...no way to be ignored...

Aeryn B. 41 years old :: Australian :: Cis/she/they Librarian :: Writer :: Gamer :: Photographer Childfree :: Introvert / ISTJ :: Panromantic asexual Atheist :: Feminist :: Mentally ill :: #ActuallyAutistic Fanson :: Hunter :: Whovian Renthead :: Browncoat :: Echelon :: Farscaper :: Killjoy

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State Of The Author :: May 2026

Either the cold I caught a couple of weeks ago hit me harder than I thought it did, or my hyperfocus has wound down, because the writing has been a little harder than I'd like the last few days. But I got a lot of writing done this month.

Works In Progress:

Little Red Thread: made some major progress on this one. Finished chapters 9 through to 15 plus an interlude, and wrote 40,525 words -- am now up to 86,802 words. Which means that the word count for this story has surpassed Defying Gravity's, and it's not even halfway done yet. It's the most I've written in one month in a very long time.

Challenges:

Get Your Words Out: 130,786 words for the challenge, across Little Red Thread, Brothers In Arms and supplemental materials.

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State Of The Author :: April 2026

I'm still on a major roll with the writing, which has made for another very productive month. It's so nice to not have to fight my muse all time time.

Works in progress:

Little Red Thread: I've really hit my stride with this one. I've finished chapters 6, 7 and 8, and am around halfway done with chapter 9 -- another 18,933 words written, for a new total of 46,277. I'll hit 50K next chapter, which is when things will start going downhill for a little while. I'm seriously looking forward to writing my characters going through absolute hell. *evil grin*

Brothers In Arms: I hadn't even planned on writing this story up until a month ago. It's the prequel to Little Red Thread, and is set during the 15 months immediately prior to the beginning of that story. And it is seriously spoilery for Little Red Thread, so I'm not even going to share anything about it until I hit the part in Little Red Thread that it's most spoilery for. All I will say is that it fills in a fair amount of backstory. So far I have the prologue and the first two chapters done, and 12,110 words written.

Challenges:

Get Your Words Out 2026: I'm past my 75K goal, with 92,971 words written across Little Red Thread, Brothers In Arms, and supplemental materials for both stories.

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State Of The Author :: March 2026

This has been yet another productive month. I've found my writing rhythm again now that my Master's degree is well behind me, and my writing hyperfocus is in full gear lately (thank you AuDHD). I love it when that happens. :D

Works in progress:

Little Red Thread: I've made some major progress with this fic. Finished off chapters 4 and 5 (and started chapter 6) and wrote 12,418 words, for a new total of 27,344. Goal is 110K so I'm already a quarter of the way there. When you consider that I not only started this fic right in the middle of the final year of my Master's degree (I'm not even kidding -- I started writing it at the end of July last year), but that realistically speaking I've only really been working on it for five or so months, I'm doing pretty damn well on it. If I count the future scenes I've written and that I'll be editing and slotting in later (including the first sexually-explicit bit of writing I've ever done -- I had LOADS of fun with that), it's closer to 45,000 words. I'm pretty confident that I'll have it finished by the end of this year.

Challenges:

Get Your Words Out 2026: I'm now up to 53,049 words, or 70.73% of the way to my goal of 75K.

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State Of The Author :: February 2026

I have been seriously productive this month. This is even despite the fucking awful heat I've had to deal with -- the building my flat is in was built in the 1960s, is uninsulated and traps heat spectacularly well, and I don't have aircon. So I've been miserable as fuck and relying on two desk fans to keep myself cool while I'm on my laptop (plus my ancient box fan while I sleep). Hasn't stopped me writing though!

Works in progress:

Little Red Thread: chapters 2 AND 3 are done, and I've started on chapter 4. 7,624 new words written for an updated total of 14,926.

Challenges:

Get Your Words Out 2026: I'm not only counting what I write on Little Red Thread, I'm also counting all the supplemental materials for that story. Am now up to 23,637 words, or 32% done.

(Also regarding Little Red Thread, I did something I almost never do -- I've outlined the whole story from start to finish. I think it helps that I've already told myself the story, so I'm not going to get lost as I write. So not only do I know exactly what happens, but unless things change drastically I know how long it will be -- 27 chapters, two interludes and an epilogue, and a minimum of 110,000 words.)

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my favourite part of ao3 not having an algorithm is that i can click on any random fic, out of whatever curiosity (morbid or otherwise) i may have on a whim, knowing I won't spend the next three months having ''similar'' content constantly shoved in my face in a desperate attempt to keep me engaged while i stab the not interested button over and over with a growing rage bubbling beneath my skin

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State Of The Author :: January 2026

Between dealing with family (and the ridiculous restrictions placed on me by certain members of that family - put it this way, I HATE being forced to be quiet), spending the better part of 24 hours travelling home a couple of weeks ago and the heatwave I'm enduring at the moment (IT'S SO FUCKING HOT), I haven't been able to get as much writing done this month as I'd have liked. Especially considering the writing goal I'm working toward this year. Main thing though is that I did get some writing done.

Works in progress:

Little Red Thread: still working on chapter 2. Got another 1,687 words written - new total 7,302. Still really, really tempted to start posting it to AO3, but I just keep reminding myself that I'm holding it back for Very Good Reasons.

Writing challenges:

Get Your Words Out: this is what I'm hoping will kick my arse enough to get Little Red Thread finished. My goal for the challenge is 75,000 words - so far I'm just over 2% done, with 1,687 words.

[leilakalomi]

Think of your worst therapist. What did they do to earn that designation?

Frequently canceled sessions

Missed 1 or more sessions (without telling you)

Were frequently late

Multitasked during your session

Laughed when you told them about a traumatic/upsetting experience

Told you that you weren't trying hard enough when you were feeling desperate

More than one of the above

Something else (add in notes if comfortable)

I have never had anything like this happen; my therapists were all great

Voting ended onJan 7

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State Of The Author :: December 2025

I don't see myself getting any writing done today, so I'm posting this now. Am planning for next year to be a big year writing-wise, seeing as I can now dedicate the majority of my energy to writing rather than studying most of the year.

Works in progress:

Little Red Thread: this is the rewrite of Defying Gravity that I've been talking about since July. (I told you all it had a title.) Got another 1,078 words written for a new total of 5,625 words.

Plans for 2026: my primary goal for 2026 is to get the draft of Little Red Thread finished. The plan is to post it chapter-by-chapter throughout 2028, in celebration of Defying Gravity's 20th anniversary, and for that to happen it needs to be finished by the end of 2027. Finishing it by the end of 2026 will let me spend 2027 editing and refining it so that it's ready to be posted come January 2028. I need a minimum of 75,000 words to be able to consider it finished.

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[gusgoose69-deactivated20260127]

wow that really sounds

[ruinedchildhood]

[charliebrownsr]

[notfinancialadvice]

This is so fucking embarrassing. This is one of the most embarrassing business quips I have ever seen in my entire vile career.

[birdsareblooming]

coat bath

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

tag yourselves i'm the GREAT ROOM beside the GOURMET KITCHEN

[pocket-deer-belly]

i remade it in the sims 4

[mush-dooms]

I think weight loss ads should be illegal and im not kidding

[kragehund-est]

it actually is insane to me that it's a cultural norm for men to suck ass at getting their wives/gfs gifts. especially when they whine about how they have no idea what women like.

man, you're not getting a gift for Female Domestic Partner. you're getting a gift for Natalie, a person whom you have been married to for 7 years, whom has lived in the same home with you for a decade, whom speaks to you every day about her thoughts and interests, whom you presumably love, and whom you can directly or indirectly ask what she wants. it's not that you don't know what half the human population wants, that's irrelevant. you don't know what Natalie wants and that is inexcusable.

[depsidase]

[greelin]

“staffing issues” damn that’s crazy. How did you say you treat your staff again btw

[azuremist]

You might be in a reactionary queer exclusionist movement if...

(As penned by someone who lived through the peaks of tumblr ace, bi, and dysphoria discourse.)

You find yourself saying that XYZphobia either 1) doesn't exist, 2) is misdirected ABCphobia, or 3) isn't nearly as bad as ABCphobia, so it's not an issue, really.

You say everyone talking about XYZphobia is just ABCphobic, and/or is just repeating conservative rhetoric. (“Asexuals are all homophobic anti-sex prudes!” “People who think you don’t need dysphoria to be trans are transphobic!”)

One of your main issues include either the idea that XYZ people will confuse cishets, or that XYZ people are co-opting ABC spaces / resources (and are thus all inherently ABCphobes).

You find yourself giving them a stupid-sounding nickname to derogatorily refer to them with. (Think "asexies", "bihets", etc.)

You prop up XYZ people on your side of the discourse as "one of the good ones".

You make copypastas / jokes out of them expressing pain or trying to keep themselves safe. (Think like how 'the aphobe blocklist' became a meme.)

[starridge]

who are your parasocial enemies, like mine are andrew lloyd webber and butch hartman