New words this week : 8,698 words which is phenomenal. It also pushes me over my goal of 150k for the year, woohoo!! Bumping my new goal to 200k which feels very doable.

WIPs worked on this week : 1, with no new WIPs (yay!)

Oh man, things are still straight chaos here, but last week was SGDQ which meant that I lost Mr FTS while it was going on, which meant that I was able to spend multiple evenings writing which meant that I actually got writing done. (Writing gets done when I have time to write? Incredible! Who'd have imagined such a thing!?) This week I've been back to 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there, and while that still helps to chip away at the wordcount, actually having big blocks of time to focus on writing was a nice reminder that no, I'm not slow because I suddenly suck at writing, I'm slow because life is chaos and I have no focus time right now. Which I knew already, but there's sometimes a difference between knowing and knowing, you know?

The Old Guard

☆ food truck au : 8,698 words which brings the total to 182, 756 words and there is no way that this thing won't clear 200k. I am devastated. I am in denial. How in the fuck. How am I still writing. How is there still more left to write. BUT!! I finally finally finished Chapter 14!! I can't believe it took two months. (and that I broke it in two parts and the first part was still somehow 20k, jesus christ) On to Chapter 15 now, aka the second half of what was supposed to be chapter 14. Important character stuff happens, it's at 5.5k currently, I'm aiming to get it done by next week.

FINISH LINE

YOU MADE IT!

I hope your weekend treated you well, but even if it didn’t, we’re here to celebrate your marathon achievements! 

Please reply with your numbers for the weekend–word count, number of pages edited, outlining work–whatever you accomplished. Include what you feel should be included, but please remember that we love numbers almost as much as words.

Thank you for writing with us this weekend!

After some downtime due to scheduling conflicts, book club is back in the saddle. This is part 4 of my notes on This All Come Back Now. [Part 1, part 2, part 3.]


"The Centre" by Alison Whittaker (2018)

( An indigenous journalist investigates a project for Aboriginal people to digitize and upload their consciousness into a virtual world. )


"An Invitation" by Timmah Ball (2022)

( A disaffected academic observes buildings mysteriously disappearing and is vaguely happy about it. )


"Nimeybirra" by Laniyuk (2022)

( A series of letters to and from an ancestor describe a speculative future where indigenous people regain control over their lands. )


"Water" by Ellen van Neerven (2014)

( A cultural liaison to a group of humanoid plantpeople develops a relationship with one of them. )

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