Scribbler Daily Tracking Post

by Liana Posted on April 1, 2014
This entry is part 77 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

At the end of each month, I usually compile the statistics for the month, provided I tracked my writing for the entire month.

October 2013

New Words

  • Fiction & Poetry: 39,410 words
  • Blog: 9,831 words
  • Nonfiction: 362 words

January 2014

New Words

  • Fiction: 17,392 words
  • Poetry: 102 lines | 498 words
  • Blog: 8030 words

Finalized Words

  • Fanfic: 1397 words
  • Poetry:104 lines | 496 words

February 2014

New Words

  • Fiction: 12,260 words
  • Poetry: 111 lines | 626 words
  • Blog: 4979 words

Finalized Words

  • Fanfic: 3443 words
  • Poetry: 98 lines | 612 words

March 2014

New Words

  • Fiction: 14,718 words
  • Poetry: 584 lines | 2858 words
  • Blog: 1127 words

Finalized Words

  • Fanfic: 6861 words
  • Poetry: 317 lines | 2270 words

2014 Completed Pieces

  1. Poem: "Before My Eyes," 220 words | 47 lines.
  2. Fanfic: "Mistakes," 1397 words.
  3. Poem: "Writer's Social Therapy," 32 words | 4 lines.
  4. Poem: "Blanket Statements," 8 lines| 48 words.
  5. Poem: "Friends Like These," 24 lines | 121 words.
  6. Poem: “Empty Spaces,” 7 lines | 20 words.
  7. Poem: “The Soundless Scream,” 5 lines | 22 words.
  8. Poem: “Like a Light,” 9 lines | 43 words.
  9. Fanfic: “Wholeness of Self,” 783 words.
  10. Poem: "Tell Me," 8 lines | 37 words.
  11. Poem: "Mother," 8 lines | 22 words.
  12. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 269 words.
  13. Poem: "Native," 31 lines | 232 words.
  14. Poem: "Moderation," 6 lines | 20 words.
  15. Poem: "I Should Think," 20 lines| 140 words.
  16. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 2391 words.
  17. Poem: "Cursor," 7 lines | 54 words.
  18. Poem: "Unrequited Pain," 8 lines | 29 words.
  19. Poem: "Is Snow," 6 lines | 42 words.
  20. Poem: "Buttercups," 4 lines | 36 words.
  21. Poem: "Open Hands," 12 lines | 63 words.
  22. Fanfic: “God Help the World,” 205 words.
  23. Poem: "Everything's Blood and All is Well," 16 lines | 97 words.
  24. Fanfic: “Perfection,” 688 words.
  25. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Assignment, 1267 words.
  26. Poem: "Wonder," 4 lines | 29 words.
  27. Prose Poem: “the bringing of light,” 485 words.
  28. Poem: “Rothnen,” 24 lines | 102 words.
  29. Poem: “This is the universe…” 12 lines | 80 words.
  30. Poem: “For Sister,” 4 lines | 36 words.
  31. Fanfic: "Demoralized," 204 words.
  32. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 198 words.
  33. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 8 lines | 66 words.
  34. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 3 lines | 7 words.
  35. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 125 words.
  36. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 201 words.
  37. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 2376 words.
  38. Poem: “Name You,” 136 lines | 795 words.
  39. Poem: “Tale of Domestic Life in a Series of Coffee Cups,” 19 lines | 110 words.
  40. Poem: “What Happened,” 44 lines | 191 words.
  41. Poem: “The Wild Balloon,” 9 lines | 71 words.
  42. Poem: “With the Tide,” 8 lines | 43 words.
  43. Poem: “Apologies,” 4 lines | 17 words.
  44. Poem: “Daughter Kiss.X Wife,” 6 lines | 27 words.
  45. Fanfic: “Thin Walls of Stone,” 1397 words.
  46. Poem: “Walls of Stone,” 8 lines | 51 words
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Invisible Ficathon Reveals

by Liana Posted on March 26, 2014

So the Invisible Ficathon reveals have finally happened!

My assignment:

Title: Knight in Rusted Armor
Fandom: Averil's Atonement by Anne Shirley
Fandom Source: Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Summary: Averil Lester had always been his. She'd been his since they were children barely out of the nursery and Maurice wasn't going to let that go just because a jellyfish duke decided to come along and steal her heart.

Treats I Wrote:

Title: From Eyes of Blue
Fandom: The Horn of Joy by Matthew Maddox
Fandom Source: A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

Summary: Zyll was frightened, not of her gift but of the vision it brought her.

 

Title: Annual ‘Faxfic Slam - 1918 PD
Fandom: The Havenite 'Faxes Colloquially Known as "Smutsies"
Fandom Source: Honor Harrington series by David Weber

Summary: It’s time for the 1918 PD Annual ‘Faxfic Slam in Noveau Paris! Pick a pairing and write up to the smutsie name. Remember the fun of a slam is to reply to other ‘fics and better yet to one-up them. Do us proud!

 

Title: A Different Tune
Fandom: It was a Dark and Stormy Night by Snoopy
Fandom Source: Peanuts (comics)

Summary: Sometimes Daddy can be just a wee bit overprotective.

 

Title: Poem: Twitterpated
Fandom: It was a Dark and Stormy Night by Snoopy
Fandom Source: Peanuts (comics)

Summary: Birds don’t kiss, right? But if they did…

 

Title: A Haiku Inspired by the "Kisses Rang Out"
Fandom: It was a Dark and Stormy Night by Snoopy
Fandom Source: Peanuts (comics)

Summary: A haiku inspired by Snoopy's A Dark and Stormy Night where unexplained kisses rang out at the beginning of one of the tales.

 

Title: Have Her Cake and Eat It Too
Fandom:  Averil's Atonement by Anne Shirley
Fandom Source: Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Summary: Averil bakes a cake—with mixed results.

 

Title: The Law of Sympathetic Magic
Fandom:  The Stonebender Family stories by Jubal Harshaw
Fandom Source: a Robert Heinlein story

Summary: The law of sympathetic magic is this: it cannot be undone.

 

Title: Meta: Preston of the Spaceways, a Retrospective
Fandom:  Preston of the Spaceways, Manticoran holodramas
Fandom Source: Honor Harrington series by David Weber

Summary: The idea behind Preston of the Spaceways: The Holovid was to shake up people’s expectations and make them realize we were doing something different. On Old Earth, adaptations would be called ‘The Movie’ when it was the iconic adaptation, and that’s really what we’re trying to do here: the iconic adaptation.

Gifts I Received:

Title: Linked
Author: ChokolatteJedi
Fandom:  Galaxy Quest (TV)
Fandom Source: Galaxy Quest (movie)

Summary: Tawney has some things she'd like cleared up

 

Title: What Both Will Be and Is
Author: thinkatory
Fandom:  The Horn of Joy by Matthew Maddox
Fandom Source: Kairos (O'Keefe) series by Madeleine L'Engle

Summary:

All will be well. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For the fire is roses, roses, and the sight of blue eyes can change what both will be and is. Matthew Maddox, The Horn of Joy, 1868.

Excerpts from a history of tesseracts, and those changed by them.

 

Title: On Names; or, why it rains at a hanging
Author: Raven (singlecrow)
Fandom:  Eddisian mythology
Fandom Source: Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

Summary: Eugenides, who comes as a thief in the night.

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Brain in a Fog, Guess I'll Write Poetry

by Liana Posted on March 26, 2014
This entry is part 82 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

This is what happens when I get tired and my brain shuts down. I end up writing poetry instead of fiction or research or anything useful or productive. At least something happened, but I feel woefully remiss towards certain people who were hoping for some cheering material soon, who are also not fond of poetry.

I’m very sorry
I hope you’ll forgive
The muse slipped out
O’ my ‘mind like a sieve’

March 24, 2014

So it started with this story that had played in my head overnight, but it was too long and complex to justify writing, so in the morning when it started coalescing into a poem on me, I memorized the lines and stanzas in my head and at work, I wrangled them into something I liked. All 136 lines of it.

I sent it to lithiumlaughter who likes poetry and she blessed me with an amazing review that inspired poem #2: "Tale of Domestic Life in a Series of Coffee Cups."

Did some research for thecatisacritic before brain stopped cooperating again.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 0 words
  • Poetry: 155 lines | 905 words
  • Blog: 90 words

March 25, 2014

The idea of a poetry collection for Kingdoms and Thorn pestered me and then another poem did. I wrote it down and loved it.

I peeked inside the books of Billy Collins and got a little more inspired. There went four more small poems.

Did more research and chatting with thecatisacritic.

Tried two more poems with less than great success. I wrote "The Cup" and promptly deleted most of it. "Daughter" started out better—twice—before I gave up on it.

This evening, the mass market edition of Dowse and Bleed arrived. It's stunning and full of little fixes I need to make, but it is stunning. I love it.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 0 words
  • Poetry: 281 lines | 538 words
  • Blog: 72 words

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Tidbits, or Scribbling in Pieces

by Liana Posted on March 21, 2014
This entry is part 80 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

March 19

I got 212 words on a new story, not to write it down because the last thing I need to do right now is kick off another story, but rather to capture the idea before I shelve it for now.

March 20

Wrote 431 words on “Everything is Blood” and did research for both that and some scientific explanations I’m writing up. Right now I have three main theoretical concepts I’m working with and I have to decide which angle to take that won’t break the story details.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 643 words
  • Poetry: 0 lines| 0 words
  • Blog: 0 words

March Totals

  • Fiction: 13,321 words
  • Poetry: 140 lines | 1364 words
  • Blog: 947 words

Pieces Started Not Finished (2014)

  • Fiction: Hear the Stars, novella.
  • Nonfiction/Blog: Indie Author Guide to Genre, book/blog series.
  • Poem: Untitled - You gave me a name...
  • Poem: Untitled - The way riverbeds miss the water...
  • Fiction/Fanfic: "Blank Verse," probably novella but not sure.
  • Fiction/Fanfic: “Justice,” short story.
  • Fiction: Binary's story, novella?

March Completed Pieces

  1. Poem: "Open Hands," 12 lines | 63 words.
  2. Fanfic: “God Help the World,” 205 words.
  3. Poem: "Everything's Blood and All is Well," 16 lines | 97 words.
  4. Fanfic: “Perfection,” 688 words.
  5. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Assignment, 1267 words.
  6. Poem: "Wonder," 4 lines | 29 words.
  7. Prose Poem: “the bringing of light,” 485 words.
  8. Poem: “Rothnen,” 24 lines | 102 words.
  9. Poem: “This is the universe…” 12 lines | 80 words.
  10. Poem: “For Sister,” 4 lines | 36 words.
  11. Fanfic: "Demoralized," 204 words.
  12. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 198 words.
  13. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 8 lines | 66 words.
  14. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 3 lines | 7 words.
  15. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 125 words.
  16. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 201 words.
  17. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 2376 words.
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Just Pretend My Scribbling Is Invisible

by Liana Posted on March 18, 2014
This entry is part 79 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

March 17, 2014

Wrote 371 words on an invisible treat and didn’t finish. It was getting unwieldy. This particular attempt is attempt three at the same fandom. It’s just determined, it would seem, to give me trouble.

Wrote 198 words on an Invisible Treat, start to finish done. Then for the same prompt: a 66-word octet. And then another of 3 lines and 7 words. And another treat in 125 words, specifically because my assignment wasn’t very lighthearted as the requester might have preferred.

I brought that original treat from 371 words to 919, but I’m still not sure how much I like it. And 201 words for one more treat.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 1443 words
  • Poetry: 11 lines| 73 words
  • Blog: 106 words

March 18, 2014

In 2376 words, I finally got something written for this fandom.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 2376 words
  • Poetry: 0 lines| 0 words
  • Blog: 11 words

March Totals

  • Fiction: 12,678 words
  • Poetry: 140 lines | 1364 words
  • Blog: 947 words

Pieces Started Not Finished (2014)

  • Fiction: Hear the Stars, novella.
  • Nonfiction/Blog: Indie Author Guide to Genre, book/blog series.
  • Poem: Untitled - You gave me a name...
  • Poem: Untitled - The way riverbeds miss the water...
  • Fiction/Fanfic: "Blank Verse," probably novella but not sure.
  • Fiction/Fanfic: “Justice,” short story.

March Completed Pieces

  1. Poem: "Open Hands," 12 lines | 63 words.
  2. Fanfic: “God Help the World,” 205 words.
  3. Poem: "Everything's Blood and All is Well," 16 lines | 97 words.
  4. Fanfic: “Perfection,” 688 words.
  5. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Assignment, 1267 words.
  6. Poem: "Wonder," 4 lines | 29 words.
  7. Prose Poem: “the bringing of light,” 485 words.
  8. Poem: “Rothnen,” 24 lines | 102 words.
  9. Poem: “This is the universe…” 12 lines | 80 words.
  10. Poem: “For Sister,” 4 lines | 36 words.
  11. Fanfic: "Demoralized," 204 words.
  12. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 198 words.
  13. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 8 lines | 66 words.
  14. Poem: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 3 lines | 7 words.
  15. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 125 words.
  16. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 201 words.
  17. Fanfic: Invisible Ficathon Treat, 2376 words.
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Better Late than Never

by Liana Posted on March 17, 2014
This entry is part 78 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

March 14, 2014

So I got somewhere with “Justice” and perfectionist me couldn’t let “Blank Verse” alone: the last half of scene one wasn’t in a poetic form, i.e. sonnet; it was just iambic pentameter verse. It’s a poem now: an honest to goodness, sonnet.

Okay, more work on both.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 1288 words
  • Poetry: 18 lines| 112 words
  • Blog: 114 words

March 16, 2014

Ended up out late, so wrote late. Added 1287 words to “Justice” and wrote the closing verse for “Blank Verse” plus a scene that must be put into verse, and a little ditty poem for my sister. I should count the scene but I won’t because I wrote it on paper, so it would be a pain to count, plus I’m going to have to completely rewrite it anyway.

I forgot: I also wrote a 204 word premise-fic about Peggy becoming Winter Soldier instead of Bucky. That was on Tumblr for lithiumlaughter.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 1491 words
  • Poetry: 8 lines| 71 words

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Moving Right Along

by Liana Posted on March 14, 2014
This entry is part 76 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

March 13, 2014

So I wrote a couple poems: "Rothnen" in my head on the way to work and one for a friend because when I started to reply it came out in verse. Go figure. I edited and expanded the opening of "Justice," which added 162 words, and I pulled together the first draft of the opening of "Blank Verse" in 35 lines of 252 words. I'm double-formatting it, lineated and non-lineated. It helps me see the flaws more clearly while meeting the ridiculously exacting standards I just set for myself. :makes face:

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 162 words
  • Poetry: 71 lines | 434 words
  • Blog: 108 words

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Catching Up on Accountability

by Liana Posted on March 13, 2014
This entry is part 75 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So I've been struggling with insomnia lately and other real life hecticness, like signing a lease on a new house with the family and trying to think straight in spite of said insomnia and writing only on a tablet and at work because hovering sister, which makes for a poor productivity rate, including in accountability posts.

That said.

March 11, 2014

Started a crossover short, "Justice," with thecatisacritic, in which I wrote 646 words. She initiated; I liked.

March 12, 2014

Wrote a 485-word prose poem while researching poetic techniques and Shakespearean plays for lithiumlaughter's giftfic "Blank Verse." Also 133 words on "Justice" and 66 on "Blank Verse."

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 845 words
  • Poetry: 0 lines | 485 words
  • Blog: 109 words

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Down the Rabbit Hole

by Liana Posted on March 10, 2014
This entry is part 74 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

I've been doing an admirable imitation of lost, so here's where I've been. Sort of. I'm not really listing what kept me so busy just that I have been.

March 7, 2014

So not a very productive weekend, due to being very busy on the non-writing fronts, but I got 376 words on the collaboration and 3 on an invisible treat. (3! Just 3!) So there you have it.

March 8–9, 2014

Sabbath and Sunday were a wash. Oh! Not quite! Two of my beta/readers reported receiving their copies of Dowse and Bleed, which is very exciting, and I got a few words on the collaboration: 115 words.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 494 words
  • Poetry: 0 lines | 0 words
  • Blog: 103 words

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Sometimes It Takes Two...

by Liana Posted on March 7, 2014
This entry is part 73 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

March 5, 2014

So I was able to make some progress with the collaboration—789 words of it—and I wrote a 4 line poem.

March 6, 2014

I got 916 words on "Everything is Blood" for lithiumlaughter, which maketh me happy. I pecked away at the collaboration but got nothing but 'working' back when I made an inquiry with the muse. Even "Everything is Blood" only happened due to some major lithiumlaughter inspiration and a little research help from Mercedes. So. Oh, and then I also started a fic for lithiumlaughter that I wasn't supposed to start yet. Nice. 34 words there.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 1655 words
  • Poetry: 4 lines | 29 words
  • Blog: 64 words

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