Whoops - Unplanned Hiatus
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write_my_dreamsAside from my fics, I'm not sure if anyone reads my Dreamwidth posts. I'll make them anyway as a kind of visual diary for myself.
Let's roll back to September 2021. I was going strong, had posted a challenge entry fic for July, August, September. I had another one in progress involving Oni!Kouki x Human!Mahiro that I seemed like I'd be finishing in September and posting in October for the challenge then.
Then... burnout hit me like a ton of bricks. I'd been on furlough from my job since March 2020 (minus a stint where I was called back for about 3 weeks in May, then got furloughed again). Just as my time on unemployment was about to end, my old job called me back. It was only part time though so I picked up another part-time / temp job at a music store to help me make a decent income until I could find something full time. Over a span of 6 days I worked a combined total of 40 hours at both jobs.
October burnout happened. My temp job ended, I was able to recover with just the one part time job. I did some writing, but kept getting stuck and wasn't able to advance much in any of my writing projects. Was also unable to sign up for the JLPT since not many test centers were open in the US and the site crashed repeatedly because so many people were trying to take the test. So that was disappointing.
January I started a new job. It was temporary, but full-time. I also got into danmei, so reading/watching danmei consumed me. I've been writing fic for a few of the books. Danmei has been my primary fandom this year. Anyway, two of my managers at the temp job were such bitches that I finally snapped. I quit in March. And a couple days later, I received an email from my fall temp job inviting me to interview for a full time position with benefits. Nice to know that my coworkers there really liked me and wanted me! Sign me up!
And fast forward to now. I've gotten promoted to assistant manager of our online store (our main client base for the online store is students renting instruments for band) and hopefully that will come with a pay raise too.
Danmei had distracted me from VK for a few months. But with Royz and Kiryu having a new album and a new single out, I've been inspired to pick up some of my projects again.
-Oni Kouki x human Mahiro
-Dir en Grey dealing with ghosts (I have two more fics in that series)
It's nice to see that people are still keeping VK fics going!
Let's roll back to September 2021. I was going strong, had posted a challenge entry fic for July, August, September. I had another one in progress involving Oni!Kouki x Human!Mahiro that I seemed like I'd be finishing in September and posting in October for the challenge then.
Then... burnout hit me like a ton of bricks. I'd been on furlough from my job since March 2020 (minus a stint where I was called back for about 3 weeks in May, then got furloughed again). Just as my time on unemployment was about to end, my old job called me back. It was only part time though so I picked up another part-time / temp job at a music store to help me make a decent income until I could find something full time. Over a span of 6 days I worked a combined total of 40 hours at both jobs.
October burnout happened. My temp job ended, I was able to recover with just the one part time job. I did some writing, but kept getting stuck and wasn't able to advance much in any of my writing projects. Was also unable to sign up for the JLPT since not many test centers were open in the US and the site crashed repeatedly because so many people were trying to take the test. So that was disappointing.
January I started a new job. It was temporary, but full-time. I also got into danmei, so reading/watching danmei consumed me. I've been writing fic for a few of the books. Danmei has been my primary fandom this year. Anyway, two of my managers at the temp job were such bitches that I finally snapped. I quit in March. And a couple days later, I received an email from my fall temp job inviting me to interview for a full time position with benefits. Nice to know that my coworkers there really liked me and wanted me! Sign me up!
And fast forward to now. I've gotten promoted to assistant manager of our online store (our main client base for the online store is students renting instruments for band) and hopefully that will come with a pay raise too.
Danmei had distracted me from VK for a few months. But with Royz and Kiryu having a new album and a new single out, I've been inspired to pick up some of my projects again.
-Oni Kouki x human Mahiro
-Dir en Grey dealing with ghosts (I have two more fics in that series)
It's nice to see that people are still keeping VK fics going!
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Date: 2022-07-05 04:05 am (UTC)I'm excited to read the Oni Kouki x human Mahiro fic whenever you get it finished. :)
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Date: 2022-07-06 12:50 am (UTC)Thanks! I'm hoping I can get it posted this weekend.
How have you been?
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Date: 2022-07-10 01:44 pm (UTC)