[Check-In]

[kalloway]

(i had the worst vacation brain last week, I'm sorry-- let's do an early end-of-month post!)

Since we're at the last post for the month, it's time for list revision. You are free to look over your list and remove anything that you've realized isn't working for you. There is nothing wrong with keeping all your bunnies, of course, but it is also okay to let go.


This is also a weekly check-in! You do not have to check in, of course, but if you would like to comment on the last week, feel free!


If you have a deadline coming up, you can do it! If you need a deadline, feel free to ask!

Comments

[kalloway]

I finished my All in the Family fic, though it's going to need a bit of editing and a quick timeline review to make sure I got a couple of Major Events in the proper order. I want to peek through for potential treats, too. ^_^

[marginaliana]

Woo hoo, well done for finishing!

[snowynight]

Good: I'm on track for my fic commitment.

Bad: I have shelved two wip as currently their plots don't work and need major revision.

[kalloway]

\o/ Yay~

For the WiPs, peek at them when you get a chance and maybe your hindbrain will keep working on them and figure out a plot before you know it~ (Also, if you'd like, you can post here for brainstorming help - when you're ready.)

[snowynight]

Thanks for your advice!

[milady_dragon]

I had 4000 words written in the Big Bang I signed up for, and scrapped them because I literally hit a dead end. So, I'm going with a different idea that should work much better.

I'm hoping to go back and revisit the WIP, but just not for the Big Bang. Of course, the idea I want to use now will make the story longer, but that's fine. :)

[kalloway]

I have had that happen and maybe, in the future, if you come at the story from another angle it'll work out fine. Good luck with the new idea! You can do it! \o/

[marginaliana]

I started two new things and then decided to scrap one of them since I wasn't enjoying writing it. So now I've picked back up one of my WIPs, which is good! I'm still waiting on a beta to come back to me about my first Big Bang story of the year, but once that happens I will probably have to drop everything and edit. So I'm trying to get in straight up writing while I can.

[the_rck]

I've got a dead laptop right now and don't know when we'll manage to resolve that. My phone is a terrible substitute.

[seerofrage]

Finished my Family Exchange piece! It took me quite a while because the sketches weren't coming out right, ahh. When I finally got something decent on the page, I was slow-going working on it, ahah. It's done though, and I like it and I'm excited, haha!
There's one request I'm thinking about treating, if I can find the time to work on it within the week.

There's a H/C piece that I want to start sketching soon, had the idea for a few days. Then, the Sports Anime Shipping Olympics are going on, with bonus rounds being prompt memes for the main teams to get extra points. This round is about AUs, and, while I'm on the cheerleading team which doesn't get points, there are a few prompts I'd love to fill, if I can get them in within the two weeks! Lots going on!
Finishing up the last few coursework assignments (basically one assignment and two finals) this week, so that should free up some time, ahah.

[misslucyjane]

I was going to try and get a rough draft ready for a pitch fest Carina Press (the ebook arm of Harlequin/Mills & Boon) is doing June 7, but after reading it for the first time in several months, and trying for a few weeks to get it rewritten and edited, I've realized it's going to take more time and brain than I can devote to it. (The day job is demanding a lot of both right now.) So I'm going to put that off for a bit, and focus on the serial that has been eating my brain for two years.

My last publisher shut down at the end of last year and kind of broke my heart for the year before that, but I think next year I'll be ready for submitting to publishers again.

[taichara]

Cleared up two bittybangs this month, along with my familyex assignment and a treat.

Aside from that, progress creeps along with the rules text for the Black Hack hack; 60-odd monster statblocks written up this weekend --

[kalloway]

Yay! \o/

[lassarina]

I tried to work on a fic and realized I'm still not feeling it, but I made progress on genprompt_bingo fics, so there's that.

[kalloway]

Yay for bingo fics.

For the other, maybe put it aside for a bit or see if you can find a different angle to approach it from?

[lassarina]

A good suggestion! The primary problem is that I was doing a complex plot, got stuck, wandered away....and now I only have a few inklings of where I was going, so I have to put in a fair chunk of work. (The problem with a fic in which one of the characters is being framed for a serial killer's rampage....)

[kalloway]

(Oh, I know this one-- I have an ancient FFVII WiP where I'm trying to frame a character and it's... a disaster and needs badly to be rewritten/replotted and I just... tilt sideways when I think about it.)

[samuraiter]

*looks back*

Already May 30, huh? ... Another month eaten up by chronic illness and job stress. *shakes head*

[kalloway]

June will be a better month~

[doranwen]

I *finally* got someone to help with brainstorming my Everywoman fic (I meant to have it done earlier). The fic itself is crawling, however, even though I plotted it out. The character I'm trying to write is so intimidating! My brainstorming beta is helpful and encouraging, so I'm hoping I'll still get it done well enough to suit me - and my recip.

[kalloway]

\o/ You can do it! It sounds like you're putting a ton of effort into the story and I'm sure it'll be great!

[gehayi]

I have a story to do for Everywoman 2017. Unfortunately, I'm currently depressed to the point where getting out of bed is an effort. (This is not hyperbole. )

Also, I want to do a couple of stories for Not Prime Time and one for Yuletide, to eliminate debts from stories I had to default on thanks to work and illness. At the same time, I just bailed on WIPBigBang (no one seemed particularly interested in reading it or even talking about it, so I figured I'd cut my losses) and my attempt at Worldbuilding June did not go well.

So right now I'm a depressed failure, and I'm not feeling very optimistic about my ability to do those three extra stories.