Accomplishment chart, 12/13 - 12/19

For the week of 12/13 - 12/19:

Writing
- finished the first draft of Vivat Regina
- wrote 4 horde characters for Her Majesty's Privy Council
- wrote 6 Livejournal entries
- wrote 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- had one rehearsal for GHOSTSHOW
- had a last-minute reading dinner for the first draft of Vivat Regina
- submitted Vivat Regina for consideration for reading

Larp/Gaming
- filled out questionnaire for A Turn on the Radiance Rose at Intercon N
- had one writer's meeting for Her Majesty's Privy Council

Website
- posted 1 blog entry

Media
- watched David Hyde Pierce perform "The Therapist Song"
- watched episode 7 Project Runway All Stars season 3

Physical
- 1 hour-long circuit workout
- 1 ballet class

Cooking
- made roast beef, mashed potatoes, and roast broccoli
- made chicken marbella, wild rice, roast Brussels sprouts, and au gratin potatoes
- made sautéed mushrooms and onions in marsala

New blog post on Mrshawking.com -- "Hawking, Incorporated"

New post on Mrshawking.com!

"Hawking, Incorporated"

Even Batman got old eventually. How might our hero deal with that inevitability? Surprisingly similarly, it turns out.

One thing I will have to explore sometime in the far future of these stories is the eventual aging of Mrs. Hawking. I made a conscious choice to depict her as forty years old when our story opens in 1880, and though she is a remarkably healthy and fit individual, as time goes on she will have to face the inevitable truth that eventually everyone physically deteriorates.

I think this will be extremely hard for her. So much of her work, upon which she bases her identity, requires her being an agile infiltrator and a dangerous fighter, all of which require her to be strong, flexible, and able to endure, and heal quickly from, injury. I also think that the idea of becoming a fragile old woman terrifies her. Even today we live in a culture that devalues weak old woman, and I think her own distaste for weakness made it so that she could not help but internalize it. Coming to terms with being unable to do the work by which she defines herself will be one of the greatest struggles of her life.

Read the rest in "Hawking, Incorporated."

Current state of the writing to do list

Having finished a major writing project in a very short span of time, I'm a bit burnt out. I've got a quiet night at home tonight, which would be a good time to write, but I'm really feeling it. Unfortunately I still have a ton of projects yet to do, listed here for my reference:

I need to edit that piece, and if possible add a subplot. But I need a touch of distance before I can manage that.

I need to outline the plot of the new musical I'm going to be writing with a gentleman I met while modeling.

I need to write more horde characters for Her Majesty's Privy Council larp to be running at Intercon N.

I want to write more of Sundan, the play after the tone and style of Shakespeare I've been working on off and on.

I need to write that new all-roleplay story-based oneshot tabletop RPG I've been planning. I had so much fun with the Bloom of May that I want to do another one like it, probably also set in the Tailor universe.

And probably some other stuff. But that's enough already. We'll see if I can muster any focus for the job.