July 2021, Day 31

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So, noble contributors, our time is over for the July session. What was this month like for you, writing-wise?

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

As reported before, I've finished The Toreador Chronicles (https://archiveofourown.org/works/7744807/chapters/17657152), after 16 years and 40 chapters. I consider that a major victory, even though the few people who originally read the story have long left for greener pastures.

I also made decent headway with typing up and partially revising the "Pathways" timeline (https://hiddenrealms.livejournal.com/78522.html), the first 4 finished parts of which are posted to hiddenrealms. It will go up to AO3 as soon as it's finished... hopefully before our November session. *g*

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

A very successful pico for you! Congratulations! And thank you for driving the bus.
I only made it aboard a few times, unfortunately. Hopefully it will be a much better situation for me in November.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, summer is always a bit problematic, now that people can go to holidays again — at least some of them.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

A major achievement — and thank you so much for running the month for us.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It's been my pleasure!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, finishing a 40 chapter story is a real accomplishment--and I know the month hasn't been the easiest for you either. You're a star :)

I liked all your crafting reports too, you really do so many creative things. Am looking forward to seeing what you have in store for November!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, I really hope I'll have typed up the timeline by then and can turn my attention to something more creative. *g*

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

Finished out the month with another triple drabble. All together, I wrote 18.5k this month! Mostly for Battleship, which was so much fun I will definitely be participating again next year. Thanks so much for running this and giving me somewhere to check in and keep myself accountable! <3

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on all your writing! That is truly a great lot of words!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I wrote 18.5k this month!

Wow! Well done!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, but it's no hardship for me, really. I greatly enjoy interacting with you folks, and it's good to see that some — like yourself — get so inspired.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Fantastic production this month! It's great to see you having a good time with the writing :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the inability to Net when I want, I have been noveling (really, IDEAING noveling — and ideaing is totally a word), which also seems to consist of coming across Old Stuff and being egged on by hubby to just Novel It already. So. Productive in a way. Less productive in other ways, lol!

*HUGS*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ideaing so is a word — and clearly work well done!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

A very good word indeed!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you! It has been a rough month for wording, but I've got ideaing down — and hopefully (soon) it leads to MUCH wording. :D

[elmey.livejournal.com]

You've got the brain engaged, everything else follows from that ! Novel away :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear — and thank you. :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I am so gad you ran it for us — I had four goals when we started -

1. beta the last 3 chapters of ellynn_ithilwens novel length tale of dwarves.
2. upload around a chapter a day of my existing works to AO3.
3. Write at least one chapter of the WIP.
4. write up at least 2 of the local history recordings for the project I volunteer for.

Achieved —
1. beta completed
2. I managed a daily chapter to AO3
3. I was on a roll — I managed THREE chapters!!
4. I did manage the 2. I must get on and do more, but the Olympics and the writing got in the way.

So I am really pleased — they were all realistic goals, but I am really proud of achieving them :)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

That is a great deal to accomplish! Good going!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Now to continue with the good work and get a few more chapters finished.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Wow! Great job!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Fabulous results. To have ambitious goals and to meet them is such an accomplishment!

Yeah, I got caught up in the Olympics too,

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

They were not too ambitious -but I was really glad to have achieved them :)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I did a terrible job this month. Started off pretty well, but after the first ten days or so just completely lost my ability to concentrate and frittered and fiddled and gave up in the end, I was absolutely uninspired, and have no real excuses.

I did spend the time I'd set aside to write reading, mostly non news related non-fiction and some poetry, so it wasn't a complete loss. But I really need to find a way to get back my writing mojo. I will try to get energized for November!

That said, I'm glad to see that some of us did what they wanted to do, it's nice to see others' accomplishments too :) As always thanks to wiseheart for managing pico so well for the rest of us.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You are welcome. I enjoy pico sessions enormously. Don't be sad about the not-writing; you've done other productive things instead, and some months are just like that.