Just love your works so much. M&T and Manny are so great!! Will there be an update to either of them?
Hello! First off, thanks so much for these asks, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply. I’d been hoping that I’d be able to answer them with a ‘yep, all done with the next chapter!’ but alas this is not the case. I’ll do an update for both M&T and TSM down below. Not sure that anyone wants such detailed updates on these fics, but if anyone is interested, here you go. xx
Mint & Thistles
I’ve written about 1000 words of the next chapter. Claire and Jamie are finishing up their week by the lake and returning home to Glasgow, where Claire will be deciding if she wants to return to work at Jardin de James. I feel like there’s a few things I want to cover off in addition to this like ‘what happened at the flower show after Claire left?’ and ‘Jamie taking Claire to Lallybroch to properly meet Brian at last” For some reason though I can’t seem to write it without it feeling boring. It’s like now that the tension of Jamie’s marriage is gone, is it just dull paint-by-numbers events until the end of the story? Feeling pretty stuck with this one and the longer it takes the more I wonder if it’s worth even adding so much detail; should J&C just ride off into the sunset, happy to be together at last?
The Scottish Manny
About 1000 words done on the next chapter but honestly I feel like I might just scrap it all and start again. I’ve written myself into a corner here and have no idea how to get out. Jamie & Claire’s planned walk on the beach feels contrived and every attempt to write it just turns into a long winded conversation full of extraneous detail. I’ve outlined a 2nd arc for the story, but that’s not much good if J&C never even get together is it? I dunno, I’m feeling pretty down about the whole thing. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to write. I miss posting updates, I miss being able to write a chapter in a week, I miss being able to engage with you lovely readers about what’s happening in a story and not just listing excuses for not having written anything yet.
I’ll leave it there otherwise this will just be super long post about how I’m sad about not writing blah-blah-blah and there’s much bigger problems in the world than that. If you’ve read this through and are still interested in new chapters THANK YOU! Always happy to chat about the fics so if you have any thoughts/suggestions/ideas always happy to hear them. Take care xx