writing woes: january + femfebruary

I decided I'd do this every month. Because.

in general

• I signed up for get your words out over dreamwidth, doing a habit pledge instead of a word count one: to write at least 180 days in 2024. divided by 12 months, that means writing an average of 15 days per month. I wrote 19. some days very very little (100-300 words for the three sentences ficathon), others more (dropping about 2k on one sitting), but the point of a habit pledge is to get less hung up on that lol. so all in all, I'm happy with my progress.

original fiction

• I wrote and published a "prequel" or teaser for a somewhat larger work. you can find it in my author's newsletter. I'd also really appreciate a reblog of the post in tumblr, to boost it ^-^
• I made a veeeeery loose outline of "Underground Elysium", a.k.a. said larger work. I know I will inevitably deviate from it, but this way I won't feel completely directionless lol.
• I also outlined (just a tad more thoroughly) a short story that I want to retouch/rewrite. though idk if I'll publish that one on substack, or try to get some feedback and try my luck with magazines. we'll see.

fanfic

• I posted a bunch of drabbles and ficlets for the three sentences ficathon hosted in dreamwidth. I'll crosspost them on ao3 (and update this post) when the event is over, in a couple of weeks.
• I didn't finish my immortal jason wip because something that I predict will be a pattern for me happened: I went from an idea set in some ~vague point the timeline to deciding it'd be MUCH more interesting if I grounded it firmly in canon (even if I don't adhere to it fully and play around with things, of course). so I had to read some issues here and there to really settle it. it's on track now, so hopefully I'll finish soon!
• I advanced a bit on my long young justice wip! not quite as much as I would've liked, but still. I also have a definite outline (pending changes that'll come up, as per usual with me), with all the character povs and arcs clearly visualised. this one is going to take a long while to be finished but I'm really excited about it.
• I've also made a semi-loose outline for my journalist dick wip and plan to start writing it next month. I wanted to read devin grayson's nightwing arc, because the idea is to set it (with the exception of some key flashbacks) post utrh, albeit with a mix of comic and film canon because I wanted to explore the possibilities the later gave just this one time. I had shelved the wip for a little later in the year, but it turns out said storyarc has been incredibly inspiring lol, so it rose on the list

 all in all, not a bad first month!
 

Also, as a reminder, I'm borrowing a meme I saw from a couple of people: FEMFEBRUARY. You guys post a comment with a fandom + a female character + (optionally, if you want) a specific topic about her, and I'll write meta about her next month!

So far I've been asked to write meta about Duela Doe (from the Gotham Knights show), Talia al Ghul, Caroline Forbes, Carmilla, Nanny Ogg, and a Batgirl of my choosing (spoiler alert: it'll probably be Cass).