I realize I have gotten really boring lately.

[carolinecrane]

There is also a fairly promising job opening in Boston* right now. And there's an Assistant Directorship open in Falmouth that I think I'd probably be good at, if I could get an interview. Gosh, how nice would it be to live right across the bay from the Vineyard? They must be flooded with applications.

I...should probably just stop looking at the listings until I'm closer to a place where I can make a move.

I keep bringing up these jobs as though there aren't hundreds of applicants for all of them. Things are pretty rough in my field these days. Though the fact that I'm willing to relocate and I'm not fresh out of school give me an edge. Plus I'm a supervisor, and that's kind of a big deal, apparently? I don't know why; I just expect people to show up and do their job.**

In fannish news, I dropped out of au_bigbang. I feel kind of like a failure about it, but it just wasn't going to happen in the time frame I needed it to. Really it's for the best. I toyed with the idea of writing a Winn AU that I've had kicking around for awhile, but then I figured I could just write it as an original fic and maybe make some actual money from it.

Anyway, that means no more fanart for me, which I'm kind of sad about, but only because I'm not a visual artist so I have to bribe people to make me pretty things. Ah, well. It'll be worth it if I actually sell something one of these days here soon.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I'm focusing on original writing instead these days. I have four projects currently in the works: the Winn-inspired gay romance previously mentioned, plus another gay romance I started a few years ago and will finish in honor of minotaurs, who really wanted to read it. Then there's my het supernatural romance, and there's also a terrible completed novel that I wrote like ten years ago which needs serious editing. I'm embarrassed to say it reads a little like a Debbie Macomber novel at the moment.

I was young! And inexperienced. I'll just submit it under a pen name and maybe I'll make a few dollars if someone wants to publish it. It can't be any worse than 50 Shades of Dreck, and it is part of a trilogy, technically. I hear those are popular these days.

So yeah, my goal is to finish all of those this year. Considering what I've done with the first five months of the year, that might be kind of a stretch, but previous experience tells me it's possible. I just have to find my writing mojo again. I'm sure it's around here somewhere.

Anyway, I am stuck at work all day today, and instead of doing any writing I've been looking at job listings and cost of living comparisons for the greater New England area. Not terribly productive, no. I have Actual Work I could be doing as well, and I need to look at the web site for my dad's new church so I can overhaul it, but whatever, it's Saturday.***

(That's no excuse for the amount of fic I've been reading lately, but whatever. Can I help it that I have a possessiveness kink, and Teen Wolf fandom supplies it in droves? I still haven't even watched an episode of the show, but I almost think it's better that way.)
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* Though I have to say that Boston isn't my first choice, mainly because in order to work for the city you have to live within the city limits, and that's expensive. It's been a long time since I had to deal with a roommate.
** Surprisingly, that doesn't always work out that well.
*** Okay, so I have a Plan. I'm still working on the motivation.

tl;dr version of this post: I have kind of a lot of irons in the fire right now, none of them fannish. Sorry! In a way it's sort of frustrating, but in another way it's a good feeling to be working toward something. I've felt like I'm just treading water for the past couple years, and that's made me really unhappy. Having a plan, however nebulous, feels a lot better.

Comments

[egret]

I sympathize with looking at jobs because I keep looking at online listings of better apartments. But seeing as I have about $300 in my savings account, I'm obviously not moving anywhere.

But someday I will. And so will you.

Good luck with the writing. Another shared goal. I just typed shard goal and that doesn't seem wrong!

[carolinecrane]

I wish us both luck, with the writing and making positive changes in our living situations. Though I only have about $100 more than you in savings, so I feel your pain.