Chicks-n-Scratching

So, my current WIPs are many and varied.  The three getting the most work are the Stinking Dissertation ™, the paranormal menage, and the vaguely paranormal, absolutely weird, hareem eunuchs and multiple partners  story (VPAWHEMP for short).

This involves a lot of switch hitting (on both my part and the part of characters in the fictional stuff). Yesterday, for example, I spent several hours in the morning working on the Stinking Dissertation.  This involves a certain academic frame of mind and concentration on the task – no thinking ahead, no worrying about dialogue.  Additionally, there’s the added problem of the fact that the academic style prefers – nay, requires – obfuscating prose and esoteric usage, and generally convoluted sentence structure.  Pretty much the polar opposite of good erotic fiction.  Which is what I worked on in the afternoon yesterday – the paranormal menage.

I’m finding it particularly difficult to swap between the dissertation and the menage – more difficult than when i work on the VPAWHEMP or previous pieces. I’m not sure why this is the case, but I am finding it really irritating.  I have to work the Stinking Dissertation.  It’s non-negotiable.  And there’s a deadline coming up for the paranormal menage, so I don’t have much wiggle room there, either.  I hate situations like this.

My current approach is to spend the bulk of my time working the Stinking Dissertation – for which I can see the light at the end of the tunnel – and if the paranormal menage suffers, I will just have to fix it later. Bah, humbug. So, even though I’d RATHER be writing fiction, I’m writing academic/nonfiction. Double bah, humbug.

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