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[Transwarp]

I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. Is it up yet? Is it up yet? Is it up yet?

Umm, no. It's been five days and still not up. I'm starting to feel a twinge (just the barest, tiniest twinge) of alarm...

Omigawd OMIGAWD they LOST it!!!

>slap<

I'm okay now.

[WarpGirl]

It's very close to holliday chaos for the next two months. People are probably sorting out Thanksgiving and Christmas plans. I still have to read chapter 6.

[panyasan]

I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. Is it up yet? Is it up yet? Is it up yet?

Umm, no. It's been five days and still not up. I'm starting to feel a twinge (just the barest, tiniest twinge) of alarm...

Omigawd OMIGAWD they LOST it!!!

>slap<

I'm okay now.

I didn't know we were so alike, Transwarp. You should see me walking around like a caged animal, when my fic isn't up yet.

[Transwarp]

Tonight is my last night in Afghanistan. Tomorrow I head back to Kuwait, from there back to Ft. Benning to turn in my gear, then on to Dallas (God willing and the creek don't rise).

I've been over here two-and-a-half years now (that's three (!!!) Christmases), and I'm ready (really, Really, REALLY ready) to get back home. It's been quite a ride--and not always fun--but I don't regret a minute of it. I honestly feel as if my efforts have paid off in terms of the quality of internet access available to the troops out here, and there's a lot of satisfaction to be had from that. (I've held jobs in the past where I didn't feel like I was making a difference, one way or the other.)

On my return to Dallas I'll be doing the same job, just from a more civilized location, and relying heavily on the two network engineers still out here to be my eyes and ears. I should be arriving at Dallas sometime this coming Monday (it's Wednesday night as I write this), and I will be out of email and internet range while I travel. I also anticipate that going forward the pace of my writing might slow a little (is that even possible?) in the face of all the distractions from life in the real world. But fear not! I shall persevere until the Romulans are defeated and Trip and T'Pol are in their own safe and happy corner of the universe.

I figure I am currently about halfway through chapter 8 of 'Convicted', but that's halfway in word count, not writing time. Sorry.

I'll check back into the net once I'm home.

[Cogito]

Hurrah! Let me give you an anticipatory welcome home, Transwarp. I imagine that RL will keep you busy as you make up for lost time, but I hope your muse will drag you back to continue your stories from time to time. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next!

[WarpGirl]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!! You'll be home safe and sound with your family. How joyous! So glad for you dear Transwarp.

[panyasan]

An update:

- I have submitted my second chapter of T'Pol of Vulcan, hopefully it will be up soon!
I started with the third chapter. People still have to wait for Trip to make an appearance, but when he finally does, you are going to beg me for less Trip. (I am joking!!)

- My muse got me writing about the after effects of Bounty for Trip. I finished the first scene. Let's see where this interesting ride will take me.

- I wrote the third chapter of World of Ice a long time ago, but it still needs some finishing touches. Now you know what my goal is going to be in the next weeks!

[WarpGirl]

[Cogito]

^^^

What she said.

[Asso]

Okay. That's very good news.

[WarpGirl]

Well, I'm fuzzy from the cold meds and I have completely lost my voice. Good thing we have the smilies to convey the proper sense of enthusiasm when one doesn't want to type.

[Weeble]

To Transwarp,

Welcome home and thank you for your service.

weeble

Sorry I am late getting this to ya

[putaro]

I'm trying to write but it's slow going. Funny, though, I'm turning out a lot of code. I think there's a conservation of creativity at work here.

[WarpGirl]

I wish people who didn't write understood that it dosen't just happen. Unfortunately even if you know what you want to do, getting there is not always smooth sailing. Take the chapter of May We... I'm working on, I wrote the first 35 pages in weeks in July! I still haven figured out what I'm going to say for the very last scene. I know what I want to say, I just don't have the words to say it yet. I will though, it just isn't easy.

Meanwhile I'm typing away on the NCIS/NCIS:LA fic I've got going.

[Transwarp]

To Transwarp,
Welcome home and thank you for your service.
weeble

Weeble,
Thank you for the welcome home. It is VERY good to be back!

Unfortunately, I haven't done any writing since my return, what with all the projects around the house that have been stacking up. It's not that my muse has deserted me so much that I'm ignoring her, but I hope to rectify that in the not-too-distant future.