It's not a cry you can hear at night, it's not somebody who's seen the light...

I just wrote 8,099 words in Darker London. I haven't written anything significant there since February at least. And today was 11 scenes (one backdated). And I feel more like myself than I have in months.

I forgot how good just writing by myself can feel, not that I am saying it's better than writing with someone else. It's just different because you have to create everything from start to finish and all of it in between. I opened windows and had no idea what I was going to wrote about and things flowed. It's been FOREVER since I was able to do that. Everything has to be planned and thought of beforehand recently and if it isn't planned it doesn't happen. But not today, this was just "I want to write for Deirdre" BAM. Scene.

It's like a weight lifted off my chest that I didn't even know was there. I love my creative outlets. But Darker London will always own my soul because those characters are mine and not borrowed from elsewhere. And it feels good to write something that is absolutely and completely yours and to write it yourself. I love writing with other people, but I did this all by myself and I am proud I finally could again.

Fuck, I feel awesome.

BLESS YOU! This was for a scene where Peter and Aly were trying to forget they were going to do war the next day. It was ominous and I ♥

(Though I did get DAN LOSER BROWN for a Templar scene, but since it analyses words, I protest that this is simply because of the similarities in subject, ie secrets within the Catholic Church. Screw you, Dan Brown. Screw you.)

EDIT: LEAH JUST SHOVED A BUNCH OF CABBAGE IN HER MOUTH SO IT HUNG OUT LIKE TENTACLES AND THEN TOLD ME SHE WAS CTHULHU!!! I believe this is because she tested her writing and got HP Lovecraft.

I live in the best houuuussseeee!

Journal layout bored me so I changed it. It's been the same for...6 years? Anyway, since I SUCK at changing them, I just changed it to the Darker London layout and switched headers (one MIGHT be under the impression that I like the bridge or something...). How's that for lazy?! I also don't like change, so changing ti to something I know is probably for the best... And now I am adding links to fricking EVERYTHING because it's AWESOME. Wheeeee!

Anyway, I Mark Reads Harry Potter has gotten me hooked on re-watching the old movies. I just finished one (SEAN BIGGERSTAFF! I love watching my Julian) and after I feed the Simba-kitty (Landlord's cat, we did not get another feline) I will watch two. And...hopefully...write something Darker Londoney. I've had a blank window open for me all day. May give up and write Nicholas/Hannah again instead. I had a scene for tomorrow but I might do it tonight and to hell with it! They're taking over my brain with their inability to communicate. It's awesome.

Mostly? Loving the fact that whatever I do to piddle my time away, it doesn't matter. I am on VACATION so suck it, deadlines!