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Dear lord that was a giant wall of Russian typed up in a very short time. And the caterpillars are out in force, argh.

Also, what the hell random muses ambushing other muses with interlinked backstories and not even giving a heads up? Or a 'feel free to ignore'? What is this, a sudden streak of lack of OOC communication here? Messages and PMs and things are good, people! They are your friends! Warning of incoming potential plot or character-traumatizing stuff would be nice! Argh!

On the plus side, I did actually manage to make progress on my Nano novel yesterday. Writing happened, both Nano prep and actual Nano. I think part of my problem is it eventually feels like I'm rambling on to no purpose, and I need to remember that I'm also laying out a setting here in, hopefully, vivid and interesting terms. And I need to focus on that rather than on whether or not the action is happening. It's been so long since I've done anything outside of a modern setting, I've forgotten that some things need to be described. Possibly described vividly. Also, editing is for December. Writing is for November, dammit.

(It doesn't help that another original character of mine is loud and muttering things about retiring from the spy life and what is it she has about assassins and men who are bad for her and so on and so forth. Argh, shut up, Eve!)

And a busy busy day at work today. Here we go, I guess.

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Okay. Routines. Seriously. As exhausted as I am, routines are a psychological backbone and will help. Especially since learning languages is restful for me and helps me organize my brain. Look at me, prioritizing healthy things overall over pushing myself harder on a writing marathon that I volunteered for anyway on the heels of not one, not two, but three major writing things anyway. Like a responsible adult.

And dammit, keyboard, stop dropping out of hiragana.

And there. See, Jag, don't you feel better for having studied one of your languages today? yes, you do. Stop whining. Your mind is calmer, more relaxed. Your back is less tense. Routines are good things. They give us structure, they help prop us up when we're flagging. And they're reassuring.

Tomorrow, some writing. Some dye-setting, and some editing. Hopefully figuring out when the hell I'm posting my PolyBigBang (yes, I contacted the mods, so hopefully I'll hear something when I get up). Tomorrow morning, ogh. I'll aim for two dialogues translated. We'll see how that goes. And if I'm very lucky I'll have time to breathe and do German tomorrow. I'd rally, really like that.