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Reading and Writing, etc., October 22

by Liana Posted on October 22, 2013
This entry is part 21 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Started off editing and writing. I got 379 words on the crossover. Read and commented on the stuff from thecatisacritic.

Lunch break, back to work. Got 327 words on the Butterfly Division fic. Didn't get further because the second scene sketch is MIA. Will look for it later at home.

I started my edits on "Dowse and Bleed" at 13,581 words. Technically, I should be working on Yuletide fic or something, but :shrugs:, the story from inferno is my baby right now. Stopped at 13,663 words.

So I'm scribbling around in all sorts of things while proofreading and doing corporate filings. Don't ask.

Count

  • Fiction: 2186 words - Month to Date: 27,516 words
  • Blog: 232 words - Month to Date: 8,569 words
  • Nonfiction: 314 words - Month to Date: 314 words

365 Challenge

  • 232/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn/Fracture and Recall Crossover: A Little History – 379 words
  • 233/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn/Fracture and Recall Crossover: Transition and Redux – 660 words
  • 234/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn/Fracture and Recall Crossover: Medical Options – 383 words

WIP

  • Buttefly Division: Amnes – 606 words
  • Kingdoms and Thorn poem: The World Backed Down – 76 words; Total: 606 words
  • Kingdoms and Thorn story: Dowse and Bleed – 82 words; Total: 13,663 words
  • Nonfiction: The Poem in Poetry – 314 words
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Scribbling Away in a Better Frame of Mind, October 23

by Liana Posted on October 23, 2013
This entry is part 22 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Before writing, I did a survey of the usual suspects: The Passive Voice, Dean Wesley Smith, Starwalker by Melanie Edmonds (still amazing fiction), and Strange Horizons' Wednesday review and the short story for this week—which was... tough, but good.

Started off with the crossover. I'm feeling a little better late morning (we will not discuss the early morning), so I'm going to dive into a couple stories I put on hold to percolate.

So I got one ficlet out and got a start on the other. Nothing big yet though. Then while waiting for naproxen to kick in, I made the "mistake" of reading City of Glass again. It's surprisingly good and tempting to try to do it for Nano again. Ah, well. We'll see.

Back working on the collaboration piece and just couldn't get far with this being such a huge chore night. Frustrating to get a good start and not have time to continue, but that's life.

Count

  • Fiction: 1354 words - Month to Date: 28,870 words
  • Blog: 234 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 314 words

365 Challenge

I'm counting the various parts of the AU round robin thecatisacritic started. It just makes sense.

  • 235/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn/Fracture and Recall Crossover: Cleaning – 440 words
  • 236/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Shattered by Night – 772 words

WIP

  • Butterfly Division: Amnes – 142 words; Total: 359 words
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Reading and Writing, Weekend October 24–27

by Liana Posted on October 28, 2013
This entry is part 23 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So playing total catch-up here (I know, I know). On Thursday, I managed to write some at the end in the Justus POV fic of "Its Own Absolution" due to a wonderful antagonists prompt from in_the_blue. It gave me a good headstart. I percolated a lot on Sabbath about it, but didn't turn that sketch into fic until Sunday, and awkward fic at that.

Somewhere in there, I also sketched down some other stuff and have started to rethink my approach to this collaboration. I need something that doesn't fit easily into worldbuilding I've already done for any other story. It's not fair to thecatisacritic.

Also, trovia got me off on an amazing Avengers fanfic novel (I'm a sucker for brothers), so there's that. It took time to read and was good for when I was feeling totally bleh on the mental front.

To the counts:

October 24, 2013

  • Fiction: 1041 words - Month to Date: 29,911 words
  • Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
  • Nonfiction: 48 words - Month to Date: 362 words

October 26, 2013

  • Fiction: 180 words - Month to Date: 30,091 words
  • Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

October 27, 2013

  • Fiction: 1139 words - Month to Date: 31,230 words
  • Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words
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Reading and Writing, October 28

by Liana Posted on October 29, 2013
This entry is part 24 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Today, I started by typing in my sketches for the Justus fic (still haven't caught up on "Amnes") and writing up my scribbler post for the weekend.

Starting editing and writing in the Justus fic at 2177 words. I got to 2264 before the end of the workday.

Between work and home, there was a major shopping trip for Thanksgiving/Christmas/craft fair, which was fun but knocked out most of my writing time handily.

Right before bed, I got another 133 words down for the collaboration on an index card. Writing on index cards seems to be a thing for me. It works better than notebooks.

Count

  • Fiction: 220 words - Month to Date: 31,450 words
  • Blog: 742 words - Month to Date: 9,545 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

 

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Frantically Writing Before Its November, October 29

by Liana Posted on October 29, 2013
This entry is part 25 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So I had a rude awakening this morning when I realized it's almost November. Here goes.

And there goes 1478 words to wrap up the Justus fic. I hate having written it out, but I hope you like it, thecatisacritic. It's your own fault you asked.

Edited the collab piece to 397 words from 133. Added another 231 words after talking to thecatisacritic. And another 229 after evening prayer.

In between, I filled out another prompt for why Storm made Red Wolf leader. Truth is, I expected a different piece to come out, the one I'd originally imagined with Maker and that had a broader perspective and more about Red Wolf, but this came out instead, raw and under the surface of why Storm was angry about making Red Wolf leader, which was something different.

Starting in on "Everything is Blood" at 1029 words. I looked it over and didn't actually have to toss anything I already had but couldn't think of how to bridge from point A to point B. I love this fic, and I hate it. A lot.

Skipping that... I think I'm going to quit and update if I write more later. So I promised an update. I sketched and scribbled on some index cards.

Count

  • Fiction: 2868 words - Month to Date: 34,318 words
  • Blog: 215 words - Month to Date: 9,760 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

365 Challenge

  • 237–238/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn: A Time to Die – 3740 words
  • 239/365 – Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Hard Decisions – 543 words
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Scribbling, October 30

by Liana Posted on October 30, 2013
This entry is part 26 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So started off by reading the collaborative additions, then wrote 609 words of what comes next. Then 184 off of a conversation snippet. Very busy day so having a hard time squeezing stuff in. And another 668 words. It's problematic, this writing out of order business.

Can't decide on a Nano project and it starts in 2 days. :headdesk:

After hours, I got another 289 on the collaboration and 69 words of rough-drafted poem.

Count

  • Fiction & Poetry: 1819 words - Month to Date: 36,137 words
  • Blog: 71 words - Month to Date: 9,831 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words
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End of October Post

by Liana Posted on November 1, 2013
This entry is part 27 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So I started this month out with a challenge to scribble in public and see where it took me. Apparently, it took me to almost 40,000 words of poetry and fiction besides blog posts and it was, to be frank, a really bad month for my discipline. So.

Heading into November, I'd like to do better, way better, and I'd really like to fill out a lot of the gaps in my work and finish some books.

November Projects

  • Pieter/Ashen initial meeting book — There will be coffee.
  • Collaboration fic with thecatisacritic — There will be special abilities and family dynamics.
  • Yuletide fics — Lithiumlaughter is helping me brainstorm on the prompted one, and I'm still mulling over Laurie. Then there's bookswaps.

365 Challenge

I've downgraded the importance of this. It's weird. I should want, maybe even need to finish out the challenge, but I don't. I have so much raw material to turn into powerful books that readers actually want to read that I consider the challenge an unmitigated success and now want to seriously finish out all the stuff it started. So yeah. Expect books. Novelettes, novellas, and maybe novels. I've never been as fast at pulling out long fiction, but I'm going to try.

Count

  • Fiction & Poetry: 3273 words - Month to Date: 39,410 words
  • Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 9,831 words
  • Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

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On the Writing Front, November 1–2

by Liana Posted on November 3, 2013
This entry is part 28 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So I got an 84 word start on the November novel, due to a gift scene popping into my head as I got under the covers. Problem: I was in bed. Solution: I memorized the dialogue and wrote it this morning.

Then I dove into the collaboration fic and got 1075 new words by cycling back through the section that needed it and adding two new scenes on the end because lo and behold, they were in my head last night as well.

It's back to the November novel. (I like that better than Nano. :shrugs: ) I've got snippets and snatches I've been collecting. I guess I better go dig them up and add them.

Stopped to add another 299 to the collaboration. Done with that for the day. Back to Novembering it.

Got all my old stuff in there that I think belongs in this story: 3143 words. Now, let's go from there. Ended at 3263.

Saturday night, I managed a snippet. Heading into a work-intensive Sunday, can't promise instant scribbles, but the ideas are there. Too bad the collab can't be my nano. I don't think... Must check the rules.

Count

  • November Novel: 1267 words
  • All Fiction & Poetry: 1,387 words
  • Blog: 430 words
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November Novel, Day 3

by Liana Posted on November 3, 2013
This entry is part 29 of 103 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Four sessions: 313, 15, 190, then 1997 words. If I had energy to write more about it I would. Let's just say I wrote some awful stuff and gave a character panic attacks. Wow. And 185 of semi-fluff. Whoohoo. Then 131 of actual fluff. This is good.

Count

  • November Novel: 2,831 words – Total: 4098 words
  • All Fiction & Poetry: 2,831 words – Total: 4218 words
  • Blog: 49 words – Total: 479 words
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