fun at the library

This library promotion really tickles me for some reason. Be the first to check out the secret book, win an iPod shuffle. It could be any book in the library. I really wonder how they decided which book to choose...

new piece

The one-shot I wrote over this week is now up. I've been really blocked on AGL 24, I think at least partly because this piece was taking up too much space in my brain. So, even though it's not perfect, I took it off my plate by putting it up. I'm not working tomorrow, so I should have some time to work on 24; we'll see whether I was right if I can get somewhere with it.

This story was sort of a departure for me in that I didn't spend any time mulling it over before I started writing it down. I was sitting on the plane, I'd finished one of my books, I pulled out the pen and paper, and it just appeared, starting with the quote and expanding from there. Usually, when I write anything (story, paper, essay, LJ entry, whatever), I have a destination in mind, but this time I really didn't. I think it worked out, although I'm not entirely happy with the ending. In fact, walking back from parking my car today, I thought of a good tweak. But I'm never sure whether it's kosher to do that once the story is up. I've had to fight a similar urge to rework parts of AGL 17 (the section where Relle breaks up with Auron), which I've never been perfectly pleased with, but I've resisted so far. I should probably just generally clean up the whole thing at some point, as much work as that would be. I care far too much about my writing to leave up something with as many sloppy bits as this story has -- nothing huge, really, just lots of little things that bug me. (It's funny that it bothers me, because I am so not a detail-oriented perfectionist elsewhere in my life.)

I wonder why I seem incapable of writing a simple, happy, fluffy romance. There are some in the background of AGL, but the central romantic storyline certainly isn't. I should try it sometime, just for the practice.