WIP Wednesday

Apr. 8th, 2026 12:52 pm
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New words this week : 4,039 words which is down from last week. Writing's been a struggle.

WIPs worked on this week : 4, with no new WIPs (yay!)

...and once again it was a many-wip week. In the past couple of days I've been sort of feeling like I'm getting back on track, but it's been a process. I'm so tired, y'all.

The Old Guard

food truck au : 2,361 words which brings the total to 118,759 words and think I've finally broken through what I needed to get past. Back on track, and hoping to get this next chapter to my beta by the end of the week. We're finally at the smutty part!!

werewolf au : 281 words which brings the total to 14,526 words and the doc was open so I just kept poking at it a little bit.

old kingdom au : 939 words which brings the total to 16,996 words and I was talking about this with someone who started shouting at me in all-caps about it. I'm still giddy over the fact that there's someone out there who is excited about this concept.

early days pwp : 458 words which brings the total to 4,295 words and this one's not really coming together either. I'm taking a pause on it for the moment.

WIP Wednesday

Apr. 1st, 2026 02:39 pm
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New words this week : 6,037 words which is a little bit less, but pretty good considering this week has been bananas so far. Much less writing time + some of my writing time went to beta-reading a thing + some of my writing time went to editing/outlining.

WIPs worked on this week : 5, with no new WIPs (yay!)

...and you can see by the number of WIPs I went skipping through that words were tough this week. I knew the second half of March would be rough and wow did it take its toll. Still, we're back to normal (or normal-ish) here. I've gotten my regular writing time today and actually got some good words out of it, even though I spent the bulk of it rereading the previous chapter in food truck, trying to get back in the brainspace to write that fucking thing.

The Old Guard

food truck au : 3,359 words which brings the total to 116,376 words and I'm struggling on it. I got kind of hung up on one piece of feedback on my last chapter, but I think I've mostly worked through it now. Chapters are still running long, I ended up adding another one and I've got another two that I think will be long enough that I'll have to split them up. So, all things considered, I have another 8 chapters to finish and I think probably about another 50k. I don't even know anymore. I'm pretty bummed I didn't get to start posting it last month like I wanted to, and I'm probably not going to be able to post it this month either. Hopefully in May, though. I really really don't want it to go beyond May.

werewolf au : 172 words which brings the total to 14,245 words and this was just poking at it a little bit because I couldn't remember one bit in it, went to reread, and then ended up writing a little. Still can't wait to work on this one, oh my god it's going to be so good.

kintsugi : 969 words which brings the total to 1,497 words and I put it to my beta which pwp I should write because it's been six months and I would love to finish and post something, and this was the one she picked. Wrote almost 1k before petering out on it because it turns out I'm not great at writing BDSM, ugh. I need to go reread some of my faves to get my head around it and then take another run at this one. It's the sequel to The Everyday Uses of Ordinary Objects (the cockwarming one) and should only be about 4k total so it's almost halfway done.

early days pwp : 1,715 words which brings the total to 3,379 words and this was the other one I was thinking about trying to finish up and post. Should only be about 6-7k total, so it's also about half done. Planning to do this one after the other one.

redamancy part ?? : 153 words which brings the total to 663 words and hey this one is DONE! It's a missing scene from the second movie, but I have a few more to finish up in the series that come before it so I can't post it yet. Still, it's nice to have something finished. It also got me to go back to poke at the next part which is a lot closer to done than I remembered it being. Maybe I ought to work on this series first? Idk idk...

March Wrap-Up / April Goals

Apr. 1st, 2026 11:28 am
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2026 GOALS

2026 Total Wordcount Goal : 79,078 / 150,000

2026 Total Writing Days : 81 / 365


MARCH
Oh my god this fucking month. I expected that the second half of it would be busier, but I was unprepared for just how much busier it would be, and how draining and stressful. I am absolutely flattened right now. Emotionally, physically, mentally. I am so so so tired.

March Wrap-Up : I finished the month with 38,153 words which is incredible and also frustrating. Even though I knew that the last half of the month would have a big drop in wordcount, it was rougher than I expected. Losing momentum sucks, but still! 38k is awesome and I'm trying really hard to focus on that. A total of 5 WIPs got words, with all words going into 5 Old Guard fics. Not only did I meet my goal of 25k, I went well past.

APRIL
April--crossing my fingers and knocking on wood--should be a fairly quiet month. I'm pretty burned out from Life Stuff, but hopefully I should be settling back into my regular writing schedule and I guess we'll see what happens.

April Wordcount Goal : 30k and I'm bumping it up to where I've landed the past two months, and hoping that I'm not about to jinx myself by aiming higher.

April Fics to Focus On
food truck au : and where last we left, I was optimistic that I was bumping the wordcount estimate for the very last time. And to that I say LOL. LMAO, even. Holy shit. If the chapters had stayed consistent, that would have been accurate. But then I got into the relationship part of the fic, and Chapter 8 ran way long, so I split it in half. And then Chapter 9 ran long again. And then Chapter 10 ran long, and now Chapter 11 is, you guessed it, running long as well. And taking into account how long these chapters are running I think I actually have about 50k to go on it. At least 50k. Oh my god what the fuck. Estimated wordcount, 165k.

pwp : I haven't decided which of these will be finished but I need to finish something. I made Grace pick one for me but I'm struggling to get that one to come together so idk.

redamancy part 4 : and this one I think I can get done, it only needs like another 500 words and it'll be done. I just want to get something finished and posted.

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