Hey guys, 

I convinced my co-writer Ashe to sign up this year, so we might actually tackle two projects together this year?!  We'll see how it goes.  I forced her to help me set up the thread so I can start getting everything going, and Ashe will be back after the holidays to fill in her pages.

My goal for this year, simply put, is to finally train my brain away from the idea of publishing, and to just write the stories I want to write.  Writing needs to truly be an escape, a place where I play on the page and have fun, not something I feel guilt or shame about when things get tough.  I want writing to be a refuge for me, the way it used to be, not something I'm constantly thinking I'm not good enough for.  I get enough of that stress with work.  Maybe, when I can finish a project, I can start entertaining the idea of publishing right now.  But right now, I need to court my muse, and shut my inner editor █████ down.


More soon!




Welcome & Overview

Hi all! I'm new here this year! The past couple of years have not been so good for my writing, but I'm hoping to change that in 2021 (though between classes, a baby, and work, I'm not as optimistic as I could be). 

Innywho. I'm Ashe Lee. I've been working on projects with Rin for several years, and our ideas seem to just keep adding up (which is fine with me). Like Rin, I have entertained the idea that maybe our most recent project would be one worth publishing, and maybe some day it will be, but I really want to just get the thing written. I want to have fun with my characters and world-building, and we have a new project coming up that I'm excited to dig into. 

I don't feel that I'm a very good solo writer, but I have been slowly working on a couple of my own projects, but my main focus this year is to work with Rin on our two projects. I'm hoping the new year is better than 2020 was. I would like to get one of our two project completed. 

I feel like this has been a very rambl-y intro, and for that I apologize. Looking forward to being a part of this forum and getting my creative juices flowing!

Projects

Monthly Runaway Tales (RaTs) Stars

5 / month

January ( 0 /5 ) Date: Prompt: Project: Title - Creamsicle / Watermelon - Italian Neopolitan (Black Cherry, Pistachio, Chocolate) - Chocolate Chip Mint & Maple Walnut - Link	July ( 0 /5 ) Date: Prompt: Project: Title - Link - Link - Link - Link
February ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link	August ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link
March ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link	September ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link
April ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link	October ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link
May ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link	November ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link
June ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link	December ( 0 /5 ) - Link - Link - Link - Link

I don't have any fancy graphics yet, but here is the placeholder for my projects.


1. Maps
    
    Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy/Romance
    % Complete: 25% maybe?


2. Untitled

     Genre: Paranormal
     % Complete: 0% (still in pre-planning stages)

0 / 50 Pages
I will write 50 pages by hand by the end of 2021.


As of Jan 1, 2021, I have 12 projects in progress.  I will finish as many of these as possible this year.

Stories Started	12
Stories Finished	0
Stories Remaining	12

I will write 250 words every day

January: 0 / 31
February: 0 / 28
March: 0 / 31
April: 0 / 30
May: 0 / 31
June: 0 / 30
July: 0 / 31
August: 0 / 31
September: 0 / 30
October: 0 / 31
November: 0 / 30
December: 0 / 31




I will blog once a month, and link in the WriYe blogging circle.

January: 0,000 / 5,000	July: 0,000 / 5,000
February:	August:
March:	September:
April:	October:
May:	November:
June:	December:

January 12
February 11
March 13
April 11
May 11
June 10
July 9
August 8
September 6
October 6
November 4
December 3

January 28
February 27
March 28
April 26
May 26
June 24
July 23
August 22
September  20
October 20
November 19
December 18

Challenge time! 

Series: Maps
Books completed: .25
Total in series: ?





Characters: 0/10

Other 2021 Life Goals






Language Goals


Reading Goals



Tabletop Goals

Happy Home Goals

I'm stealing your library challenge, Rin. That's the only other challenge I think I have time for...aside from raising a baby. Pretty sure that counts as a challenge, right?

Monthly Challenges

January

OC 1: Name	OC 8: Name	OC 15: Name	OC 22: Name	OC 29: Name
OC 2: Name	OC 9: Name	OC 16: Name	OC 23: Name	OC 30: Name
OC 3: Name	OC 10: Name	OC 17: Name	OC 24: Name	OC 31: Name
OC 4: Name	OC 11: Name	OC 18: Name	OC 25: Name
OC 5: Name	OC 12: Name	OC 19: Name	OC 26: Name
OC 6: Name	OC 13: Name	OC 20: Name	OC 27: Name
OC 7: Name	OC 14: Name	OC 21: Name	OC 28: Name

Ideas: Felicia, Embry, Tai Zhao, Sveta, Betty, Poppy, Jiho, Nana, Yunru, Rebecca, Lukai, Kunya, Claira, Lacey

March







June



August

September

NanoWrimo

December

Welcome back, Rin! And welcome to WriYe, Ashe! Best of luck in 2021 and I can't wait to see your progress

Thanks, Keri! Happy to be back. Slowly getting this thread filled out. Thankfully, discord got me to stop futzing with it and actually get some words in..


Baby steps, I tell ya. Baby. Steps.

Welcome back, Rin! Hello and welcome, Ashe! Good luck with all of your goals and projects.

y'all's thread is looking gorgeous so far!
can't wait to see you filling it in...
(and adding the new stuff that's yet to come for this year)
good luck!

Ooh, 31 OC challenge. This sounds fun!

For anyone who needs some ASMR kittens to get them through today, I give you Yzzi and Jimin.

http://instagr.am/p/CJWn4k1H2kW

Agggh, and my mortgage isn't gonna like it, but I'm taking Friday, Monday and Tuesday off.  I need a break, and I think that's fair.  I proved this week I can work through the weekend, and I think 5 days off and a 10 day workweek is just fine.  And, it allows me to do the WriYe challenge on Friday.  What is it?  WriDay, I think?  Also, starting the OC challenge?  Annnnd, I think I'm going to do the OC challenge on paper, so booyeah!

2021, here we come!