to start real work until I've got all the facts in order... bossy bitches ;) )
I've browsed so many LJ-communities (in vain, let me add), read my way through various yahoo-groups (to no avail) and have read and looked at each and every piece of Viggo's art I could find (and a huge thanks to my lovely, lovely Phi who spent hours interpreting and discussing the most interesting ones with me - you know I blame this plotbunny on you and you alone!) ...

Additionally I've done some research on various interesting parts of this planet, and have come to the conclusion that while New Zealand still is the land I'd love to see one day, there are certain very, very stunningly beautiful places to be found in certain parts of Idaho... I guess, I can finally understand people who might chose to live there ;)

And yeah... I really, really might start writing fiction again. Wow. I'm completely stunned and a bit shaken by the violence of my creativity coming back to life, but I'm willing to go wherever my muses might lead. I'm determined to give this thing a try, yet I have no idea how to pull it off. I mean, apart from actually writing this thing a huge problem is actually getting somebody to take on the huge challenge of being my beta. The only definitive thing I know about this story at the moment is that I'm going to attempt to write it in English - which, as we all know, isn't my native tongue, which makes getting two distinctive character voices right even harder... Put the challange of one of them being British and the other one American-with-anything-else-mixed-in on top of that and you might be able to understand what a mammoth task this might prove for any soul nice enough to take on the challenge... *sighs*

Okay my dears... I once again apologize for being a mute recluse these last days, I hope my research-frenzy will burn down to a more normal level soon and that I'll be back with you soon ;) and now, I'm finally off to bed!

Comments

[silvan-lady.livejournal.com]

I'll volunteer with Ranmaru as US back up. (she has agreed)

You might want to check out the terms I beta under though, they are posted in the bio of one of my LJs. I don't make exceptions to those rules and I tell it like it is when I beta! Be warned! LOL!

[amruniel.livejournal.com]

Oh god, really? *bursts into happy tears*

I will check out your rules, but I guess they will be exactly what I'm looking for ;) I really have no need for a beta telling me how utterly perfect I am, while I know how bad my writing is :D

Well, now I really have no excuse not writing, do I? *grins*
Wow.

Oh dear... thanks so much for volunteering!
*hugs*

Edit: I have read your terms and conditions and they were exactly what I imagined them to be ;) thanks so much again for volunteering sweetie!

[silvan-lady.livejournal.com]

Okay, turn round may be slower over the summer for various reasons. Generally I work best with one chapter at a time or blocks of 2000 - 3000 words if you don't write in chapters.

You'll need to let me know if you prefer track changes in Microsoft Word or Google docs or something else.

:-)

[amruniel.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, you do read my mind :D
I was going to ask you if you prefer Word or Google Docs or anything else. I don't care, really, so whatever works best for you ;)

I'm going to write in "chapters", but since they may vary greatly in length I might need to give you blocks of text once in a while.
Don't worry about a slower pace over the summer... I'm not sure how quick I'll be in producing new stuff... I haven't written anything creative in years, so I might encounter some troubles getting back into my creativity and my writing I guess ;)

Do you want to know what you volunteered for, or do you parctice a "wait and see"-approach? ;)

[silvan-lady.livejournal.com]

I think googledocs will work best as Ranmaru is on there too. We will just need to agree a colour code in advance!

Let's talk about it again when I get back from holiday (19th June)

[amruniel.livejournal.com]

Google Docs it is ;)

Yeah. Let's talk about colour coding and the things I can expect from your betaing and stuff after your holidays :) chances are, that I might actually have something written by then... (I'm so buried under research and it's getting more rather than less that I really have no idea when I'll be able to write the first sentence ... On the upside, I've stumbled over a wonderful article about Orlando I would have never seen otherwise...)

*hugs*

[silvan-lady.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you are having fun!

[amruniel.livejournal.com]

I'm having fun and am frustrated as hell at the same time :D
I'm a research junkie, so that's great - however there do come up new lines of research and things I absolutely need to know every few minutes it seems... so the mountain of "things to do, things to see, things to hunt for" grows every day and the actual writing seems to float further out of reach on a daily basis...

On the upside, however, I actually ordered two of Viggo's books yesterday (purely for research, of course *coughs*) which makes me giddy and a very happy fangirl indeed :D