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Heyyyyyyy! Y’all! I met my NaNo goal this year. Exceeded it, actually. Initially, I set a goal of 20,000 words with the intention of participating in JC Love Month. In the first week, I wrote nearly 13,000 words, so I decided to try for the full 50k in November. I decided to just count the words I published on AO3, and that total is 51,223!

Today, I posted the second chapter of Tonight, Tonight, a moderately spicy section of the Xicheng story Love is Making its Way Back Home, the first story I wrote this month. This new story is from Jiang Cheng’s POV, and the snippet I’m sharing is from the second chapter.

I met my GYWO goal in October, so now the writing I do for the rest of the year is icing. I took a few days off in November as we went to distance learning for two weeks — it’s weirdly tiring to teach this way, even though I had a lot less active lessons. But now we’re back, hopefully for the rest of the year with no further interruptions. Three more weeks until winter break! I’m going to attempt to write most of the SangCheng Month prompts for December. And, the troll has finally left me alone! Probably! I didn’t get any nasty comments on my SangCheng fics this month, so yay!

And now, the snippet.

Jiang Cheng takes one of Xichen’s hands and holds it to his chest, allowing him to trace along the scars. Strangely, it gets easier to talk with Xichen’s warm hands on him. He’s gentle, but he doesn’t shy away, from the scars or the story. Jiang Cheng, however, flinches when Xichen notices the transplant scar.
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Oh hello! I hope you are all well. I hit a bit of a wall this weekend. I’m still writing, but I am taking a break/possibly dropping out of the Jiang Cheng Love Month fest. I made it through 21 days of prompts, which is really awesome for me. Part of me feels like a bit of a failure for not finishing a challenge (that I set for myself), but the wiser part of me is proud of what I’ve accomplished this fall. I wrote three long, plotty fics in November! That’s really huge for me, because I always feel that plot is my weakest skill. I feel like I’m better at slice-of-life and character and mood. But I really enjoyed figuring out these stories, even if the plot for the story I finished on Saturday took an unexpected turn on day two.

I’m using my AO3 published fics as my NaNo meter, so by that count, I have written 44,852 words in November. I. Am. FLABBERGASTED!

I did not post a new story today, but I did get into an old WIP that I find I’m still really proud of, and I’m hoping I can stick the landing on it. It’s a modern witches/magic AU. Here are a few lines. I hope your week treats you well.

“You’re making me nervous, Cheng-Cheng,” the boy says, eyes fixed on a scrap of silk pinned to the table in front of him.
“Please don’t call me that,” Jiang Cheng replies automatically.

Huaisang looks up at him. “This is perfectly legal, Wanyin, and mostly safe.”

“There’s a vast difference between legal and not-technically-illegal.”

Huaisang doesn’t respond. It’s an old argument.
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Listen, I don’t want to jinx things, but even if something happens tomorrow, this has been the most productive autumn I’ve had in a long time. Sure, I’d rather be living somewhere close to my friends, somewhere with a Starbucks where I can write, but honestly, getting into a writing routine has been so good for me in general. And if I may brag a little, my current NaNo word count is 28,019 words. Initially, I set a goal of 20,000 but I decided to throw in for the whole 50k. As I mentioned, I’m not writing one long story but rather using the Jiang Cheng Love Month 2020 prompts as my framework. I divided it out into four, week-long stories, with a 2-day bonus story at the end of the month.

This week, I’m writing my fave OT3, MingXiCheng, in a modern cultivators AU. I am diving deep into as much fluffiness as I can. I just really want nice, comforting stories, like a warm bowl of soup with fresh bread. Since I still feel the urge to apologize for writing fluff, I’m still working out internalized nonsense about the value of such stories, but that is a thought for another day.

For today, here’s a lil snippet from the current story, Take My Hand and Set Me Free, from an upcoming chapter.

“I never slept with Lan Xichen!”


“Yelling is forbidden—“


“Shut up, Lan Wangji!”


Wei Ying grabs Wangji’s wrist and kicks Jiang Cheng’s shin under the table. “Xichen-ge is honorable, and he appears to have learned from Nie Mingjue’s obvious failure in communication. He’s not gonna try anything without talking to you first.”


“If you stop avoiding him,” Wangji adds, though his expression suggests he would very much like Jiang Cheng to keep ignoring his brother.

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Oh hello! It is I, returning with another snippet and writing update. I met my GYWO goal this month, thanks in large part to the 50 kisses challenge and Untamed Fall Fest 2020. While my success was varied in these endeavors, I did write nearly every day in October, bringing my yearly total to 247 days of writing. I’m excited to keep going.

For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I set a personal goal of writing 20,000 words. In November, I’m also participating in a Jiang Cheng Love Fest, and I decided to write a longer story each week, rotating through my various ships for Jiang Cheng. For the first week, I’m writing Jiang Cheng/Lan Xichen in a modern AU fluff inspired by the manga Our Dining Table by Ori Mita — and OMG this book is the sweetest fluff I’ve ever read, so I highly recommend it.

I didn’t sign up on the main NaNo site but instead made a goal with my classroom Young Writer’s Project account. I have two students participating, and one of the kiddos is writing Harry Potter fanfic, and I am so stoked. I don’t think I’ll be able to read it since I think she’s writing it in Russian, but she was so concerned because she wanted to write something that wasn’t PG-13, and I was like, kiddo, you are writing this for yourself, not for an assignment, so you do whatever you want. I’m just eager to encourage future generations of awesome nerds.

If you are NaNo-ing, I wish you the best of luck. I hope this year is fruitful. And remember, some words are so much better than none words.

And now for my snippet, from my story “Love is Making its Way Back Home,” in which Lan Xichen meets young Jin Ling.
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