generalized enthusiast

(tagged by @orphanheirs!)

My words are: manage, deliver, similar, swing

Manage

Before Roy could manage to say ‘thank you’, there was a quick knock as Simon stepped through the open door, holding the now pressed suit jacket on a hanger.

Deliver

He memorized the sarcastic lines, the dry wit in which they were delivered, the nonchalant mannerisms.

Similar

He had thought that he had found a similar soul in Lizzie.

Swing

“Focus on comedy and when his mood swings back, we’ll pick up again, alright?”

tagging @gaslightwestern and @dyoniawrites

Word Count: 145,184

As of today, there is now a 280 page, 39 chapter completed draft of 'Pansy', my old hollywood WIP. There are a lot of things I want to update and change, but there's still an entire book written with no holidays or placeholders.

Word Count: 141,695

Two 'holidays' left, and I am on track to have a completed first draft by the end of the year (woo.) Then I think I'll do one last re-read before letting someone else read it, which I am less and less excited about the more it seems like that's actually going to happen.

Word Count: 139, 454

I am still alive a writing (woo.) although not a lot. I'm graduating college this semester so I've been losing my mind with finals and everything, but I have just knocked off another holiday on Pansy so I only have four more gaps to fill before I have a completed first draft :)

I have a niche hobby, and one year ago today I did not progress to the next level of that hobby. I suddenly had a lot of time on my hands, and I decided that instead of trying again and obsessing over it, I would pick writing back up.

One year later, and we are at 260 pages, 137,896 Words, 509 Em-dashes!

I'm shocked at my own ability to stick with one thing for so long, and while school and life (and that niche hobby again) are stopping me from finishing up this rough draft, my goal is have it done by the end of this year.

Word Count: 128,774

I have written the first (and only) smut scene between the two main characters! Did it feel weird? Yes! Have I written smut before? Also yes! still, it's difficult when you know your friends are going to proofread it for you, even if you also know one of them is going to be annoyed you cut it off early.