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[not-poignant]

December 2023 Writing Round-Up

Here's the monthly round-up of everything written and posted in December 2023! It's the final round-up of this year! It's been a great month for housekeeping, and behind-the-scenes stuff happening on Patreon (and Ream!) But here's the chapters that were released: Underline the Black 73 

Underline the Black 74 

Underline the Black 75 

Underline the Blue 07 

Underline the Blue 08 

Constellations 01 

The Nascent Diplomat 39 

The Nascent Diplomat 40 (Augus+Gwyn Tier+)

Underline the Blue 11 (Augus+Gwyn Tier+)

Constellations 04 (Gary+Efnisien Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Black 31 (Mosk+Eran Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Black 32 (Mosk+Eran Tier+)

2014-2017 Chapter Commentaries - Full Compilation (Mosk+Eran Tier+)

2023 Chapter Commentaries - Full Compilation (Mosk&Eran Tier+)

Song Spotlight - Full Compilation (All Tiers)

FANFICTION

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 27 

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 28  

Palmarosa 12 

Palmarosa 13 

Palmarosa 14 

Palmarosa 15 

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It was a much quieter month on the writing front. I managed 43,000 words by some miracle, across a bunch of different stories. 

A reminder that enrolment into the Merch Tier to get the May/June rewards is still valid until mid February!

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On the writing side, I wrote across multiple stories: Palmarosa, Constellations, Underline the Black, and Underline the Blue. 

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I had to step back on posting for my own health/sanity. And I'm taking the first two weeks of January off from posting chapters. I'll still be writing, but in between raising a puppy and also just general burnout, I'm still putting some mega health-preservation in place so I don't get really sick. 

You will mostly notice this in the form of one Underline the Black chapter not going up each month, to give me a Sunday-to-Sunday stretch with no chapter updates. I will still be active and around! These aren't holidays from writing or interacting with you all, just from the schedule itself. :D 

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For those who remember the Merchantverse novel Tradewinds, this is coming in book / e-book form to Patreon and Ream only in the Gary+Efnisien Tier or higher. It is a completed Fae Tales Verse story, that focuses on merchant fae in the southern hemisphere, and Seelie vs. Unseelie merchant traders. This will come in January 2024.

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I'll see you all in January 2024! Which is in one hour! Thanks so much for making this year incredible! :D

[sophieswundergarten]

Sleepy Sophie Brain really wants to write a Magic Ocean AU for MBS but I can't get any further that "That would be a neat idea"

[ohraicodoll]

Going to be posting Possession chapter 2 on here tomorrow and also the final chapter of Interwoven on AO3! Gonna be working on some one-shot ideas to do on the side as well ✌🏽

[okami-zero]

Happy N7 Day!

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

[orchidbreezefc]

i made a variant of [link: two cakes] to illustrate a related principle

[r0semultiverse]

Like music to my ears

[gerrykeay]

did you know there's a day-by-day timeline of the plot in the dungeon meshi adventurer's bible and TODAY is when it all kicks off

happy falin gets eaten and the gang starts eatin' day :)

[bloodybellycomb]

One massive, legitimate way to improve as a writer or artist or in any creative endeavor really, is to become absolutely obsessed with something and to allow yourself to be weird about it. Genuinely mean this btw.

[itsgonnagetinspiringsoon]

FUCK

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[ruushes]

sleeping arrangements (not sure tara would ever actually deign to sleep in the same 20ft radius as shovel but who can resist those big shiny insectoid black eyes 🥺)

plus:

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.