Thanks to Worry if I don’t have fic to post I’ll be regaling you all with a diary/status update type thing instead. I know it’s not Friday but I didn’t post anything (of any kind) on Friday and I’m too stoked to wait an entire week #sorrynotsorry

Right so status report!

I’m about halfway through the Celeb/Fan AU for Garcy (Timeless) that Ripper prompted. Yes it’s true I have been at this point for a while *cough* BUT I am extra special super determined that this will be the week! So Friday 12th it will be hitting screens.

The reason why I’m feeling sorta confident is I’ve done a lot of scheduling. Only time will tell (obviously) whether I stick to it but I have tried to be realistic for a change. Which is why the next posting day isn’t until November 2nd. That fic will be the third instalment in the In Your Arms verse, which yes I was supposed to write back in August but *cough* just going to gloss over that.

I have also picked what I will be writing during November. The largest chunk of words will be going on an original project but I also hope to complete Painting Layers of Love Chapter 11 (finally!), Untitled Rumbelle fic, Untitled post-season 2 Garcy and Untitled “Shh they will hear us” Garcy prompt for Ripper.

Which means that between now and November 1st I need to plan and prepare all of the above.

/End Status Report

#on a Sunday this week because I just wanted to ramble#sorry not sorry

@jackabelle73 thanks *hugs*

@urban-trek-thru-middle-earth I wish I could chop it but it would be like chapter-size and while I could try and avoid out-and-out cliffhangers, it still wouldn’t be finished to any level. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it 🙂

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@worryinglyinnocent has given me an awesome idea, like a middle-ground. If I can’t post fic, I can post status updates. That will be something, like a check-in. Admitting publicly that I have done nothing is hopefully incentive to ensure I do something heh.

I have detected a flaw in my plan for Fanfic Fridays (aside from the fact that it’s been like a month and I still haven’t done it because I’ve forgotten how to word).

The idea behind Fanfic Fridays was to give me a deadline. My theory was that if I had to post every week, then it would be a nudge to actually write a thing. BUT I don’t want anymore posted WIP’s (I have one that I feel very guilty about) and so I don’t really want to post anything that is unfinished AND 95% of my ideas are stupid long.

It’s like Catch 22. The regular deadline makes sense except for the ideas being too long and not wanting to post unfinished stuff.

I don’t know what to do *flails*

Seriously.

Answers on a postcard? I feel very dammed if I do, dammed if I don’t right now. Could use some help or advice if anyone has any.

There are so many words in language. Sometimes I put a word into the thesaurus because using the same word repeatedly isn’t good writing-wise (unless it is intentional) BUT

Words might mean the same but they don’t mean the same. They have different inflections and situational uses. Like flustered – nothing means exactly the same because it isn’t confused, or agitated, or discombobulated, or anything else the thesaurus suggests because it can be ALL those things with a mix of embarrassment and self-deprecation etc.

Language is specific. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many words.

Of course that doesn’t help me when I’m trying to construct a sentence without using flustered three times.

I really need to write rather than just stare at my writing document *judges self*

Here is the last line I wrote on Thursday

“She was a professor, she would be up for tenure soon, she knew the importance of keeping her cool but if this illiterate self-centered son of a baboon said one more thing…
“

*takes a bit of fake chocolate*

Let’s do this thing!

I actually wrote some words today *falls over in surprise*

Whether I make Fanfic Friday, for the first time since declaring I would do it *rolls eyes at self* depends on whether I write more words tomorrow as the fic isn’t finished yet.

Still progress. It’s something. Not much and not enough but better than nothing. I will crack this 20-odd month writing slump yet! She says, hopefully, with determination but a slight hint of doubt. Scary business this trying hard.

Anyway I’m starving which is probably why I’m no longer being productive in any fashion whatsoever. I should go get dinner rather than sit here thinking “I’m hungry” – does anyone else do that? It’s kinda not helpful hehe.

First Line Challenge

I stole this off someone else’s blog because cool 🙂

RULES: List the first lines of the last ten stories you published. Look to see if there are any patterns that you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any! Then tag some friends.

So in reverse order…

1) Ghost of a Memory – “It’s the only way.” (Garcy, Timeless)

2) Time – ‘I have no doubt that you will find him’ (Jemma, Agents of Shield)

3) The Wedding Job – Lacey smiled softly at Gold as he guided her down the aisle. (Rumbelle, Once)

4) I Believe My Heart – Henry had thought he was immune to pain. (GlassBeliever, Once)

5) Miracles Happen – Rumplestiltskin took a deep breath as he climbed out of the drivers seat of the rental car. (Rumbelle, Once)

6) True Love Ways – ‘What makes it even better, today our story starts anew…’ (Rumbelle, Once)

7) Bright Lights – It was a guilty pleasure, and not anything she would ever admit to any of her colleagues, but Belle was quite fond of spy movies. (Rumbelle, Once)

8) Dream Come True – Belle paused and took a lungful of crisp mountain air. (Rumbelle, Once)

9) Costume Party – Work, money, the pursuit of power, had utterly consumed him. (Rumbelle, Once)

10) To Be Loved – In real life there was no such thing as a happy ending. (Rumbelle, Once, NSFW)

Well it seems if I don’t start with a quote, then I start with the name of the character.

Tagging: @mariequitecontrarie, @bookwormchocaholic and @ifishouldvanish

Ok so total fail on the Fanfic Friday thing. I had a really bad mental health week and just yeah, nothing happened. So reset the clock and try again next week! Tomorrow is another day and all that jazz.