Today was a good writing day. (The productivity boasting thread)

[karina_jayde]

Pretty happy with the fact that I've maintained a streak of 4k words per day for the past month. Are they all good? Absolutely not. Is this going to need more editing than usual? Absolutely.

But it is nice to really get some momentum and churn through something.

 

[MadeleineSinha]

Posted my first story in a year. A bit of a change in tack for me, I'm interested to see the reaction it gets.

 

[Naughtylit81]

I finally finished my latest, and to date longest, story. Got it sent to my editors and my most avid fan-turned-beta reader.

I also have the opening to a completely new story and possibly series that is rattling around inside my head. It feels ready to bust once I can grab another hour to write.

 

[Blind_Justice]

After one and a half years of depression-related writer's block... I've written about 10k words in just three days. It's like a freaking dam just broke. My Geek Pride story is back on track, only one year late. Woo hoo.

There will be a new Geek Pride day in '25, right? RIGHT?

 

[StillStunned]

Yesterday I wrote nearly 1k words of a space opera I started months ago. I've decided not to continue with it though: it would be a long story, probably across multiple chapters, and I don't want to commit to anything like that before I finish my ongoing series "The Dome" at least. So into the "Dead Ends and False Starts" folder it goes.

But it was fun to write for a bit, and now I can clear my head of the niggling voice nagging at me about yet another story that remains unfinished.

 

[yowser]

So into the "Dead Ends and False Starts" folder it goes.

DEAFS. I always enjoy a new and cryptic acronym. Not as if we don't already have a surfeit.

 

[oneagainst]

Chapter complete on Total Power Exchange, 87k words over 16 ch. It's written as a tour through the ways that D/s long term relationships work, with the protagonist from Total Female Control getting led by her nose through the aftermath of her FLR.

I just realised it's like A Chrismas Carol. I might need to add the Ghost of Spankings Yet to Come....

More generally, it means I'm now feature complete on the entire publishing pipeline through to end of Oct '25. It feels very weird to have gotten to the end of 4 years of publishing a story a week, but also good to be able to put this to bed and start something new somewhere else.

Merry Xmas! May [insert magical sky being] bless us, every one!