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Post by novamoonlight on Dec 30, 2023 23:07:09 GMT -5
For a number of reasons 2023 didn't turn out at all the way I wanted to. It was a more low-energy year than I was hoping it would be, and I didn't get back to some of the aspects of things that I was hoping to, even with the lesser wordcount I chose. I'm going to try again in 2024 for some of the goals I was trying to reach in 2023 and also some different goals that I discovered this year I would be interested in tracking, but because of the limitations I placed on my word count in 2023, I wasn't technically able to count. (I mean, I could have, but I like to remain consistent, so I noted it on my spreadsheet after I started working on it, but otherwise didn't include those words in the larger count.) What I would like to do this year creative-wise is to get back into those habits that I had going, and hopefully get better about tracking things, because I know I was productive this past year. I just stopped tracking it around March when everything went downhill so drastically. First Quarter: 100,322 / 125,000 Novels: Title: Steppestone Lavender Genre: Portal Fantasy Length: Novel Word Count: 106,660 / 150,000 Summary: Everyone has been telling Renet that Calla is dead, but if that's the case, why can he still feel her as though she's right by his side? And if she is still alive, who will be the Royal in charge of Stiwen? Title: Hockey, History and Other Socialist Ideals Genre: Contemporary Romance (Hockey) Length: Novel Word Count: 108,618 / 125,000 Summary: When Renita Liatos is in the process of putting herself together after having one of the worst years of her life, the last thing she expects to find is the boy she walked away from for something beyond his control practicing at her favorite rink. Even though she doesn't have time to contemplate the role he could have in her life now, she's unable to turn away from him until she figures out whether he became the person she always thought he would. If she finds out it's true, will she be able to walk away from him again? Title: Courtship of Starr Bartova Genre: Slipstream Romance Length: Novel Word Count: 35,712 / 50,000 Summary: With the way Alek left her, Starr expected never to see him again. instead, he showed up under her dorm window like he should have a boombox on his shoulder serenading her. What's a girl supposed to do with that? Novellas:Title: Cloudsong Genre: Near-Future Science Fiction Length:: Novella Word Count: 1,399 / 30,000 Summary: The cities have become filled with skyscrapers that reach into the stratosphere. The further from the ground the powerful become, the less they care about those still living at ground level, who are scrabbling for everything they can get. Rebecca Brooks is one of the lucky ones, who has a lower level cube in one of these buildings due to a medical exemption and a skill that keeps the building running. Lorai Axbridge is one of those scrabbling on the streets for everything they can get. The recruitment posters promising a life on a better, cleaner world bring them together in a cage match that cares little who lives or dies and only by working together will both of them make it through. Shorts:Title: Wild Hair (Strawberry Banana #6) Genre: General Length: Short Story Word Count: 4,347 / 8,000 Summary: Max wants more than anything for Birgit to follow her dreams, but how will he cope from leaving their friends behind again to start a new life in Ottawa? Title: Divination Services (Chocolate #23, Cranberry #19) Genre: Portal Fantasy Length: Short Story Word Count:
Summary: Ellisande is in the need of answers when he comes to the fortune-teller's stand. He might get more than he's bargained for.
Title: Haunted Genre: Slipstream Stage: Incorporating Changes Starting Word Count: 6,805 Ending Word Count: Title: The Confidence Game Genre: Slipstream Stage: Initial Readthrough + Markup Starting Word Count: 5,352 Ending Word Count: Title: Little Rituals Genre: Magical Realism/Contemporary Stage: Pending Starting Word Count: 1,643 Ending Word Count:
Title: Birthday Weekend Genre: Contemporary Stage: Pending Starting Word Count: 2,373 Ending Word Count:
Title: A Princess for Wintertide Genre: Portal Fantasy Length: Novella Summary: Ellisande is a Low Ring Bard, and he knows it. It's only because of his talent that Lady Calla called upon him to entertain the Court at her next gala. The last thing he expected was to having his attention caught by the potential Heir to the throne. Darinae's mother has warned her about the dangers of Bards from the moment she hired the Bard to perform at the gala. She didn't expect for that warning to be relevant. Title:: The Loremaster's Apprentice Genre:: Contemporary Dark Fantasy Length: Novella Summary: Nova Firan was a normal high school student until she found herself persuading a tornado to leave her neighborhood mostly alone. What happens afterward makes her the target in a familial civil war that had been going on for generations. World: Eisa Articles Completed: Word Count: 1,435 / 50,000 World: Tresois Articles Completed: Word Count: 0 / 10,000 Peanut Butter - (2% completed) - A cabled crochet sweater out of sport-weight yarn from Blackberry Ridge
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Post by novamoonlight on Dec 30, 2023 23:13:57 GMT -5
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Post by galactic-pirates on Dec 31, 2023 5:28:57 GMT -5
Ooooh 500k that's a big goal. Cheering for you!! (waving all the pom-poms). I love your thread title 'Starfield', so pretty. Good luck with everything next year!
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Post by AuthorAsh on Dec 31, 2023 7:28:13 GMT -5
Ooh! You have a lot of amazing projects ahead. I cannot wait to hear more about them and how you go. Big luck on the 500k! I believe in you. Getting back into habits can be soooo hard, but I think that it's definitely workable. You can do it!!
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Post by Tracey on Dec 31, 2023 12:19:46 GMT -5
I love how simple your graphics are. Good luck with all your projects and goals!
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Post by novamoonlight on Dec 31, 2023 14:49:29 GMT -5
Ooooh 500k that's a big goal. Cheering for you!! (waving all the pom-poms). I love your thread title 'Starfield', so pretty. Good luck with everything next year! Yeah, the big goal... I'm trying to stretch myself a bit this year. And I figure here, it's forgiving enough that if I realize mid-year I've aimed too high, I can lower it a bit. But I want to give it a real try before I do that. The thread title popped into my head earlier in the month, and it drove how excited I was to do the new thread and the new goals and to have the fresh start the New Year provided. So thank you so much.
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Post by Kandybar on Jan 2, 2024 9:49:08 GMT -5
Your projects sound great! Good luck this year!
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Post by novamoonlight on Jan 8, 2024 23:28:30 GMT -5
I meant to do this yesterday, but I got busy enough that I not only didn't really finish the WriDay challenge I meant to participate in, but didn't get this update done. However, considering the word count today is over 15k, it makes my brain happy enough to go ahead and make my first update. I might have been missing the morning word wars, but the 6am writing sessions have been ridiculously productive. Most of those words went to the contemporary romance I probably originally would have done in February, but it lost the Discord vote for story to be focused on during February. Instead, it lodged into my brain over New Years, and wouldn't let me go until I started writing it. Considering the story ends with a New Years party being thrown by the happy couple, it was appropriate. I also got haunted by a dream that seemed appropriate for the character I play in Game of Tomes, so I did a bit of a crazy ramble plan/pre-write of the story one afternoon to get it down before I lost the momentum, so that's another thousand words. I did promise myself I would count the planning/worldbuilding words this year. Let's see how long I can carry this momentum.
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Post by galactic-pirates on Jan 9, 2024 3:56:27 GMT -5
Whoo that’s fantastic! 6am is just wow, I’m awake then but I’m not sure my brain is lol. You are doing incredible *waves pom-poms*
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Post by novamoonlight on Jan 14, 2024 23:00:46 GMT -5
So, I might have burned myself out a little bit last week. Or, more likely, I ended up getting stuck on where a particular chapter is going, which is the problem with pantsing things the way I have been this novel. So instead of 15k, I wrote 5. The rest of that time was spent editing Haunted, and I'm extremely close to being able to incorporate those changes and get it posted. The challenge this was written for was posted in 2021, so it's long overdue. I'm kind of torn about whether I should post it under RaTs or just in the standard Read Me, Feed Me forum. Probably the latter, because I don't know if it would align with the flavor I've been writing those stories for. Since it's still writing-related, and I have been trying to incorporate editing into my routine, I'm more than okay with not getting the kind of numbers I got during the first week. I also got quite a bit of reading done. And some crochet, as well. But of course, not on any of the projects I mentioned in my thread. We'll see how next week goes.
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Post by galactic-pirates on Jan 15, 2024 3:25:35 GMT -5
Awww sorry about the burnout *hugs* but you are totally right. There is far more to writing than just the ‘writing’ part, so that editing sounds awesome to me. Well done! Good luck next week *cheers*
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Post by novamoonlight on Jan 28, 2024 21:40:42 GMT -5
I missed a week. Oops. I've have some really good progress on Hockey, History and Other Socialist Ideals. I have gotten past the scene where I got the name from, and am in the setup for the final twist. The end is in sight, and since this is a contemporary romance, I'll go ahead and keep writing on it in Feburary before switching over to the Courtship of Starr Bartova. It looks like I mismarked Haunted, because I just finished the mark-up today. Going into next week, I'll probably be working to incorporate those changes before I let my primary beta reader have a look at it. Likely with the question of "Does this middle section need to be there? Or does it work well without it?" attached. I will admit that I keep wanting to skive off and work on anything else, because I'm definitely in the phase of drafting that feels like work. On the days I feel this particularly intensely, I've been plotting my Christmas romance "A Princess for Wintertide" and a tarot challenge story I signed up for with Get Your Words Out. (I might start the short story to give myself a bit of a break even if it takes me a little longer to finish HHSI in the end.) That's probably over the past two weeks... I had a bit of a set-back this week with news regarding getting my care started so there were ripple effects both ways in the writing. I started out writing a ton of words and then nothing. I ended up focusing on editing during that period.
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Post by galactic-pirates on Jan 29, 2024 3:51:12 GMT -5
When life hits managing anything is a huge success, so the fact that you pivoted and did editing is outstanding. Well done!! I hope the last few days of January treat you well and good luck in Februrary! *waves pom-poms*
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Post by Kandybar on Jan 29, 2024 11:15:32 GMT -5
Oh god, I know exactly the point in the story you mean, where the end's in sight and yet for some reason working on getting there, even if you're excited about it, feels like pulling teeth. Good luck!
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Post by novamoonlight on Feb 5, 2024 9:20:28 GMT -5
This past week was a little less focused than I would like to be. I had a period of being stuck on both Hockey/History and not being able to get Courtship going so I got distracted by an old shared universe that Cait and I used to roleplay in back in the early aughts. I do occasionally dabble in "checking in" on the characters I wrote for it, and since I'm going to be writing them anyway, I decided to actually add them to the universes I do RaTs for.
Consequently, when I wasn't working on the Imbolc-based story, I was playing around with a story I started late last year centering around the same couple, later in the timeline. I also have a different story in a different universe, for a tarot-based challenge I volunteered for in a different writing group, and that's where most of last week's words came from, such as they were.
Yesterday, I sat down and reorganized my RaTs section here on the boards. I've been thinking about it for a while, and with the "official" decision to do some RaTs around those characters helped to push me in the direction to get everything else reorganized. I may also have um, unclaimed a few flavors I didn't have anything written for and work to focus on finishing the flavors I have.
Discovering I have claimed 11 flavors might have had something to do with that. *facepalm*
I kind of... failed the last couple of challenges I signed up for, but given current distractions, I'm not surprised. Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for them, but I'm glad I challenged myself anyway.
Tomorrow I go back out to the medical facility I was going to last year to start care again. It's been almost a year and a lot of that was due to the lack of health coverage. I've gone through the scan multiple times since the start of this process so I'm not really scared of that.
I'm scared of what they'll find. So I'm going back and forth between hiding from this in writing, and hiding from everything, everyone and playing games on my phone. I know I haven't been talking about it much... this might be part of the reason why.
Hopefully good things will come of this week. I'm hopeful.
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