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Remember the three insane writing commitments I made a few months back? Here's where they stand now:

Fest	Word Min	Due date(s)	Status	Word Count
who_reversebang	3000	Dec 6 check-in Dec 19 posting starts	Complete and ready to post 12/23	9400
bowtiesnblasters	500	Dec 20	Submitted	6700
tw_classic_bb	7500 mini 15000 big	Jan 10 draft Feb 1 posting starts	In Progress	2700

W00t!

who_reversebang has been posting since Monday, and there's some great stuff over there. I highly recommend checking it out.

Next bit of homework, then, is to rewatch some Torchwood S2 to make sure I'm clear on timelines, then that one can get rolling a bit more. And I may just try to write a stocking stuffer or two for

fandom_stocking in between for a bit of a breather.

Which reminds me, if you have a stocking hanging over at

fandom_stocking, please link me? I make no promises about how many stocking stuffers I'll manage to write, but I would like to try to do a few more this year.

Current Mood: accomplished

So, trying to crank out more

who_reversebang fic and decided to try an online tarot spread. (I'm not at home with my own decks.) Of all the decks offered at http://www.facade.com/tarot , Tarot of the Cat People seemed the most appropriate for a Doctor Who related query.

Spread wasn't terribly helpful, more of a "well duh, I knew that" which is cool but, again, not helpful. Amusing, though, was seeing the Queen of Swords and Queen of Cups show up. That ... fits quite well indeed.

/cryptic

Current Mood: busy

I have yet to write a single word of fiction today, and I didn't succeed in my goal of finishing my M & H fic for

bowtiesnblasters, but I did meet the

5_for_five goal and got a cool sticker for it:

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I think I can tie the fic off with a scene or two, though, and have the rough draft done before Wednesday's art-prompt-claiming frenzy at

who_reversebang. Then it'll be editing that one and getting it beta'ed whilst working on the others. It's good to be writing again.

For those of you who write, how has your week been? I've seen a few NaNo tickers floating around and am cheering from the sidelines.

Current Mood: accomplished

I didn't make the

5_for_five goal this week, more like 5 for four, but that's still 2000+ words written! All of that was on my

tw_classic_bb and prior to getting my

bowtiesnblasters prompt for Mistletoe & Hallucinogens.

This week's goal is to get M & H fic done, as that's the shortest (or at least shortest word requirement) of the lot. At least a draft, maybe even beta-ed. Definitely hoping to submit it prior to Nov 16, the prompt-claim date for

who_reversebang. If I can also manage another couple thousand words on the

tw_classic_bb before picking up that other prompt, so much the better, but small steps.

Current Mood: accomplished

How is everyone doing? I'm sorry I've been crap at keeping up with LJ. Work continues to kick my ass. I'm in my 3rd week covering for the regular evening supervisor's vacation, which is moderately insane (how am I supervising nurses with 20+ years experience???), and am finally getting a bit less panicky about it all. Hence the reading the flist more and attempting to get back into the swing of things.

So, of course, I went on a writing sign-up binge. I haven't written since the summer, to go by my

5_for_five tracking spreadsheet, and sadly that sounds about right. Mostly I've about had the energy for mindless games when online or passively reading.

I didn't get my act sufficiently together for

tw_bigbang, but I've modified the idea and run with it for

tw_classic_bb. ETA: before anyone else has a minor coronary reading that before they see the banner below, TW=Torchwood, not Twilight. You know, that other batshit big-T fandom. :-D That seems to be taking off better, though I'm hanging onto the 3k or so I got done of the original to play with another time maybe. One of the nice things about

tw_classic_bb is you have the option of a "mini-bang" of 7500 words, which is where I'm aiming for starters. If the characters get chatty, well, then maybe it'll go big.

Also signed up for the

who_reversebang and Mistletoe and Hallucinogens at

bowtiesnblasters. Yes, the deadlines are sufficiently staggered to be sane. Ish.

Fest	Word Min	Due date(s)
who_reversebang	3000	Dec 6 check-in Dec 19 posting starts
bowtiesnblasters	500	Dec 20
tw_classic_bb	7500 mini 15000 big	Jan 10 draft Feb 1 posting starts

Okay, the first two are on top of each other, but if I can't crank out 500+ words of Doctor/River before I even get to claim the art prompt for the other? Something is very wrong. What'll kill me is if either of the smallish fics blows up. Not that my fics ever do that. *eyeroll* At least I'm already on a roll writing the one that's due last, so it should be in good shape even though it'll get set aside when I get my prompts for the first two.

Erm, anyone got a TARDIS I can borrow? Vortex manipulator? Time-turner?

In case I've not yet tempted you to join in the two that are still taking sign-ups, here are their shiny banners: