Seizures Part Two

I had originally planned to create a new character for a short story for #Seizures. I wanted to make her the exact opposite of Madeline and her friends. Someone timid and hiding in the shadows, someone who survived by not really being there. She might be worth an entire book, though. Or perhaps for later installments. As #NaNoWriMo approaches I find my ideas changing, my direction for the book changing, and my entire plan changing. That's part of the joy of writing, though, isn't it? You end up with something totally different from what you started out with and have no idea how you got there.

I have no idea what I'm doing...

I have a lot on my plate, but I generally operate well in chaos. It's not bad, it's better than staring at the walls with nothing to do, even if they are interesting walls with odd patterns in them because they are plaster walls, not sheetrock. I'm about to start #NaNoWriMo, I've joined a recreational and sport club, I'm still doing my own business thing, I'm painting, crocheting, and still trying to learn Portuguese.

The most interesting part is that I'm finally starting to understand what's being said to me, even if I can't always remember what words to use to respond. Learning a new language is complicated when you have bits and pieces of five other languages arguing in your head over which is the right word. I mix French and German in with Spanish all the time, despite trying to use Portuguese words. Sometimes Dutch and English gets thrown in there as well. It works for now.

In between all that I'm trying not to miss my family. Sometimes I know what Madeline feels like in #Seizures, cut off from everything and anyone that ever made sense, a world that just doesn't act like you expect it to, and no family close enough to just sit and decompress with. I have my fella, of course, but sometimes you just want your mom, don't you?

Anyway, that's enough rambling for the moment, I just mainly wanted to update. #Seizures will be free Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, and #Seizures 2 will begin life on November 1. That's enough to keep one person busy for a while, isn't it?