Onward

Okay. In no particular order (except for one), here are the projects I’d like to work on in the next three weeks. September 23 is the beginning of NaNoPubYe’s Fall Warm-Up, and I’ll be doing that then.

• Aiaria’s Quest critique–I doubt I’ll do it first, but I do want to get it done. ‘Cause Aki (the writer and my friend) more than deserves preferential treatment.
• Write review for manga series as requested
• Finish Trading Spaces/Weiss Kreuz crossover
• Finish Pistol Packin’ Mama (or decide it’s a novel)
• Tikrops Worldbuild
• Finish WK drunk story/scene/whatever it is
• Finish (find a plot for) Eve on the Beach
• Finish WK Moving story/scene/whatever it is
• Edit First Victim and come up with a better name for it
• Write FF8 story
• Finish Basic Training story
• Finish wedding story (or decide it’s a novella)
• Write at least a chapter of WK Western
• Chapter of Hits
• Chapter of Star
• Chapter of Spoonful of Sugar
• Chapter (or plot) of Stargate Atlantis story
• Figure out what the heck I’m going to do for NaNoPubYe’s Fall Warm-Up
• Write Alligator story

Yes, it’s a long list. But many of those things I could do in one night, if I just focused. And I don’t expect to get them all done. I just…want less unfinished stuff hanging over my head. Yanno?

CHARGE!!!!!

So my “forget writing, just survive” period is coming to an end.  I need some writing goals.  It shouldn’t be that hard.  Not like there’s a shortage of half-finished projects lying around, is it?

Which makes it difficult.  Where to start?  What to finish?  In short, what’s the plan, Stan?

Umm…

Tomorrow.  I’ll make some decisions tomorrow.  Tonight I need to go to bed.

Have I finally figured out how to balance work, writing, and family?

We’ll see. I hope so; I have some really awesome people in my life who deserve a lot more attention than I’ve given them in the past. Now, though–I’ve made some decisions and I have good intentions, but…we’ll see.

Right here. That’s right. Science news on the cutting edge. Simple enough anyone can understand it, detailed enough you can go find out more. No discipline ignored, no focus unworthy. Just this morning I’ve read:

“A serious threat is posed by the cargo that containers may hold,” says Vinny Schaper, SBIR Program manager. “We have to view the ocean with grave concern, and realize that a maritime attack is not beyond the realm of possibility and if it comes, it will probably involve the use of merchant ships. Eleven million containers a year are brought onto our docks. Interrupt this with a terrorist attack, and the backup would reach around the world.”

Scientists are researching new ways of harnessing the sun’s rays which could eventually make it cheaper for people to use solar energy to power their homes.

A single landmine might cost $1, but once in the ground locating it and making it safe can cost up to $1000. According to P. van Genderen and A.G. Yarovoy in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Delft University of Technology, this cost is prohibitive in most areas affected by landmine use and so a cheaper solution is needed. The researchers also point out that a detection system that does not distinguish between landmines and other buried objects is not viable.

The researchers have successfully superposed light beams, which produces a state that appears to be both on and off at once.

Light beams that are simultaneously on and off are vital for the next-generation super computers which should be faster than current computers based on bits, that are either on or off.

Human immune proteins crucial for fighting cancer, viruses and bacterial infections belong to an ancient and lethal toxin family previously only found in bacteria, Australian researchers have found.

I knew about this one, but I was happy to read more:

University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, unseen “dark matter.” While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all.

Oh yeah. Good stuff. I might just make it my homepage. (and replace LOLcats? Shocking!)

I have nothing more to say tonight.