Here's where I am currently at for fics
Zhuzhi-Lang/Shen Yuan AU is currently at 4k words. Probably halfway done. I had to delete the beginning part so it was less spoilery and come up with something new, but I am satisfied with what I have got now.
FMK Chapter 6 has a 3k outline I need to bring into coherency. The process of which should double if not triple the word count.
Morrigan's ghost is sitting pretty at 4k probably another couple thousand words till it's done give or take. Big dog lore, big angst.
The Jazz/Prowl oneshot is now currently 9k words. Also probably another couple thousand words till done.
Shen Yuan wrong god fic is now 2.8k words long. About halfway done. I pick at it in my free time which isn't much hahaha.
I have got 1.2k words done of an angsty AU where Tianlang Jun takes his nephew's body. Pretty damn brutal ngl. Angst always takes me forever to finish bc I have to be in a particular mood to write it.
Besides all of that, I got heaps of other little projects that'll probably never see the light of day.
Well, my planned novel hopefully will. I wrote about 3k of that today. All longhand, because I am crazy. But, unless I give up on getting paid I can't share that lmao.
I’m not very consistent with sharing these here as well, but oh well! Writing Update time!!
Last week was very productive (of course only when Nanowrimo was over already) and I wrote 11,662 words to add to my draft. I surpassed “The Hobbit” in length now, but I actually don’t think (and don’t hope) I’ll reach “The Fellowship of the Ring”. I’m more certain than ever that it’s the best idea to split this story into several books, and slowly but surely I’ll move away from calling this first one “The King of Ivendarea”. It was its title for so long and it’s going to be hard to adjust, but it was also just a working title all this time.
Over on my Patreon I’m sharing snippets of what I’ve written each week, so if you wanna support my writing and art and other creative projects, consider supporting me there!
As a little treat, a small exchange between two of my favourite characters below the cut:
"What on earth was that?" Ricnan asked after a brief moment of silence, but tried to keep his voice low as he slowly turned to Elornan.
Elornan took a bite from his bread and smiled at him slyly.
"When I got home yesterday I saw her standing by the mailbox, even more red in her face than now," he said, "I didn't say anything, she didn't mention it. But, oh well..."
"I... still don't quite understand I think. It's too early in the morning," Ricnan sighed.
Elornan laughed.
"Well, let's say it like this," he said, leaning in a little closer to Ricnan and lowering his voice ever so slightly, "Maybe she's not hungry because her stomach is too full of butterflies already."
That woke Ricnan up properly. He looked at the door, to where they could hear Neryssa rummaging in her bag in the next room over. Then he turned back to Elornan.
"You really think so? I mean... she never mentioned anyone special, she doesn't seem too fond of the majority of her classmates even..."
"I'm fairly sure," Elornan said, taking another bun, "You know, I had someone else sitting at my table here quite some time ago, similarly bad at hiding his thoughts and feelings. It's funny, you and Neryssa are not even related, but still alike in a lot of ways."
Now it was Ricnan's cheeks to flush pink.
"'Quite some time ago', I beg your pardon..." he mumbled with played offence.
"Aaages," Elornan continued to tease, "Actual Centuries... but time very well spent I'd say. Wouldn't have wanted to spend it with someone else, either."
Ricnan chuckled as he cut open another warm, soft piece of bread. In the hallway Neryssa scurried past the kitchen door yelling a quick "Bye!" with one foot out the front door already before slamming it shut.
Both Elornan and Ricnan couldn't help but laugh out loud now.
"Oh, to be young again, indeed," Ricnan mused but Elornan shrugged.
"Sure, some things are easier when you're young, but admittedly, most aren't," he said, "Not for me at least."
"So you don't mind me turning officially old tomorrow?"
"'Officially old'," Elornan snickered, "I'm still older than you."
"On paper, in numbers, yes," Ricnan said, somewhat more sober now, "But physically, one day I'm gonna catch up and surpass you."
"That is still far in the future," Elornan said, putting a hand on his arm, "and I prefer living in the here and now, not worrying about what might or might not happen someday."
Writing Update!! I forgot to post this earlier in the week, but yeh xD last week felt very productive, 11,044 words added to the draft, leaving the total at roughly 63091. Roughly, because I keep going back to previous chapters occasionally to look up character descriptions or timelines and then can’t help myself but edit a couple words or sentences when the muse strikes XD But yes, definite progress are these 11,044 words!
My Ivendarea story will become a series, as I figured in the previous update, so what I’m currently struggling with is redefining where this first part will come to an end. I’ve already determined that some characters that will be important later during the story will probably make no or only a minor appearance in this first part, to really focus on establishing the four main protagonists Adoven, Breella, Ricnan, and Neryssa!
In my very first attempt of writing this story ten years ago I had done something somewhat similar, where a big time skip happened at about 30% into the story. I think this will probably be roughly where I’m going to end this book, having the overall tale be a duology or trilogy. Just need to find a good cliffhanger for the ending here :3c
Last Week's wordcount summary/ update! I wrote 2393 words for, have 5302 in February total, and 37559 for the draft total.
Last week was very hard, writing-wise, on some days it was a true struggle to meet the 400 words goal, when previously I managed to write 1000 words with ease on some days. I think the problem is that I'm at the part of the story where I previously got stuck. Like, back when I first tried to write this book, many many years ago. I now where I want to end up, I know what's still about to happen, and the path is somewhat clear, but steep. Idk xD I hope this week will get easier again and I'll manage to build the bridges necessary to get over this writer's block.
