Finding Distractions

This last week has gone by rather quickly, which isn’t always a bad thing. I managed to get a few words down here and there, so I can claim some victories from it. Unfortunately, my main effort was redirected into writing an urgent project management plan for a project that was already three years into running, but which had had no formal project paperwork done up until now. Why things suddenly became urgent after three years and it all had to be done last week, I’ll never know.

All I do know is that my writing focus got turned to something which has very, very little to make the soul and body warm. It would be rather fun if I’d had the opportunity to really let loose on the plan. It may not meet the standards for the workplace, but it would be a damn sight more fun to read, and even more fun to write. Numbers can’t really be made all that sexy, but there could have been plenty of opportunity for a narrative to be created for everything else.

The downside to having to write that is that I missed the chance to really get some quality writing done, but at least the ideas continue to tick over in the background, and little scenes continue to form and re-form in the mind. It did make me think about the length of my next release. While I’m keen to have it be one of my longer stories, there is still something to be had from the quality, dirty, messy quickie. Perhaps one of those stories might find their way to the fore in the next few weeks, but I’m not making any plans for anything at the moment. Any time I make plans for something, something else always seems to come along and disrupt it all.