Fine. Here's my novel. Read it.

**I was upset, and I'm sorry. That wasn't fair of me. All the mean stuff was removed.
(Or, one of my novels)

Guess what? Figuring out that whole 'write-stories-based-on-washington-post-articles' thing got too complicated. I do have something ready. It is really creative and heartfelt and I somehow turned Romney's "fire people" quote into a tale of dragons coming to purgatoried DC... but it just isn't something I'm comfortable with posting yet. I had a conversation with a friend about this, and maybe getting that personal about life in DC is just too much work.

What I'm doing instead

Do you know what else my friend and I discussed? Actually, I've spoken with a couple people about this: I need a presence online as a young writer, I'm damned good at writing, and I have damned good stories already, that I'm afraid to share because I have 'big plans' for all of them...

But, then again, I'm too busy to do something new every single week when I'm already trying to finish my novel manuscript and managing other blogs too. Also, Anne Lamott wrote something about that first draft needing to be a shit-draft, and also the need to let your inner child loose if you're going to ever come up with something great (Lamott, Bird by Bird, 1994).

Also, I'm really f-ing pissed off right now because I'm so tired of romantic drama...

Countdown to more random fiction fun

I don't care, I'll still be writing during the apocalypse...

In 2012, my hard-core efforts will include (no worries, it's just a better word for "not quite jaded yet!"):

• An anthology of all the best, silly DC stories from Randitty's first year out (2010). Plus, some you've never seen before!
• New fiction updated biweekly, inspired by recent articles in the Washington Post.
• The epic battle with writer's block will rage on...
• Gyra and Dansel Darrons, if you think hard about it, should begin operating in our present.

 Oh my God, I almost forgot Paperclip Safari—don't forget to spay and neuter your clips next year, everyone!

New winter artwork

Phase One: create and upload the new artwork — complete.

Next... write this week's story, involving a woman who risks freezing beneath the Tidal Basin (near the Jefferson Memorial).

Text blocked... again!

(Insert awesome blog post containing a fantasy fiction story too long for a blog format that is supposed to help build my platform as a writer, here.)

:)