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Mid-Week Status Update
Jan. 2nd, 2019 08:06 pmSundays are supposed to be the status update days, but I was travelling, and I keep checking my goals tag for my To-Do list only to realize it hasn't been officially updated, so I wanted to do a quick status update to my last goals post.
WRITING
1. Learning Curve | due mid January 2019
I had some writer's block yesterday, but I talked my way through it with my patient hubby. Currently at 7,481 words (which means I actually wrote about 800 words yesterday--more than I thought!).
2. At the Confluence of History and Hope: Visual Aids (tumblr post) | due ... soon
I did make a post on tumblr for this (with a panoramic picture of the Bosphorus), but I wanted to add more visual aids for the food and places. I've worked on this, I was trying to make a photoset, but I keep waffling on how I want to present this. My original thought was 3 posts, with 4 pics each and a corresponding excerpt, but I didn't like how that was going, so I started experimenting with a collage maker to make a larger photoset, and, well, the problem is that I'm totally overthinking things! Shocker. Anyways, I'm open to advice, in the mean time, I'm gonna continue overthinking.
3. How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days | due... well, it'd be nice to post chapter 2 before the anniversary of chapter 1..... yikes!
I simultaneously dread picking this up again (because I do recall how much I was struggling with chapter 2 when I effectively abandoned it to work on Learning Curve) and look forward to finishing it. I've had this idea in my head since the rom-com challenge was announced in, like, June 2017? But the ideas have always been vague and more of scenes than actual plot (not to mention it's heavily mission-oriented and that! that is a challenge for me!)
4. You've Got Mail In-Canon Universe AU
I think about this constantly, I can't wait to start working on it! :X
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FANDOM
1. Reread and comment on all the fic in the rebelcaptain food travel AU | due Sunday,December 21 January 6
Weellll, clearly I missed THAT deadline. Blame the holidays. Anyways, I just finished 6 out of 9. 3 to go!
2. Post Fan Work Recommendations | due Sunday, January 6
Oh yes, I've been working on this and I'm excited. (That probably makes it sound more exciting than it is.) Anyways, I've drafted two posts (the first post and the template) and started a running list of titles, and I am super excited to say that this WILL start on Sunday and (hopefully) run every two weeks.
3. Respond to comments | due January 6 bc I am a cruel task master to myself
I realized the other day that I have quite a few comments in my inbox, many of which are ... probably for that first chapter of How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days. super yikes. I usually try to respond when I post the next chapter... it's a strategy, what can i say? i mean, it's also partly 'well if i have free time i should be writing the next chapter,' but yeah. i also think part of me just doesn't like seeing "inbox (0)" -- anyways that certainly failed here. i just need to buckle down and respond.
4. Finish draft of fandom engagement post | due end of January 2019
I've been collected and building on some random thoughts on this but haven't drafted anything lengthy yet. It is all in my head though, I just have to spend the time writing it.
Alright, no more time procrastinating! Time to write!
WRITING
1. Learning Curve | due mid January 2019
I had some writer's block yesterday, but I talked my way through it with my patient hubby. Currently at 7,481 words (which means I actually wrote about 800 words yesterday--more than I thought!).
2. At the Confluence of History and Hope: Visual Aids (tumblr post) | due ... soon
I did make a post on tumblr for this (with a panoramic picture of the Bosphorus), but I wanted to add more visual aids for the food and places. I've worked on this, I was trying to make a photoset, but I keep waffling on how I want to present this. My original thought was 3 posts, with 4 pics each and a corresponding excerpt, but I didn't like how that was going, so I started experimenting with a collage maker to make a larger photoset, and, well, the problem is that I'm totally overthinking things! Shocker. Anyways, I'm open to advice, in the mean time, I'm gonna continue overthinking.
3. How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days | due... well, it'd be nice to post chapter 2 before the anniversary of chapter 1..... yikes!
I simultaneously dread picking this up again (because I do recall how much I was struggling with chapter 2 when I effectively abandoned it to work on Learning Curve) and look forward to finishing it. I've had this idea in my head since the rom-com challenge was announced in, like, June 2017? But the ideas have always been vague and more of scenes than actual plot (not to mention it's heavily mission-oriented and that! that is a challenge for me!)
4. You've Got Mail In-Canon Universe AU
I think about this constantly, I can't wait to start working on it! :X
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FANDOM
1. Reread and comment on all the fic in the rebelcaptain food travel AU | due Sunday,
Weellll, clearly I missed THAT deadline. Blame the holidays. Anyways, I just finished 6 out of 9. 3 to go!
2. Post Fan Work Recommendations | due Sunday, January 6
Oh yes, I've been working on this and I'm excited. (That probably makes it sound more exciting than it is.) Anyways, I've drafted two posts (the first post and the template) and started a running list of titles, and I am super excited to say that this WILL start on Sunday and (hopefully) run every two weeks.
3. Respond to comments | due January 6 bc I am a cruel task master to myself
I realized the other day that I have quite a few comments in my inbox, many of which are ... probably for that first chapter of How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days. super yikes. I usually try to respond when I post the next chapter... it's a strategy, what can i say? i mean, it's also partly 'well if i have free time i should be writing the next chapter,' but yeah. i also think part of me just doesn't like seeing "inbox (0)" -- anyways that certainly failed here. i just need to buckle down and respond.
4. Finish draft of fandom engagement post | due end of January 2019
I've been collected and building on some random thoughts on this but haven't drafted anything lengthy yet. It is all in my head though, I just have to spend the time writing it.
Alright, no more time procrastinating! Time to write!
