Wednesday, December 3, 2025

IWSG: Last (IWSG) post of 2025


    So, I've figured out how to add pictures to blog posts on my phone, as long as they're pictures I've used before.  😅

Uh.

More pertinently.

Once again, the suggested question for this month's post doesn't speak to me, so I'll be posting about something else instead...

But my writing life has been pretty stagnant lately, so I guess I'll write about that stagnancy?  (Wait, is that a word?)

I'm not totally sure what the problem is that's making it hard for me to write lately.  Lack of motivation, definitely lack of ideas (except for fanfic ideas), those are factors for sure, but are they the only factors?

I don't even know, nor am I sure how to figure it out.

It's making me feel like more of a failure than usual, though.

Without knowing quite what the problem is, it's hard to fix it.

In looking over my posts for the year, I realize I've been failing to get any significant progress made on the rewrite of book four of the Atalanta and Ariadne books for the entire year.  😭  I really need to get off my backside and get that rewrite finished.  If I can just power through into the climactic confrontation, it should be...um...possible?  I dunno.  I don't even know if anyone would care about it even being released.  I had one comment on one of the AO3 versions of the earlier books in the series that indicated someone had genuinely read it all the way through and liked it, but... 🤷🏻‍♀️

Monday, December 1, 2025

November writing challenge over

 So.

Yup.

It's December 1st, and my not-NaNoWriMo is over for another year.

It felt like a big old mess, if I'm being honest.  (Well, that's perhaps the most suitable-to-be-said-in-public version of an honest summation, anyway.)

As much as I want to blame having a tooth break off, leading to many hours lost to pain and dental work, that didn't realistically cause most of the problems.

The main thing was just that my main project petered out into insanity that was not really feasible to continue working on...or, not that exactly, more that it meandered off into a direction that does not appeal to me so that even though I had a solid outline of the next chunk of the story, I just didn't feel any appeal in continuing to work on it.  😭  Not sure how that will play out in the long run.  Maybe a short while off from writing will recharge me to keep plowing ahead on it?

Anyway.

Final numbers!

Words written in November previously:  86,535 (or 91,430)
Thursday's word count:  1,851
Friday's word count:  1,450
Saturday's word count:  856 (or 2,402)
Sunday's word count:  104
Total word count in November:  90,796 (or 97,237)
Projects, with starting and final word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  98,194
Thursday's word count:  98,534
Friday's word count:  98,604
Saturday's word count:  99,460
Sunday's word count:  99,564
Words added to the planning document:  4,796

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Ended up untouched.  😭

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count previously: 8,649
Thursday's word count:  9,555
Friday's word count:  10,935

Opening section of a future MDZS fanfic (NHS-centric, canon compliant) that I'm nowhere near ready to write:
Thursday word count:  605

Words added to the planning document for a My Time in Sandrock fanfic that who knows when I'll actually write it:
Saturday word count:  1,546
(In my own defense here, I just finished replaying My Time in Portia, the first game in the series, so the sequel (which is the better game) has been on my mind a lot lately.)

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

November writing challenge, day 26

 Well.  I still don't seem able to post in a timely manner.

Oh well.

Current numbers!

Words written in November previously:  75,824 (or 80,142)
Saturday's word count:  1,570
Sunday's word count:  2,500
Monday's word count:  2,048
Tuesday's word count:  1,775
Today's word count:  2,818 (or 3,395)
Total word count to date in November:  86,535 (or 91,430)
Projects, with starting and current word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  91,606
Saturday's word count:  91,693
Sunday's word count:  94,193
Monday's word count:  96,241
Tuesday's word count:  98,016
Today's word count:  98,194
Words previously added to the planning document:  4,219
Words added to the planning document today:  577
Total words added to the planning document:  4,796

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Starting word count:  26,418
(Not touched yet, aside from opening the file to get its current word count.)

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count previously: 4,526
Word count on Saturday:  6,009
Word count today:  8,649

Friday, November 21, 2025

November writing challenge, day 21

 I'm gonna keep blaming this dental emergency for my ongoing inability to post my word count daily.  (Not necessarily correct, but not necessarily wrong, either.  It was definitely the reason I accomplished almost nothing yesterday, anyway.)

So.

Yeah.

Word count is fluctuating weirdly and badly.

Partially may be caused slightly by hitting a blank spot in my outline for the fanfic where it was like...time needed to pass before the next event, but just saying "time passed" was not going to cut it.  😰

Anyway.

Current numbers!

Words written in November previously:  68,372 (or 71,477)
Tuesday's word count:  2,352 (or 3,113)
Wednesday's word count:  1,945 (or 2,397)
Thursday's word count:  511
Today's word count:  2,644
Total word count to date in November:  75,824 (or 80,142)
Projects, with starting and current word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  84,157
Tuesday's word count:  86,509
Wednesday's word count:  88,451
Thursday's word count:  88,962
Today's word count:  91,606
Words previously added to the planning document:  3,106
Words added to the planning document Tuesday:  761
Words added to the planning document Wednesday:  352
Total words added to the planning document:  4,219

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Starting word count:  26,418
(Not touched yet, aside from opening the file to get its current word count.)

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count previously: 4,523
Word count as of Wednesday:  4,526
(Yes, only three words.  I was rereading what I had written in preparation to write more, and added a few changes as I went, but then I was called out of the house before I could start actually writing.  😭)

Monday, November 17, 2025

November writing challenge, day 17

 I'm glad I already broke 50k, because my word count has been pitiful for the past few days, and will continue to be pitiful tomorrow.  Possibly longer, depending on how tomorrow goes.

Word of advice:  do not suffer a dental emergency late on a Friday that means you can't eat again until you've been to the dentist.  Especially not while trying to do a writing challenge, but it's good advice overall, if you ask me.

Anyway.

Current numbers!

Words written in November previously:  58,645 (or 61,750)
Saturday's word count:  6,256
Yesterday's word count:  1,342
Today's word count:  2,129
Total word count to date in November:  68,372 (or 71,477)
Projects, with starting and current word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  74,430
Saturday's word count:  80,686
Yesterday's word count:  82,028
Today's word count:  84,157
Words added to the planning document:  3,106

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Starting word count:  26,418
(Not touched yet, aside from opening the file to get its current word count.)

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count: 4,523

Friday, November 14, 2025

November writing challenge, day 14

 Ugh, today has sucked.

I don't even want to talk about it.

Two days of numbers, 'cause I didn't feel like posting yesterday.  Again.


Current numbers!

Words written in November previously:  50,213 (or 53,319)
Yesterday's word count:  2,632
Today's word count:  5,799
Total word count to date in November:  58,644 (or 61,750)
Projects, with starting and current word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  65,999
Yesterday's word count:  68,631
Today's word count:  74,430
Words added to the planning document:  3,106

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Starting word count:  26,418
(Not touched yet, aside from opening the file to get its current word count.)

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count: 4,523

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

November writing challenge, day 12

 Aaaaand I ended up not posting yesterday, due to the day spiraling out of my control shortly before lunch, not to return to my control until around 8pm, at which time I was too exhausted by the day to return to writing.

I got in a better day's writing today, but I am again stymied by the fact that I've slammed into a wall of "I'm not sure what the heck else to put in here to show the shifting currents of popular opinion and various characters' hidden actions before the murder that is the next major plot point."

*sigh*

Anyway.  Two days' worth of numbers today...


Current numbers!

Words written in November previously:  43,193 (or 46,299)
Yesterday's word count:  2,800
Today's word count:  4,220
Total word count to date in November:  50,213 (or 53,319)
Projects, with starting and current word counts:

Untitled MDZS fanfic w/time-travel elements
Starting word count:  21,100
Word count as of previous post:  58,979
Yesterday's word count:  61,779
Today's word count:  65,999
Words added to the planning document:  3,106

The Tablet of Destinies, Atalanta and Ariadne book 4
Starting word count:  26,418
(Not touched yet, aside from opening the file to get its current word count.)

Untitled sci-fi VN

Total word count: 4,523

Welp, at least I broke 50k!   (Whether I'm gonna count the words added to the outline, it happened today either way.)