... Tired yes, suffering from incredible writer's block definitely, but still alive and kicking.

So, updates ... uhm ... well stuff has happened since September, I've just been really bad about getting around to checking this LJ. So I apologize to all the folks who haven't heard from me. I'm not ignoring you I've just been hiding.

So, updates:

I've got nothing really. The Devil You Know is still being edited and being posted at a slow but somewhat steady pace. I did just find out that as a prize for completing NaNo last year, they'll print one copy of my work for free. I have until March to take advantage of the offer through Create Space ([link]), a company tied in with Amazon.com. I'm not sure yet if I'll take advantage of the offer. I mean, it'd be great to see my work in print, but so far I only have up to Chapter 3 edited and since it's fanfiction I'm not so sure about the legalities of the whole thing. ... Still, it would be nice to see my name in print ...

As for other writing, I've been blocked up something good. I'm starting to get some bunnies returning to me, but the stories just aren't coming through. I'm hoping that this year's NaNo will help with that. The aim at the moment is to do something inspired by the works of the Lovecraft Circle and the Call of Cthulhu games, but I have nothing plotted out. By this point last year I have the entirety of The Devil You Know mapped and ready to be written, so we'll see if blind flailings work as well.

I'm still temping at the Farm. They really want to keep me, but I've heard that before, so we'll see what happens. Thankfully, this time I actually made it into the Pool. Yays for passing language evaluations!!!!! So now I'm waiting on word from human resources.

Mind you, the Farmers are driving me to distraction. Apparently security, protocol, and guidelines hold no meaning for this lot and every day I start feeling more and more like Red Alert. ... Hmmmm ... Maybe a tall red firetruck will come and sweep me away ... What? I'm still a transfan. I can fantasize.

Let's see ... life is pretty normal. Quiet and normal. My niece is doing well and she seems to be learning baby sign language. ... Yeah, I don't know, but my sister-in-law says that it's the latest thing and my niece got all happy when she saw the sign for milk. Maybe there's something to it or maybe it's Pavlov in action, but either way, she's happy, healthy, and getting really big!

Periodically, when I hold her I get this desire to have one of my own. And then she starts crying and I remember why I'm happy to be the cool spinster aunt. Or as I've taken to calling myself: "The Corruptor". Yeah, my brother's thrilled by that one *snerk*.

Other than that, except for some drama with my laptop's hard drive dying on me and getting replaced, life is pretty good.

And I think that's about it. And I will endeavour to post updates and actually reply to other people's posts more often in future. No longer will I be a bad Rose!