Battling Writer's Block

I got off to a very good start on my rs_small_gifts story and then ground to a halt with my customary case of writer's block. If I'd just been writing it for myself, I may have let the story remain unloved and unfinished on my hard drive, but since I'm writing it for someone else (aclytie), I had to persevere.

The good news, I found a way around my writer's block. I simply backed up, deleted the scene that had tripped my up, and am continuing without that scene.

The bad news, once I start writing, I forget everything else. No Chirstmas presents were purchased today. No cookies were baked today. (Although I did bake Chanukkah cookies yesterday--for my daughter to give her teacher.) And worst of all, I was late picking up my kids from school. Bad Mommy! (They usually take the bus, but I'd promised to pick them up today. I didn't remember that little detail until the exact time I should have been meeting them in the school lobby.)


Quick question for you all: Now that Six Apart has sold LJ, and I will no longer be punishing the hated Six Apart by refusing to renew my paid account status, do you think I should renew? I'd get to keep my purty icons if I do. If I don't, my paid account reverts to a free one in a week.
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Just because I've never done a poll...

...and my opportunity to do so may expire in one week.

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