At 06:35 PM 14/05/97 +0000, Ryan Mathews wrote:

I'd be curious to know how other people manage to work full-time and 
still remain an active fanfic writer.  Or perhaps fanfic writing is 
better left to the college kids.  :-(

Gah... the only reason I can is because I work rotational shift work(mornings
one week, evenings the next, graveyard shift the next followed by a
weekend shift. Then I get about five days off before the cycle repeats.)
When you're doing rotational shift work, that means that there are times 
when you are tired as hell but you still can't get to sleep. So I write 
then(great, I'm admitting that I write to put myself to sleep :P) and I 
write during that five day off period, and on weekends. It's also why I 
let fic ideas mull around in my head for a long time before I write, I 
don't have the time to start something if I don't feel I have enough 
ideas to complete the thing. I also tend to get up a few hours before 
work (easier when you're on rotat then with normal jobs), so I write 
then as well. 

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"Kawaii must die."