Write Every Day, September Day #20

[auroracloud]

I'm baking some rolls again tonight, just put the second batch in the oven. The first batch is fresh and hot out of the oven, and I'm waiting for them to cool down so I can eat a few. Yay supper.

Today's Writing

I finished one of the short fics I've been writing (the one I hope to post in who_contest before the current challenge ends) and gave it an edit. I also managed secure a beta reader for it. I didn't remember to track word counts between finishing the first draft and then editing it (including cutting down about 150 words because it was too long for the challenge) but probably around 400 words altogether.


Tally


Day 1: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 2: alexseanchai, brightandravenous, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan,shopfront, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 3: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 4: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (12 so far)

Day 5: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 6: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 7: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 8: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 9: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 10: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 11: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (6 so far)

Day 12: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r,trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 13: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 14: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 15: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 16: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (7 so far)

Day 17: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (6 so far)

Day 18: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (7 so far)

Day 19: bic_hoc, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, shopfront sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (9 so far)

Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet! And you can join in any time.

Comments

[trobadora]

Still noodling around with the origfic idea! Notes and snippets, that's all, but it's fun.

(Still, some time soon I'm going to have to start to actually write more substantial things again ...)

[auroracloud]

I'm glad you're having fun with your origfic idea! And it's important to have time for notes and snippets and all, so my suggestion is don't stress too much about writing substantial things. Well, of course when deadlines start looming, then it's probably a good idea to worry about writing substantial things again.

[trobadora]

Yeah, that time is coming closer and closer ...

[auroracloud]

Um, yeah... *shifty glances towards Femslash Exchange assignment which hasn't been started and canon review is still ongoing*

[trobadora]

Yeeeeah, pretty much. *hides*

[auroracloud]

Let's find a big cave and make it cozy and hide there all year.

Of course, we'll need to check out it doesn't have any bears...

[trobadora]

Bears will come looking for us. They always do.

*sprays bear repellent everywhere*

[sylvanwitch]

Yay for finishing a project! :-)

I wrote 333 words on the new Loki/Thor story. I'm tired and my brain seems to be slowly deliquescing, so I'm calling it a night.

[auroracloud]

It's very satisfying to finish something, even a short one (it's at 550 exactly now, which is the upper limit for the contest).

Glad you got a decent bit of writing done on the new story even if you were tired. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Only 200 words because a) was in urgent care again and b) had to get the galley proofs of my Christmas story back to the publisher.

[auroracloud]

Sounds like a busy day, glad you were able to get some writing in anyway. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[carenejeans]

Yay, baking! 8-)

Today I did a lot of work on the nonfiction project, but just a few alibi sentences for fiction.

Yesterday was a mess and all I got done was an alibi sentence. Sorry for forgetting to comment!

[auroracloud]

I should bake more often. After rediscovering how much I enjoy baking rolls and eating them, I'm thinking I could try to take the challenge of learning to bake some other form of bread. Maybe in time I'll learn to make a loaf with a density less than a brick's!

That's all right, forgetting to check in happens to everyone sometimes - I'll put you down for both days.

[carenejeans]

Thanks!

I baked a loaf of bread today -- I'd started it when the rest of the day went off the rails, and so had to finish it -- and it helped make the day a little bit better. Baking bread is really therapeutic for me. I wasn't good at making non-brick loaves at first, but I really, really wanted to make ciabatta that was better than what the supermarket offered. So I kept at it even with the early (literal) clunkers. Once you've conquered ciabatta, anything else is a piece of cake. Er, so to speak. So then I went on to sourdough. 8-) I mean, you can start with simpler breads, but what's the fun of that? ;-) But anyway, I love to bake bread. Other things, too, but bread especially.

[bic_hok]

Rolls sound delicious!
A bit late to post, but I did write on the 20th!

[auroracloud]

They turned out quite good! Though I ran out of flour, so the texture wasn't quite perfect this time. I put oregano in the dough, it made for a really nice flavour. :-)

Yay for writing! And with us strewn across a whole variety of time zones, it varies a lot when people report their writing; you aren't late at all. :-)

[ysilme]

Glad to hear writing happened for you! :o)
Not a good day for me, energy-wise and emotionally, but I got some decent writing done, although most of it was nonfiction: nearly 1k for me.

[auroracloud]

Sorry you were having a bad day, and lots of sympathy. I'd send good vibes and energy if I had any, but as it is, I'm just sending good wishes and hope you've had a better day and more energy today. I'm glad you were still able to get a lot of writing done!

[tinx_r]

130 words or so and the pinch hit finished and posted!

[auroracloud]

Yay finishing and posting! That's always so satisfying. :-)