-Yet the Sea is Not Full-

New words this week : 3,591 words which brings my October wordcount goal to 5,407 / 50,000, and finally! A respectable wordcount!!

WIPs worked on this week : 2, with no new WIPs (yay!)

Brain stuff has been bad this week and I feel like I've been teetering on the edge of a panic attack all day, so I've actually be prioritizing making sure I get some writing time because at this point that outlet is all that's holding me together.

The Old Guard

☆ soup au : 2,846 words which brings the total to 14,011 words and I think that saying I'd finish under the wordcount I'd predicted may have been a little optimistic, considering I cleared that. But it should finish comfortably under 20k which will still be a success in my book.

☆ horrorguard : 745 words which brings the total to 8,447 words and we had one deliciously overcast day and the urge to write on this one came roaring back. I am hoping that once the properly grey days of winter arrive (by which point I will hopefully have soup au finished!) I'll dig into it and get it wrapped up pretty quick. (At least, I can dream that's how it'll work out...)

2026 GOALS

2026 Total Wordcount Goal : 189,439 / 150,000

2026 Total Writing Days : 214 / 365


OCTOBER
I had kind of a hard time getting back into the routine of writing, but I think I'm finally getting there! So, not the best month, but it is what it is. I also did a full reread of food truck au, which took up about a week, and then editing/rewriting The Water's Always Greener took up about another week.

October Wrap-Up : I finished the month with 7,686 words which, hey, is better than last month. A total of 4 WIPs got words, with all words going into 4 Old Guard fics with none of those being new WIPs. I did not make my goal of 20k.

October Fic : The Water's Always Greener

NOVEMBER
A few roadbumps this month coming up, we're already into flu and cold season and I'm currently down with a bug, I have some medical appointments that are going to take out some of my writing time, a visit from my mother-in-law, and then Thanksgiving.

November Wordcount Goal : 50k which is absolutely not going to happen but you know what? Fuck it. We're going for it anyhow. I desperately want to finish food truck au.

November Fics to Focus On

☆ soup au : and it's coming together! It's staying short! I have high hopes of finishing this sucker before AO3 comes back up. Estimated wordcount, 18k.

☆ food truck au : and it's been haunting me again. I really want to get into that sweet, sweet downhill momentum of racing to the finish line on it. If I can hit that stride, I think I can get close to my wordcount goal. Crossing my fingers! Estimated wordcount, 260k.