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spryngWhew. I feel like I've been talking a lot about AIP and life and querying and goals and writing, but so much of that has been happening over at Speck and in my own personal journal that I forget I haven't been talking about that here. Hello LJ! Sorry, LJ. I still love you, LJ.
AIP: I completed my 30 days of super-restrictive diet and am now in the reintroduction phase. I'm not too pleased about my results. The inexplicable skin rash appears to have lightened a little, but I think I may have new spots. My boils - which could've been HS but not sure - have gotten substantially better, though. Otherwise I feel pretty much like I usually do on a strict paleo diet.
I'm still going to be strict about reintroduction, though, because after all that I'm going to be damn sure I don't have a problem with anything. I started with egg yolks on Friday, though, and it's already not going so well. :/ A ton of indigestion and heartburn that I've really never had a problem with before. I'm going to have them one more time tomorrow then eat strict the rest of the week, so I'm holding out judgment until then.
Life: Habit RPG is the shiz. Basically, it's like an RPG - for life. You set goals, habits, and to-dos, and you gain experience and items as you actually accomplish stuff. I've been using this to stay on track with not only AIP but my querying, so hoorah. It also makes me feel like I'm making progress, which I sometimes (oftentimes) need.
Querying and goals and writing: I worked most of January on readying my query and synopsis and actually hit my February first goal of having them both done. These were both for MA - I know, I had a query already for MA before, but I was never very keen on it. This one is MUCH better, and about as good as I can get it with my current level of skill. Basically, if an agent passes, I won't be stuck with the nasty feeling that it was purely my query letter's fault and I could have done better.
With my query and syn up to snuff, I sent my first few queries on Friday and have already received one rejection. I'd say "woo!" but at this point I just want to focus on getting used to just sending the damn things, instead of on whether or not I hear back.
I'm also trying to shift my focus over to GW edits, but it's always difficult wrenching my mental attention from one project to another. I'd just begun to fall in love with MA's characters again. But this shift needs to happen and I need to keep working. My goal is to hit three major objectives this year - query MA to exhaustion, finish editing GW and get betas to read it, and begin writing a draft zero of something. That all seems quite reasonable.
I mean, I hope it seems reasonable. So far, so good.
AIP: I completed my 30 days of super-restrictive diet and am now in the reintroduction phase. I'm not too pleased about my results. The inexplicable skin rash appears to have lightened a little, but I think I may have new spots. My boils - which could've been HS but not sure - have gotten substantially better, though. Otherwise I feel pretty much like I usually do on a strict paleo diet.
I'm still going to be strict about reintroduction, though, because after all that I'm going to be damn sure I don't have a problem with anything. I started with egg yolks on Friday, though, and it's already not going so well. :/ A ton of indigestion and heartburn that I've really never had a problem with before. I'm going to have them one more time tomorrow then eat strict the rest of the week, so I'm holding out judgment until then.
Life: Habit RPG is the shiz. Basically, it's like an RPG - for life. You set goals, habits, and to-dos, and you gain experience and items as you actually accomplish stuff. I've been using this to stay on track with not only AIP but my querying, so hoorah. It also makes me feel like I'm making progress, which I sometimes (oftentimes) need.
Querying and goals and writing: I worked most of January on readying my query and synopsis and actually hit my February first goal of having them both done. These were both for MA - I know, I had a query already for MA before, but I was never very keen on it. This one is MUCH better, and about as good as I can get it with my current level of skill. Basically, if an agent passes, I won't be stuck with the nasty feeling that it was purely my query letter's fault and I could have done better.
With my query and syn up to snuff, I sent my first few queries on Friday and have already received one rejection. I'd say "woo!" but at this point I just want to focus on getting used to just sending the damn things, instead of on whether or not I hear back.
I'm also trying to shift my focus over to GW edits, but it's always difficult wrenching my mental attention from one project to another. I'd just begun to fall in love with MA's characters again. But this shift needs to happen and I need to keep working. My goal is to hit three major objectives this year - query MA to exhaustion, finish editing GW and get betas to read it, and begin writing a draft zero of something. That all seems quite reasonable.
I mean, I hope it seems reasonable. So far, so good.
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Date: 2014-02-03 04:22 am (UTC)