This might actually be an all-time low... nice to be setting personal records! :/

Weekly Word Count (3/1-3/7) = 61

• brobonebang round 3: went through beta edits and posted. You can read it here.!

Next Week's Goals

• Amnesia!Fic: start next scene.


• S15!Fic: I'd love to settle on an idea this week, and ideally outline.

I was so close to breaking 2k!

Weekly Word Count (2/15-2/21) =  1,949

• Amnesia!Fic: finished the first scene

Next Week's Goals

• Amnesia!Fic: finish scene!


• S15!Fic: I'd love to settle on an idea this week


• brobonebang round 3: go through beta edits and post!

I mean, at least I broke 1k? I wasn't surprised this was a low week, since I was editing + starting a new fic which is a bit slow. Plus, I continue to have very limited time/mental capacity for writing, which is very annoying, as is, I'm sure, my continued complaining about it. Alas.

Weekly Word Count (2/15-2/21) =  1,090

• brobonebang round 3: went through initial edits and sent to beta!


• Amnesia!Fic: maybe write a scene?

Next Week's Goals

• Amnesia!Fic: finish scene!


• S15!Fic: I'd love to settle on an idea this week


• brobonebang round 3: go through edits if I get it back from beta.

Same old. But at least I finished a thing?

Weekly Word Count (2/8-2/14) =  1,255

• brobonebang round 3: finished first draft!


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: went through final edits & posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Amnesia!Fic: maybe write a scene?


• brobonebang round 3: go through initial edits and send to beta.

Y'all this only able to write on weekend thing is such a drag! Especially because I've got basically 1k max in me per day right now....

Weekly Word Count (2/1-2/7) =  1,445

• brobonebang round 3: continued drafting second scene.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: went through final edits and prepped for posting.

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: post!


• Amnesia!Fic: maybe write a scene?


• brobonebang round 3: continuing drafting--I'd love to finish it this week if possible!

Continuing to chug along! And I even wrote on two non-weekend days this week, so go me? Though I also am posting this a day late, so who even knows anymore.

Weekly Word Count (1/18-1/24) =  2,147

• S13 Sequel!Fic: went through initial edits.


• Amnesia!Fic: outlined most of the fic!


• brobonebang round 3: wrote first scene.


• SPN Gift Exchange: went through final edits & posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: go through edits if I get it back from brit-picker.


• Amnesia!Fic: maybe write a scene?


• brobonebang round 3: continuing drafting--I'd love to finish it this week if possible!

One day maybe I'll write during the weekdays again, but for now, this seems to be working for me, even if it's slower than I used to be.

Weekly Word Count (1/11-1/17) =  1,934

• S13 Sequel!Fic: finished draft!


• wincestbigbang: went through second round of edits.


• January smpc: went through final edits & posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: go through edits if I get it back from brit-picker.


• Drarry Long!Fic: look at draft. maybe start reading through what I've got.


• S13 Sequel!Fic: go through initial edits.


• brobonebang round 3: start first draft.


• SPN Gift Exchange: do final read-through and prep for posting!

Once again, not as many words as I'd have liked, but they all came from 2 days of writing. I think I may have to come to terms with the fact that my work and life situation has evolved such that I'm now primarily a weekend writer. I'm at my most creatively productive in the mornings, and with a job that actually requires me to work during business hours, it's become difficult for me to get words down during the week. I'm going to try experimenting with structured evening writing sessions to see if that helps, but if not, I think I'll just need to adjust my expectations!

Weekly Word Count (12/28-1/3) =  1,346

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: sent to brit-picker.


• S13 Sequel!Fic: continued drafting.

Next Week's Goals

• January smpc: went through beta edits & prepped for posting!


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: go through edits if I get it back from brit-picker.


• Drarry Long!Fic: look at draft. maybe start reading through what I've got.


• S13 Sequel!Fic: finish draft.


• brobonebang round 3: start first draft.


• January smpc: go through final edits & post!

Not a ton of words, but considering these basically all happened in January, I'm happy with the trend! So far I've written every day in 2023 and I'm keen to maintain the trend if I can!

Weekly Word Count (12/28-1/3) =  1,215

• brobonebang round 3: claimed prompt & outlined


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: went through beta edits.


• S13 Sequel!Fic: outlined & wrote first scene + part of the second scene. this was super unplanned, but I had somebody mention they'd love a sequel for my s13 fic right when I was doing my rewatch of the season and a spark caught!


• SPN Gift Exchange: finished draft, went through beta edits, and submitted!


• January smpc: went through beta edits & prepped for posting!

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: send to brit-picker.


• Drarry Long!Fic: look at draft. maybe start reading through what I've got.


• S13 Sequel!Fic: finish draft.
• brobonebang round 3: start first draft.

2022 Writing Wrap-Up

This has been my worst writing year in terms of overall word count since I started writing. To give some context, it's about 60k lower than my next lowest WC year, which was 151k in 2020. Which in turn was about 40-50k below the average of all of my other writing years, which have been 190k+. I know for a lot of people, 90k words in a year may still seem like quite a lot, but as you can see, I'm used to writing more, and I've felt that difference in terms of my output. Like a lot of people, this has been a really rough year, almost especially because nothing terrible has happened at all. But mentally I have been seriously depleted, which has understandably taken a toll on my creative energy. I'd really love to try and regain some of that in the new year, but we'll see how it goes.

Total fics posted in 2022: 22

2022 Total Word Count Goal: 93,865 / 150,000

2022 Total Writing Days Goal: 202 / 220 

2022 Fest Participation: spnkinkbingo,brobonebang, hd-wireless, hpdarkarts My Bloody Valentine fest, hp-nextgen-fest, bbtp_challenge, spnmasquerade, smpc, & spn_j2_bigbang.

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Not terrible! I was hoping for better, but the muse continues to be fickle, and with RL busyness + lots of modly stuff for Erised, I just haven't had enough time or spoons. But we soldier on!

Weekly Word Count (11/2-11/8) =  2,409

• brobonebang : finished draft, sent to & got back from beta, finished edits, and posted! You can read it here.


• Drarry Long!Fic: continued writing scene.


• November smpc: sent to & got back from beta, did final read-through, and prepped for posting.

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish writing current scene.


• November smpc: post!

Another slow week, shocker. IDK friends. We're just out here living one day at a time, hoping the urge to write strikes.

Weekly Word Count (10/19-10/25) = 1,259

• Medusa!Curse: started drafting.


• spnmasquerade: did final read-through, and posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Medusa!Curse: finish draft.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish writing current scene.

LOL, this looks like I did a ton! And I definitely did bounce around between a bunch of different fics, but a lot of that was editing/tweaking, and not particularly word-heavy, plus this is for two weeks as I missed last week. Still, I think maybe I'm slightly moving past my funk? Maybe?

Weekly Word Count (10/5-10/18) =  4,197

• Wincest Does New Mexico: did final read-through, and posted! You can read it here.


• Wincest Skinny Dipping: sent to & got back from beta & went through beta edits.


• Soulless!Sam Plane!Sex: made some light edits.


• Wincest & Sex Toys: went through initial edits.


• Wincest Comeplay: outlined and wrote first draft, went through initial edits, and sent to beta.


• Medusa!Curse: partially outline.


• Samulet Journey: read through and edited first five scenes.


• spnmasquerade: drafted fic.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest Skinny Dipping: post.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Medusa!Curse: finish outline and start drafting.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish writing current scene.


• spnmasquerade: find & send to beta.

Same, same. Sloooooowly eeking out words, but I'm just not super in the mood to write? Or rather, I *am* in the mood to write, but I just don't know what. It's like when you're hungry but nothing sounds good? Very frustrating, LOL.

Weekly Word Count (9/28-10/4) = 1,076

• Drarry Long!Fic: edited a scene and began the next.


• October smpc: went through beta edits, did final read-through, and posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• Wincest Does New Mexico: do final read-through and post!


• spnmasquerade: look through comment kink meme and maybe write something?


• Samulet Journey: read through fic, edit, and determine direction of final scene.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish writing current scene.

Not amazing, but not terrible considering I only wrote two days last week. Honestly, I just really needed the recovery time, and I'm not feeling super wordy at the moment...

Weekly Word Count (9/21-9/27) = 1,357

• Samulet Journey: wrote a scene.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finished current scene.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• October smpc: go through beta edits.


• Samulet Journey: write a scene.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Drarry Long!Fic: edit and finish writing current chapter.

Very much not a surprise. I had an absolutely bananas week IRL, and only managed one day of writing, which was really just edits on a very short ficlet. Hoping to get some writing done this week now that I'm home, though TBH, I'm still exhausted and recovering, LOL.

Weekly Word Count (9/14-9/20) = 133

• CainDean: went through initial edits.


• A Relationship Unravels: went through final read-through and posted! You can read it here.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish current scene.

Not bad considering this last week was sort of the eye of the storm in terms of calm patches. This next week promises to be SUPER busy IRL, so I'm not sure if I'll manage to get any writing done, but fingers crossed!

Weekly Word Count (9/7-9/13) = 2,067

• Drarry Long!Fic: read through and edited a chapter, started writing next scene.


• CainDean: drafted.


• Wincest & Puppy Play: went through initial edits.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• CainDean: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish current scene.

Not bad, considering I've spent half the past week traveling and spending time with my family, and have not had a moment to myself to write in days! I'm actually flying home today, and then I have four days before I'm flying again, this time for a week-long trip, where I suspect I'll also get no words down. So fingers crossed I'm able to fit things into those few in-between days!

Weekly Word Count (8/31-9/6) = 1,572

• bbtp: went through final read-through and posted! You can read it here.


• Drarry Long!Fic: read through and edited the last few chapters I wrote the last time I picked this up, including finishing a partially written scene.


• Wincest Does New Mexico: went through beta edits.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Wincest & Puppy Play: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Long!Fic: finish read-through and editing/finishing scenes in my previously finished chapters.

Hiiiii! Long time no update! That's because this month has been INSANELY busy, and I've hardly gotten any writing done, which has been frustrating. The amount of words I've managed in the past twenty days is, frankly, a bit embarrassing, but such is life.

Weekly Word Count (8/10-8/30) = 1,190

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: finished initial edits.


• bbtp: sent to & got back from beta. Went through edits, did final read-through, and prepped for posting!


• Soulless!Sam Plane!Sex: made some edits.


• A Relationship Unravels: sent to & got back from beta & brit-picker, and went through edits!


• Wincest Does New Mexico: sent to beta.


• Samulet Journey: wrote a scene.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: find a beta.


• Wincest & Puppy Play: go through initial edits.


• Wincest Does New Mexico: go through beta edits

I'll take it! Another week breaking 2k! Could have been better, but this week was insane, and the next two weeks are only getting more busy. I've got a bachelorette party that will essentially take up my entire next writing week + final harrydracobang submissions are due, so let's see if I get any writing done at all, shall we?

Weekly Word Count (8/3-8/9) = 2,088

• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: started initial edits.


• Wincest & Puppy Play: finished rough draft!


• Wincest Sex Pollen:did final read-through, and posted! You can read it here!

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest & Sex Toys: go through initial edits.


• Drarry Gift!Fic Sequel: finish initial edits & find a beta.


• Wincest & Puppy Play: go through initial edits.