i’ve got an idea for a new story. i totally admit that it’s thoroughly self-indulgent and will probably interest no one but myself, but it’s been sticking in my brain for a week now, so i think i’ll have to start writing it.

so i’ve had the house to myself all morning and what do i do with this story? design a website around it, of course! my brain decides it would rather learn a couple new web design tricks instead of sitting down and actually writing the damn thing. unbelievable.

and if this was last year, i would probably be saving this story for nanowrimo. the other day i got my little ‘we’re getting the site ready for november’ email from the nano folks. i thought for about five seconds that maybe i would do it, but quickly came to my senses. my hands have never completely recovered (a fact that bothers me tremendously) and while i officially won last year, my heart just wasn’t in it by the end.

so, no nano for me this year. maybe next year, maybe not. instead, i’m getting ready to edit/rewrite last year’s novel. the story is a mess, but i still love those characters.

and that all brings me back to my original secret project, which is halfway complete and has been stalled for about four months. honestly, i should be finishing that first, but i’ve agreed to follow my muse where he leads and so i’m not 100% sure which story i’m supposed to be working on right now.

i think we need to have a chat, my muse and i, and see if we can straighten this mess out!

at any rate, i did have a lot of fun with my little self-imposed design challenge this morning. i still have to sit and relearn the new dreamweaver, but it was nice to find my html skillz have not completely abandoned me.