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2020 In Review
Dec. 31st, 2020 04:28 pmWhew! I survived 2020, thanks in no small part to my friends (especially my amazing pocket friends) and fandom. In addition to getting through some really tough and lonely times, I was actually really productive. I signed up for Get Your Words Out with the writing habit goal of writing for 240 days this year. Final tally? Three hundred one days! The habit tracker was really helpful because there were days when I couldn’t get actual prose on paper, but I could outline and make notes, which helped ease anxiety about being creative. This, plus several writing challenges I did starting in October, brought my official word count to 195,796.
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Yeah. This is my AO3 official word count. I am half tempted to knock out another 4,000 to get up to 200K, but I don’t have an idea just now. I have a WIP I might poke at, but I also have a few shows I want to watch. And this is just the AO3 word count. I wrote a lot on WIPs that haven’t been published yet, so I’m just going to be proud of myself for what I achieved. Plus, according to AO3, my 2019 word count was 56,796, so yeah. I’m just gonna bask in that sweet, sweet glow of growth!
And seriously, fandom, particularly MDZS/Untamed and Guardian, saved my sanity this year. Interacting with y’all about these characters and worlds has been so fun, and I’m really looking forward to more fandom joy in 2021.
Looking back at this year in general, I’m incredibly grateful to have the support of amazing friends and family. I’m grateful that my health continues to be good (knocking on all the wood). I’m grateful that a turn in my career, one that I didn’t plan on or particularly want, has turned out to be really rewarding despite the hardships. I’m grateful for the internet for allowing online schooling, even though I really, really hate it. It’s not nearly as good as in-person school overall, but I’m so grateful it’s there and that I’ve learned a lot of new skills through teaching online.
I’m also grateful to come through this year with my general stubborn optimism intact. I’m looking forward to more good things in 2021, even if I can’t quite imagine what they might be.
Happy New Year, chums. Please come by and tell me some of the good things you have or things you are grateful for or hopeful for in the new year.
PS Thank you to the anonymous person who sent me some points for DW. I’m not sure what to do with them, but I appreciate so much that someone was thinking about me.
😳😳😳😳😳😳
Yeah. This is my AO3 official word count. I am half tempted to knock out another 4,000 to get up to 200K, but I don’t have an idea just now. I have a WIP I might poke at, but I also have a few shows I want to watch. And this is just the AO3 word count. I wrote a lot on WIPs that haven’t been published yet, so I’m just going to be proud of myself for what I achieved. Plus, according to AO3, my 2019 word count was 56,796, so yeah. I’m just gonna bask in that sweet, sweet glow of growth!
And seriously, fandom, particularly MDZS/Untamed and Guardian, saved my sanity this year. Interacting with y’all about these characters and worlds has been so fun, and I’m really looking forward to more fandom joy in 2021.
Looking back at this year in general, I’m incredibly grateful to have the support of amazing friends and family. I’m grateful that my health continues to be good (knocking on all the wood). I’m grateful that a turn in my career, one that I didn’t plan on or particularly want, has turned out to be really rewarding despite the hardships. I’m grateful for the internet for allowing online schooling, even though I really, really hate it. It’s not nearly as good as in-person school overall, but I’m so grateful it’s there and that I’ve learned a lot of new skills through teaching online.
I’m also grateful to come through this year with my general stubborn optimism intact. I’m looking forward to more good things in 2021, even if I can’t quite imagine what they might be.
Happy New Year, chums. Please come by and tell me some of the good things you have or things you are grateful for or hopeful for in the new year.
PS Thank you to the anonymous person who sent me some points for DW. I’m not sure what to do with them, but I appreciate so much that someone was thinking about me.
