*slams head on desk* I haven't been on Blogger recently...but I have my reasons for this lack of updates.

I can't really say that this week started out in the best way possible nor can I say things are looking up in the following week (with the end of the quarter on Ol' Hallows Eve--imagine taking the end assessment in your halloween costume LOL). And with myself being a bit disoriented for a few days I thought things over instead of doing assignments like I was supposed to be...and I began thinking on how to properly end chapter 6 as well the whole story (which leads me to the announcement that ch. 6 won't be coming this Friday). Sadly I thought I might be able to finish it but I couldn't really force it out even though I can see it unravel in my head.

But besides the bad I have had a few good things happen lately.

Did I mention my love for the sport volleyball? It just so happens that we're playing that in Gym class...it doesn't seem like much but I have gym for first period and it's easier to wake up in the morning knowing that I'm going to do something I like.

Another thing is music. :-) I've been searching for music that somehow, at least in the slightest matched with what I'm writing--so it's easier to get in the mood of writing a certain scene or anything for that matter (I still have problems when drawing things out though--I've been writing so much lately that illustrating and such is so foreign to me now).

Writing. Though I should have been working on ch. 6 I moved my focus the previous weekend (and on Monday/Tuesday) on the background of LoF. I asked myself what my purpose was for writing since I need to clarify it to myself (I'm complicated like that :-| ) and I got to the conclusion that I need the practice and I thought a short story might be good. Though now, it's not so short, at least with the ideas I'm getting that can expand it a bit. So far, I've thought of backstories and the story that goes right after. And amongst these ideas, the current story just went to a pause and I said to myself then: "something isn't right here." I'm well aware that I've probably made a few mistakes and Alice's personality or Dmitri's might not seem clear--and that enough is bothering me--but I forgot that that was my challenge to myself. I remember, before I started writing it, that I post my hastily written drafts until the story is done, then I edit it from start to finish and repost. It seems like a good idea yes? But I'm just afraid that the ending might not have the same impact I envisioned it to have with my current drafts--but I'll still try since that goal I gave myself is also similar to the NaNoWriMo challenge...just not in one month's time. :-|

Hmmm...I should probably get to sleep now (11:55) :-D then again, I am the nocturnal type.