November 2021, Day 30

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Also known as St. Andrew's Day, at least over here... and our session is coming to an end.

So, ladies and gents, let's share and tell each other what this November pico was like for each and every one of us!

See you all (hopefully) in March. May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I had an ambivalent month, myself. While the original plan of making considerable headway with the "Pathways" timeline didn't go up, I actually managed to write four of the requested six Christmas gift fics. I hope I'll manage the last two before Christmas. *fingers crossed*

I intend to post them all in one batch, so I'd like to ask the four recipients who already have theirs written to bear with me a little longer.🤗

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Four of six is definitely good. You can definitely do the two more!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Four out of sic is excellent! Better than I managed with my, errr, one.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I think that is definitely a win!

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

You got this! I love writing gift fics, it's so fun to shape my writing around someone else's interests that align. Great job this month! <3

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

That's a great accomplishment, on top of being here every day to cheer everyone on, plus the holiday baking projects!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

The gift fics are a major accomplishment! and you certainly encouraged the rest of us every day as well. And all that wonderful baking, you get a lot more done than you give yourself credit for.

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Oi, St Andrew's Day is ours :D

Tonight I've mostly been finally posting some stuff that has been kicking around since I fell out with wordpress last year, and pretending it's been there all along - I don't think I've actually got to 100 words yet, but it's nice to get rid of some of the drafts. (The captions still aren't working properly - fine in the draft, peculiar in the post - but I'll ignore that for the moment.)

I haven't done nearly what I meant to, but I have written about one book, and done that, and written possibly my first walk report this year, so it's all something.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Something is much better than nothing. *nods*

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Exactly, if we can look back and say "we did these that otherwise wouldn't have gotten done..."

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a win to me. (I was out for a slightly early St Andrew's Day lunch on Sunday with some of my fellow members of St Andrew's Church.)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Posting the stuff that's been kicking around is a good accomplishment! Clearing the way for the new writing!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Small steps are better than no steps at all.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

We seldom manage to do all we mean to :) But you've been working on your posts and putting the words down and it's all a step forward. So kudos!

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Day 30: I worked for an hour on my Christmas story. 200 new words. I'm still fiddling with the plot, but I'm sure I'll get things to my liking in the days to come.

Many thanks to our fearless leader wiseheart, for driving the Pico bus once again!!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Great!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good way to end the month :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Well done you!

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

Happy holidays!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome. It was nice to be with you folks again.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

The patron saint of my church. :)
I haven't had much time to work on my essay, which I would have liked to post by the end of the week. Oh well. Still doing patient charts, comments, etc. :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Study deadlines are such fun.... not.

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

718 words today. I didn't quite get my exchange fic done by today like I thought, but my extension gives me until tomorrow, and I'm on the last scene, so it will be done in time!

Thank you all for being so supportive throughout the month. I had a rough start, and definitely a couple of days where I had to force myself to do my ten minutes, but on the flip side I had some wild, productive days to make up for them. It's always nice to have somewhere to report in, so thank you for that. Hope that November treated you all well, and see you in March! <3

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

All in all, you've done very well, congrats!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Sorry I am late, I had visitors.

I've looked at and done some brushing up on the couple of large, and quite a few tiny freewritten, things I did this month. And I had to answer the question for my course on what I think I'm learning... which was hard and took rather more serious thought than I'm used to.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Well one — and those sort of questions are sneaky!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I didn't manage to finish the second chapter that I had planned — but during the month I did write part 2 of Conversations with Dead People, and am quite a long way through the chapter of Transmitting. Yesterday was so hectic I got nothing written at all — but it was actually a major success because I suddenly realised what the answer was to something that has been a puzzle/problem to me for a long time, and today I have time put aside to write it into the story :)

For anyone interested in Tolkien related things, I have been puzzled about what to do about Oropher — if he leaves Mandos does he again become the King of the Silvan-Sindar kingdom, and where would that leave Thranduil? And now I have a solution which actually fits into the place where I am!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'd like to see your solution. Most writers seem to forget about Oropher completely.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

A bit late to the course, out all day with doctors appointment (standard check in) and various other meh obligations.

I managed an acceptable amount of work this November. My story is taking shape, I managed to figure out where I'm going with it and what seems to be a suitable format to get there. I worked in a small segment that's tied in to the holidays, it was the least I could do since it is definitely not h/c :D :D
What can I say. It is however plenty emotional.

As always, pico gave me a way to focus on writing that's been hard to come by on my own over the past couple of years. As always, I will try to keep it up (hah) until we meet the next time, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in March.

And thanks wiseheart for keeping the pico tradition alive for us :)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

This pico you really did get a lot done. I am happy for you to be so far along with your story! Can't wait to read a new fic from you. Good luck with it!