Relevant To Interests

So...I  looked at my outline and I only have four more chapters of Compulsion I need to write

  But I've hit some pretty bad writer's block

I think I'll be able to work my way through the writer's block, but it's super frustrating. I'm hoping posting some chapters will light a fire under me. As for UL, I'm about 9 chapters in which seems like a lot but a lot of them are short and I'm still editing. I actually posted a snippet on Lile's blog that I was debating on whether to keep or not. By the way it's funny in context.

 I've never been this far ahead of myself before and it's making my brain spin so I'm not going to blog too much about the chapters.

Relevant to My Interests

I saw this picture of Kay Scoldoria and  she looks so much like I imagine Rin in HMLIS. Well, except Rin has shorter, straighter hair but her face is perfect.

Also, I feel like this is relevant to Lile's interest

SHMuse: Get of Tumblr !!!
SH: What ? It's the number 1 cure for writer's block and I'm getting inspiration

SHMuse: You mean like the YouTube, Pinterest,baby name websites and re-reading  your old serials ?

SH:....Yes ?
SHMuse: So...writer's block over ?

*stares at Word Doc*

Recap
Alan is still undercover and has become a Mjollner Street Samauri. His job is to protect Dr. Markov,  a scientist who has been hired by the Mjollner to create a new drug. Alan goes under surgery and when he comes out he has blades embedded into his arms. When three men on motorcycles attack Dr. Markov Alan gets his first kill and now he's been asked to attend a meeting with the Rektor to report on his kill.

So, I'm going to do some small retconning here. In the last chapter when Alan tells Ilena and Bishop about who he killed Ilena calls them Cavalcante. I'm changing that to Cavalcotti. For reasons.


 Chapter 28 (it's a shortie but the next two are long so i couldn't break it up)

Playlist
Chapter 28

-1- Together by The XX 

UL3 Snippet !

This image is relevant to Compulsion things

UL Snippet

It's Valentine's Day(ish) so I thought I'd share a UL3 snippet. So, here were go:

“From bricks to Billboards, from grams to Grammy's The O's to opposite, orphan Annie. You gotta pardon Jay, for sellin' out the Garden in a day I’m like Marvin in his day--,” I mouth along to the song

He stares at me with his eyebrows raised.

“What the hell ?,” he smiles.

“I listen to the radio,” I tell him turning the sound up. He bumps his shoulder playfully into mine

“Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?,” we sing together. “If you feelin' like a pimp , go and brush your shoulders off.”

He points to me.

“Ladies is pimps too, go on brush your shoulders off!,” we sing louder together

 

SH: Well ?

You: Ummmm...SH that seems less like a snippet of UL3 and more like the lyrics to Jay-Z's Dirt off Your Shoulder.

SH: Oh...hmmm?  I see that.

SHMuse: I told you we should have gone with Nelly's Grillz

SH: Well, it's a thought...

SHMuse: Come on, SH. We've done some great work together on UL3. Let's show them that scene where Raleigh--

SH: Too late, time to do some more Compulsion !

You: Wait, who is the he in this snippet ? Who is the narrator ? Juliana, right ? Right ? Damn you pronouns!

In other UL news I told Lile I'd share my favorite song from the UL3 playlist in the last comment section  and it's currently Sink or Swim by Lewis Watson

Recap
Maxwell kept Haley's handkerchief from when they first met and when Haley sees it it triggers him into remembering meeting Maxwell. He takes it as a sign to ask for Maxwell's help in some legal trouble he had when Harlow kill their brother-in-law. Maxwell can't provide legal help, but agrees to keep Haley's secret in exchange for continuing their relationship under his terms.

Meanwhile, Minnow and El team up to cause some mayhem for the Mjollner in secret.

Compulsion 26 +27
These chapters are both unintentionally kind of.... raunch heavy. I originally didn't write them to be this close together but here we are.

PLAYLIST

Compulsion 26
-1- One Last Time by Jaymes Young
-2- I Can Almost See You by Hammock

Compulsion 27
-1- I Walk the Line by Halsey

Digging into the Trenches

Quick Writing Updates in GIFs

Writing UL3 and V2 has basically been like

And I've Spent A Lot of Time Like This

Followed By This

I've been kind of AWOLBetween all the POVs in Compulsion and writing UL3 I've basically been in the trenches writing 4 serials and I'm just trying to bring it all in. I should give UL3 a break until I finish Compulsion, but I really love the playlist!

 UL3 Update

I'm still going along and making some decisions about what happens with these characters. I am so nervous to share this with you guys because it just feels so indulg-y right now. I'm still looking for a line  I can share.

I will say I have been doing a lot more research for this than I should. I sometimes go down rabbit holes. I've also been looking for picspirations along the way and it is really hard for me to find them for any of these characters.

Compulsion 24 & 25
Minnie takes a job at the Luxor--which has been empty since all of the waitresses were attacked by Mjollner--with intentions to get the owner El, involved in her revenge scheme.

Alan is undercover in the Mjollner and is assigned to protect one of their scientist named Dr. Markov. Before he can get to the job he has to have some surgeries and become a street samuri. He only hopes he doesn't come out with a machine gun for a leg.

Chapter 24
Playlist
-1-   Closer by FKA Twigs
- 2 - Work by Rihanna

 Chapter 25
- 1- Burn by Ellie Goulding
-2-  I Can Almost See You by Hammock