Fanfic will save me...

I've been feeling very blah and lethargic for the past few days...I'm not sure if it's stress from Honey being here, facing The Scene in Skip vol 13 that I've been dreading for 6 months (one page down, 5 to go), wondering when New Title2 will hit, and of course dealing with the loss of my last two horses.

When I'm like this, it's very difficult for me to work. So we get the first chapter of the ShinoHina fic, we get the change in my journal style, we get a very long manga review, and I stop writing my usual emails and comments b/c I don't feel worthy of responding to my friends. I hit the caffeine to keep me going, and I distract myself from the stress with anime or fanfic.

This round, it's fanfic. I've read more stories in the past four days than I usually do in a month. I was poking around a particular author's favorite stories list on the Pit when a summary caught my eye. I knew I had to read it. This sounded like the thing that could perk me up again! I've never read a fic like this. I've heard about them, seen many rants about them, but had never run across one so highly recced (as in listed on a Good Author's favorite's page) before. This one grabbed me. So I read it. I caved! I, slr2moons, have finally read....

( Cut to protect the innocent! )

 
Edit Sat morning: It worked. Not only was I able to finish my quota, I made up the page I should have done on Thursday, and I was able to paint on my current bit of fanart. I also just woke up from some very odd Naruto-themed dreams. All hail the power of good fanfic! \ O /