Update on Joey

[sonjajade]

Strep test came back negative.  Cough is finally letting up some.  He's got some gnarly diarrhea and his tonsils are still huge, but they are not red or pus-sy looking like they were even a few days ago.  He seems worn out, but he's been fighting a lot of stuff off.  Drinking lots and lots and no more orange pee.  I couldn't get his blood work done because the place closed early due to snow, so his doctor said if he's still improving that it's optional if I want to take him to do it.  Still have to bring him in on Thursday or Friday when he finishes the Bactrim, to recheck his ears and look at those tonsils again.  I think I'm going to take him for blood work anyway,  Might help with the tonsil thing, I dunno.  She says if he keeps improving that it's not mono, and if the ears are still bad we may have to consider tubes.  I'd assume a tonsillectomy as well if these things don't go down.  Mom said her tonsils were like that as a kid and she didn't have to have hers removed, but we'll see.  If this is how they react and it's NOT strep, I can't imagine what would happen should he really get strep.  This diarrhea though...  Wonder if they make some children's Imodium or something.

Big Bang is coming along.  I just put chapter 7 in the final folder and am clocking in at 50,800 words.  Got about two chapters to go and an epilogue, so almost done.  And in the middle of all this the Stoner Series is crying out for the strip club fic I'd talked with bay115 about doing.  We'll get to meet the Devil's Nest crew in that installment.

I wish I could apply all this writing to some original characters and make money at this.

Comments

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

I don't even know where to begin! So I start with characters first or a story first? where do I set it? What do they do? BRAIN ESPLODE

I did try to do nano once with original fiction. I had a dream that was a perfect story- the perfect balance of bloody viking adventure and tender love. too much research and after a while I just felt stupid. It was too short, the dialogue too stunted, the characters not real enough... I still have it saved somewhere but I've not touched in so long that I'm afraid to look at it.

[nochick-fics.livejournal.com]

I can only tell you what works for me. I usually know my characters very well and for a while before I ever write a story. Then again, I'm a script writer, not a novelist (though I'm trying my hand at the latter one last time).

You could always start with something short and self-contained. Nothing too overwhelming. People are selling their original stories that are shorter than your Big Bang. Gotta love digital and self publishing. :-)

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

That's the thing I need to do then. Create these characters and let them sit in my stew pot so to speak. And my mom says I expect to much from myself, that I should start small and do short stories at first to get a real grip on my characters. Once I know them inside and out I can do just about anything with them.

I just need to have more confidence in myself. Some of these big bang characters turned out really good. Roy's oldest daughter in my Braeda/Chris universe is a personal favorite of mine, so I know I'm *capable* of making characters. I guess I need to go back to that first law of writing like you said- "Write what YOU like, and if others like it, that's the bonus."