Fimbulwinter Anyone?

I finally fucking did it.

The scene that has been the bane of my existence for almost six months as been written, now I just need to remember how the Ragnarok bit goes (a question of research) and I’ve got to the end of my novel.

Okay, so the scene is rubbish, and slightly inexplicable…but this is a nanovel, that’s how it should be…and once I reach the end…I can start editing.

That suddenly seems achievable.

You might not know what I’m talking about unless you’ve been here for the long haul (lightweights). A rather ragtag summary of progress so far can be found (in reverse order, and with a few tangents) here. Basically, I’m still trying to finish what I started in November, and it’s been halted for fucking ages by a difficult action scene that had requirements (someone needed to die and something needed to be revealed….also it needed to be vaguely exciting).

Now, those things have happened. I’m not happy with it, but I’m happy to be through it. I can tie up the mess later…now I just get to write the last two sections, which will be a joy as I’ve been planning them since October (the finale was all I really had when I started writing…it’s actually a very useful way of writing).

So anyway, from now on I want people goading and encouraging me to finish this fucker. On Kay’s advice (it was chatting to her that gave me the last kick I needed to just get on with it…there’s nothing like seeing what productivity looks like to realise what you’re doing wrong) I’m going to try and write something, even if it’s just a sentence, a day until it’s over. Well…the current plan is to spend tonight at work researching (I’ve already done this research but I need to do it again to refresh it) then tomorrow day time starting to write. I’m not making promises, but I could get the whole Loki’s Regret section finished by the end of the weekend. Then it’s just the big finally, which is more denouement than anything else.

I might be getting over excited about this.

I blame Radiohead. Anyone who thinks that they’re depressing needs to listen to Wolf from the Door at the end of Hail to the Thief. It’s just a damn awesome and pretty inspirational track.

In other news… I found the lyrics to one of my favourite Dennis Wilson tracks today, and they are more gruesome than I ever imagined.

I love it when something joyful and fun turns out to be about mass murder:

We live on the edge of a body of water
Warmed by the blood of the cold hearted
Slaughter of otter
Wonder how she feels mother seal
It’s no wonder the Pacific Ocean is blue

The flagship of death is an old whaling trawler
The people are rising over whale killing crawlers
You gotta holler more
Wait a minute can’t you see
You gotta let ‘em be
Yeah it’s no wonder the Pacific Ocean is blue

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Water yeah water yeah water yeah

We love you Pacific Ocean blue
Yeah we love you Pacific Ocean Blue
Oh we love you Pacific Ocean Blue
Oh I we love you Pacific Ocean Blue
It’s no wonder the Pacific Ocean is blue

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

- Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue

Erm…yeah.

My mood seems slightly unassailable today. Which kinda worries me, as it normally means something bad is going to happen to prove me wrong.

At least I’m don’t have to deal with projectile vomiting and wanking pets. (Sorry Whabbit, I had to link to that, I haven’t laughed so hard for days, and I’m sorry it was all directed at your suffering. Peace and Love.)