Write Every Day, September Day #27

[auroracloud]

I made chocolate chip cookies today! Very rich, and very delicious - not only were there (dark) chocolate chips, but also lots of cocoa powder in the dough. I've been quite the chocolate glutton lately, and I figured I'd save some money by using up the baking chocolate and other dark chocolate remains I hadn't yet eaten and make cookies, since I had all the ingredients, and was turning on the oven for potato wedges anyway. That should take care of my chocolate needs for a while! They were almost completely vegan, too, except I noticed my other dark chocolate remains include milk fats for some reason, so they're not quite vegan. I'm technically omnivorous, but I try to eat vegetarian and vegan most of the time, so I'm always happy to learn new vegan/vegetarian recipes. I'd link to the recipe, but it's in Finnish, so it wouldn't be any use to the rest of you!

This is even sort of relevant to writing, as I often enjoy eating sweet things while writing, or to bribe myself to write with them. I've partly gotten out of the habit, fortunately, because I can't constantly be renewing all of my wardrobe due to not fitting into my old clothes. But I'm sure these cookies will help to stimulate my writing in the days to come...

Today's Writing

I wrote a couple of poems, which I hadn't done in a long while. The music I was listening to inspired me to, somehow. Then I brainstormed on the novel for a few pages again. I'm really enjoying it.

And there was more canon review for Femslash Exchange, though that basically just means relaxing with the media and paying attention to plotbunnies.


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_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (9 so far)

Day 20: bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme; and me. (8 so far)

Day 21: bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (7 so far)



Day 22: alexseanchai, bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 23: alexseanchai, bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 24: bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (7 so far)

Day 25: bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (7 so far)

Day 26: bic_hok, carenejeans, cornerofmadness,sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (7 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]

Alibi sentence. I put on the first episode of Miss Sherlock, and now I'm at episode 6 and I didn't mean to, but my evening is gone ...

[auroracloud]

Oops, hee. Getting a new fandom?

[trobadora]

No, unfortunately - I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would. It was fun to watch, but nothing special, and it didn't hit me in a fannish way at all.

[auroracloud]

Aww, that's too bad - well, at least now you know. :-) I could never watch that much of something in a row if I wasn't super excited about it, but I always forget most people don't have as low limits on audiovisual media intake as I do. Makes sense that all my non-Whovian fandoms are books...

[trobadora]

Watching TV that I'm emotionally engaged in takes a ridiculous amount of energy out of me, so I don't do it until something REALLY hits that spot. But something that's fun but doesn't actually get to me will cost me a lot less energy. (Not that I can tell in advance which it'll be, with something new ...)

Either way, books are so much easier! Glad I'm not alone with that. :)

[sylvanwitch]

Your cookies sound marvelous! MMMM! Enjoy those! And may their sweetness be matched by the flow of sweet words for you. :-)

I wrote 534 words on the Loki/Thor story, and it made me feel a little better, a little more in control of a world that felt particularly chaotic and brutal today. (American politics. Oy.)

[auroracloud]

Yes, they're definitely yummy. I don't usually bake sweet things because I'm the only one eating them unless a friend is coming over; but I've been wanting to bake cookies for a while. And this recipe is definitely a keeper. :-D

Glad your writing the story you enjoy so much made you feel better in a chaotic world. I've avoided news lately so that they won't get me down even more, so I don't know exactly what's going on, but I hope things improve... Of course, we've all been hoping for that for quite some time. Still, best wishes for you and anyone upset by whatever is going on, and may our stories help protect us.

[cornerofmadness]

Yay for chocolate

I spent my writing time at our writers group meeting and formatting the solarpunk. Tomorrow I send it in to the editor, crosses fingers

[auroracloud]

Good luck with the solarpunk story, hope it goes down well with the editor! And a writing group sounds like a good thing to have. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks. And yes they are.

[carenejeans]

Cookies and poetry and brainstorming hooray! 8-)

My plan is still working. I didn't write as much today, but went over my minimum by 21 words, continuing on yesterday's chapter-ish bit.

[auroracloud]

Yes, those are good things. :-)

Yay for your plan working!

[ysilme]

It sounds you had a good writing day yesterday! And yay for baking and cooking with leftovers, and filling up sweet teeth well with it, too! ;o) I often have sweet cravings I can't fill because I can't eat the items any longer, and while there are now all kind of recipes to recreate them, it's often quite a hassle and I rarely have the energy to do so. Sadly, as a consequence, I tend to eat more than I really want of some sweet that's not really filling the crave of the moment. For me, it's mostly sweet-with-salty, and one quick and well-working replacement is pumpernickel bread with crunchy peanut butter, a pinch of additional salt, and a slice of Danish dark "bread" chocolate. (I have no idea how to call this in English, but perhaps you know it? Galle & Jessen Mørk pålaegschokolade. It's one of the few dark chocolates I tolerate, because I don't really like the dark one, but as I can't have dairy and also don't like the vegan variants...). Then, the other day, I also found a quick recipe for a quick, non-baking muesli bar I even could do with what I had at home, although I also substiuted some things to take care of leftover baking stuff. They're totally delicious, not overly sweet, were really easy and quick and - most importantly - totally fill my cravings with just one or one and a half of them, while providing me with some nutrients at the same time. Total win! The only downside is that they disintegrate uncooled, so have to be kept in the fridge and eaten right away. But that motivated me also to do bake my own varieties - with more peanuts than usual and a dash of salt ^^ - which can be kept at room temperature.
In the meantime, I've been painting a lot and writing not much, but still every day, and posted the drabbles I'd written the other day (totally forgot at first because of all the fresh air and standing on a ladder... *g* ). 250 words on the 24th, 386 on the 25th - on both days also for the big WIP -, 261 on the 26th and 117 yesterday. I've also begun to think about what to write for NaNo... I'll definitely be doing it again, just don't know yet if rebelling again and continue working on the WIP, or doing something new. I want both, and am of a mind to try both, too...

[auroracloud]

Aww, that's too bad that you often can't eat the things you want.

and a slice of Danish dark "bread" chocolate. (I have no idea how to call this in English, but perhaps you know it? Galle & Jessen Mørk pålaegschokolade.

I'm afraid I don't know that - maybe it's a Danish alone thing. Or just a Scandinavian thing that Finns don't have. Glad you were able to find a new quick recipe that works for you and even has some nutrients. :-)

Thanks for checking in about your writing during the past days! Glad you've been able to keep it up despite the painting work, and congrats for managing to post the drabbles. Good luck with figuring out what to do for NaNo!