Writing - July 2022

[smallhobbit]

This has been a good writing month, the best this year, totalling about 14.4K  Hooray!  Which means I've written 66.5K for the year, which is encouraging in that even if I now have a few less productive months I should reach 100K, or even slightly over.

The major reason for this is taking part in watsons_woes July Writing Prompts, for which I've written every day.  It became quite a challenge partway through the month, but by cutting back to writing only a drabble I've now only got one day left.  I opted to write Watson's Diary so could have some very mundane entries if I wanted.  There is also a small case muddled up in it.



I also took part in allbingo Winterfest in July writing another in my retired Lucas/Adam AU: Forward Planning.



Apart from that a combination of fan_flashworks and ficlet_zone gave a Miss Marple story Underneath the Clock

While a second ficlet_zone gave me the chance to write some angsty Lucas in It's My Life

Comments

[ride_4ever]

*cheers you on for your prolific writing*

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Well done on your bumper crop of words!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much - it's good to feel it's still possible.

[sister_raphael]

Wow! You really do get a lot done between writing and crafting! Well done!

[smallhobbit]

The advantage of being retired!

[debriswoman]

Well done!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[apachefirecat]

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!! GO, YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am still BEYOND ESCATIC at my word count this past month!!!!!

However, it did give me cause to reflect on the others' postings on the 1 Million Words 2022 word tally, and I am despondent and concerned for our other members! I knew I'd been gone for years, but upon looking at everybody's counts, I did not realize that nearly everybody else has also been having such a horrid time being able to get any words in!!! :(

[smallhobbit]

A lot of people have been affected by the events of the last few years, and some have found other activities as well. I know my crafting has increased, which means inevitably less words since the number of hours in the day hasn't changed. And thank you.

[apachefirecat]

That's a very good point. One can hope, at least, that that's the reason why...

I'm actually wanting to look into other hobbies I can do when I can't get online, but there's always so much to do at the old money pit...

[smallhobbit]

When I started crafting again I looked on Ebay and picked up a cheap cross stitch kit and some cheap yarn, so I could try things before deciding what I really wanted to do.