#wtw 2021

[encrucijada]

WTW GHOST GALA - DAY 9: Candy Corn

tell us how you chose the title of your wip

when putting my yearly escapril prompts into collections i picked a line from the first entry to turn into titles. my 2020 collection was titled underside of my tongue (from a poem about eos and hemera) and my 2021 collection was titled what the sun tastes like (from a poem about icarus). the first entry of my 2022 collection was about a concept that, ironically, came to me in a dream. it involved young adults with powers of oneiric creation filming themselves pulling things out of their dreams. the line i chose was originally "if you keep staring i'll never fall asleep" in full, and so we got keep staring and i'll never fall asleep.

when i decided to adapt my pjo ocs into an original ip i had to find a replacement for demigods, having been unable to make something out of that idea of oneiric creators i began worldbuilding around the concept of dreamers. i don't consider a wip official until it's titled and keep staring and i'll never fall asleep was just... perfect. i picked a different line from that first escapril 2022 entry to retitle the collection (until the dream dislodges) and the old title passed onto my new wip. it's an obvious title for a contemporary fantasy book revolving around oneiric creation (along with other dream-adjacent things). but i find it sort of poetic. i love that it feels menacing, almost like a warning. i love that it makes sleep seem almost dangerous. if i made the effort to keep analysing it i could say it relates to adam and piedad, the main conflict of the book, who haunt each other in dreams. i could say it's about the oneiroi (the physical manifestation of dreams) keeping watch over the dreamers.

[craigbrownphd-blog-blog]

Funded Status of Corporate Pension Plans Held Steady in 2022

#ICYDK: The aggregate funded status of the nation’s largest corporate pension plans at the end of 2022 was estimated to be 95 percent, the same level as at the end of 2021, WTW... https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/funded-status-of-corporate-pension-plans-held-steady-in-2022.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[thefinancemagazine]

Global M&A market – what happens next?

Global M&A market – what happens next?

“An unprecedented number of disruptive forces have created headwinds for dealmakers, but they are also generating opportunities,” said Massimo Borghello, head of human capital M&A consulting, Asia-Pacific at WTW. “The fundamentals that drive dealmaking are still in place and, with valuations moderating after the historic levels reached in 2021, strategic and financial buyers alike will take…

[thegeekx]

WTW issues Q3 financials | Insurance Business America

WTW issues Q3 financials | Insurance Business America

Here’s how the global brokerage fared in the three months ended September 30: Metric Q3 2022 Q3 2021 Total revenue US$1.95 billion US$1.97 billion Income from operations US$154 million US$1.13 billion Adjusted operating income US$284 million US$264 million Net income US$192 million US$907 million Adjusted net income US$243 million US$224 million   In a release, WTW explained…

[nighthawkes]

once again within the wires is inadvertently addressing my real life problems with its narrative, and once again I have fallen suddenly and wholly in love with the season’s narrator

[yvesdot]

yves.’S 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW

(2018) (2019) (2020)

(view the image in highest quality here!)

A look at something I wrote every month in 2021. All of the above excerpts can be read in order at this link, and I've included a few notes below on the pieces and months in question. It feels as though I spent so much of my time writing for Patreon and editing Forest Castles and so on, but there was still a lot of fresh content every single month!

JANUARY - In Her Arms (unpublished)

COVID's been pretty bad, hasn't it? I think it's been pretty bad. Wrote this piece almost a year ago now to deal with it, and have workshopped it several times since. Eventually I'll get a version I'm happy with, and then you'll see it published!

FEBRUARY - KAY Valentine's Drabble 2 (read online)

I made sure to come up with something to post for Valentine's Day 2021-- a cute little moment between Kay/Atlas, and then Constantine/Julia. Still warms my heart to read over this... that transphobic dad of Kay's isn't always completely useless!

MARCH - mortālēs (unpublished)

I've had a lot of ideas for erotica this year (all excerpts here are SFW!) but haven't managed to post them yet-- I'd probably put them on a separate NSFW writing blog, as I've mentioned before. Well, here's one, inspired by my sudden apparent interest in historical m/f.

APRIL - Silvia (unpublished)

While in the car on the way to a more wintry setting, I listened through the entire Miike Snow self-titled album, and was struck by a sudden intrigue caused by this song. Here was something out of the box, intense, explosive in its unrequited emotion. I could see it all playing out in my head, so clearly I knew I was coming up with a 'true' narrative totally disconnected from the original... but, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't set it to paper. I'm going to let it percolate.

MAY - Forest Castles (first two chapters)

Again, I did edit FC year-round, so I only displayed it here in months where I honestly couldn't find any other new writing (probably hiding in the depths of my Drive.) This was a fun scene to write, though who knows if it'll survive later cuts.

JUNE - THE LOVER RISES FROM THE ABYSS・恋人が黄泉から生えてくる (read online)

I wrote this flash piece in either early June or late May, and then I was stuck revising it for quite a while. You can read about the process of that on Patreon! I worried over it until I felt it couldn't be worried over one second more... and then I edited it as I posted it on Tumblr ^__^

JULY - Something Weird I Heard About Rebecca (available in BLOOD&BREATH zine)

I wrote this so long ago! And, honestly, I expected to spend even longer editing and submitting it, but when the Blood & Breath submission form came around, I knew it was perfect. Preorder the LGBT vampire zine before January 5th to read the story in beautiful, physical form!

AUGUST - Forest Castles (first two chapters)

Day One Hundred And Seventeen Billion: Eliza Is Still Stuck In White Castle. To be fair, though, I remember when I thought I'd never reach White Castle! I hit quite a block around here, which I am still unsnarling, and I like that I've chosen to lean much harder into Eliza's princess nature.

SEPTEMBER - WTWBingo drabbles (read online)

Oh, God, what a timesuck! In addition to The Death of The Author (more shortly), in joining the WTWBingo event, I found myself tormented by hundreds of ideas for drabbles! Thanks so much to the WTW folks for inspiring me to write 10,000 words of these stories.

OCTOBER - The Death of the Author (read online)

I love Halloween. I love Halloween writing, and I love Halloween Episodes. More than all of that, though, I love murder mysteries, and so I am thrilled to present to you, with no further context whatsoever, The Death of the Author.

NOVEMBER - The Proposal (unpublished)

More erotica, with an eerie amount of people waiting on it. Very, very simple romcom MILF nonsense, which apparently is not only a thing I can write but something other people might want to read. I absolutely loved this piece, and it was responsible for my incredible 8K start on Day One of NaNo.

DECEMBER - Exhaustively (read online)

Exhaustively's had a big edit, and I'm now formatting it to release in limited edition paperbacks, in honor of beloved Archivist Max @goose-books! I highly recommend taking a look at it in this graphic (instead of just in the transcribed version) for full formatting joy. Also, I wrote 10,000 words in a day... but that didn't make it in here.

Man, was I prolific this year! I really enjoyed my writing, and I explored all sorts of artistic nooks and crannies (as Patrons especially will appreciate, what with all the experiments and behind-the-scenes things posted to Patreon this year. Fun Patreon surprise coming for free shortly...)

I also spent a lot of time on non-writing writing things, such Exhaustively's formatting, and, well, this Year in Review! I tried to show myself how much of my work wasn't just sitting and writing but reading and thinking and promoting and posting, and I think it worked... though I do miss just-plain-writing this week, as I wrap up all these New Yearly loose ends.

This upcoming year, I want to work more steadily on Forest Castles. It's hard to fit in with all my other priorities, especially when I don't have too much time to write a day. Do I need to set aside an amount of time daily to get it done, or is it better to dedicate full days? That's something I am still exploring.

Finally, this year I began using 4thewords, and I quite like it! Makes writing addictive and much more naturally fun. If you'd like to join up, feel free to DM me any questions, and my referral code is LOMDY47116.

And please, if you feel inspired by this post, make your own! That links to my template, which shouldn't be too painful to use. Just hop in there and change my name to yours, and tag me when you're done so that I can see it!

As always, you can read all of my posted writing here, and if you’d like to support me, I have both a ko-fi for one-time donations and a Patreon for exclusive monthly content. Thanks for being here this year! It's been a big one for so many reasons, and I'm so grateful to have had you along. Have a wonderful 2022, and I'll see you then.

[veneritia]

wtw march madness: day 6- challenges 1-3

Challenge #1: Summarize your wip badly

Have 2 of my attempts

Escort mission (derogatory)

An attempted robbery ends with four thieves traveling across the continent on an escort mission, all the while arguing on whether their client is actually conning them or not.

Challenge #2: Write a book jacket summary

Jehan, a soldier-turned-thief, was content with simply getting by in life as long as he had food in his stomach, a roof over his head, and his quasi-family by his side. When faulty intel led his merry band of thieves to hijacking a prison caravan, what they found was not their promised treasure, but instead, a shivering boy dressed in rags and a steel gray veil shrouding his face.

Enter Vasily, a mysterious boy claiming to be the deposed king of Kossiya who was imprisoned as a child by his uncle. He enlists Jehan’s group to embark on a dangerous journey from the Corps de Fleuris to the glittering courts of Kossiya where he claims to have allies that will help him take back his throne. Jehan is skeptical, but outvoted by his group and tempted by the promises of riches and a life free from thieving, he accepts the job.

Though as the journey goes on and the dangers increase, Jehan and his group begin to wonder if this mission is really worth their lives— and whether or not their client really is who he claims to be.

Challenge #3: Trace your wip’s development over time

→ The idea for Ivan wip first started when I came up with its magic system in August 2021.The simple concept was a 4 element magic system where every time you use it, the elements lashed back at you.

→ A few days later, I had some more thoughts on the magic system and how magic users would be used and treated in that world, and how basically there was very little separation between magic and the state. While magic users in this world are their own separate castes…they don’t exactly gain many benefits from it.

→ But it was hard to explore a magic system without a world (and thus a story) to put it in, so I started thinking of possible plots that I could play with. Inspiration struck when I decided on doing a Man in the Iron Mask type of beat and began doing some light research on all the possible theories people had on the prisoner’s identity. One of the theories was that the man was either the French king’s brother or the illegitimate son of Charles II.

→ I knew the set-up I wanted, and I knew that I wanted at least a 4-man band so I could explore the effects of all 4 elemental magics. However, at the time, I wasn’t interested in writing the story just yet.

→ Over the next few months, I’d jot down a few ideas I had for the world and the characters. Nothing substantial about the story itself, but just enough to keep my mind interested in it.

→ WTW Winx Club event came along, and it was honestly the perfect opportunity to start a new wip since I felt burnout from WCTD and just not up to doing TSDNBU. I looked through my list of back-burner wips, and Ivan wip was probably the one I was most interested in at the time, so here we are.

[hottubraccoon]

WIP: Tequila*

*Title is a placeholder.

i wish you could tell me how to find silence. my head feels far too heavy recently.

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Genre: modern fantasy paranormal romantic LGBT+ YA/NA literary

Themes: self discovery, family, memories, boundaries, death, rebuilding

Warnings: discussion of mental health/illnesses, invasion of privacy, discussion of sexual content, sexual content, the aftermath of civil unrest

Current Progress: 1st Draft

I have characters? and an opening scene? :) 6/Oct

outlining 29/Oct

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Tags:

general

playlist

characters: Zara Berridge, Walter Berridge, Marina Meyer, Jeremiah Sterne, Levi Haviaras, Tia Haviaras.

excerpts

NaNoWriMo 2021 Project Updates!

WTW Event posts: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4.

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Taglist: (ask to be +/-) 

@thelaughingstag​

[craigbrownphd-blog-blog]

Funded Status of Corporate Pension Plans Held Steady in 2022

#ICYMI: The aggregate funded status of the nation’s largest corporate pension plans at the end of 2022 was estimated to be 95 percent, the same level as at the end of 2021, WTW... https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/funded-status-of-corporate-pension-plans-held-steady-in-2022.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[smokefalls]

Title: You Feel It Just Below the Ribs Authors: Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Publication Date: November 2021 Publisher: Harper Perennial Genre: fiction, science fiction, dystopian

For fans of the podcast, Within the Wires, this book is for you. There’s so much more worldbuilding that will satisfy your needs to have more of this universe. A side note: I haven’t listened to the audiobook, but that that might be worth checking out to continue the audio drama experience— You technically don’t have to know anything about the podcast to enjoy this book, though more on this towards the end.

YFIJBTR is thought-provoking with the way it poses philosophical questions that border on the existential. More interestingly, though, is the way this story is narrated not by one but two narrators. And it’s here that you get into the heart of what this book is asking you to decide: How do you determine who to believe?

The book is an autobiography of our protagonist, Dr. Miriam Gregory, who guides the reader through her life and what’s happening in the increasingly dystopian world she lives in. Curiously, this autobiography has footnotes and interludes that counter much of what Dr. Gregory is writing, going so far as to accuse her of falsifying information or showing blatant ignorance. As the autobiography continues, this meta-narrator in the footnotes gets increasingly hostile towards Dr. Gregory, putting the reader in a position of working out whether they should believe the footnotes (which have been providing seemingly factual information), or Dr. Gregory’s account, who was present at these events.

I will say that I thought the pacing was a little wonky. It started off slow, found a good pace towards the middle, but then felt a little too fast towards the end. I think this might be especially off-putting for those who aren’t familiar with the podcast universe, just because more and more concepts were introduced towards the end that weren’t fully explained. Again, you can technically read this book without any knowledge of the WtW universe, but I can easily see why those unfamiliar with the podcast may find this book somewhat frustrating.

Overall, I enjoyed it, but I approached the book having listened to the podcast. The book is still worth checking out, especially for its approach to storytelling, but I do caution those unfamiliar with the podcast that it might be a little harder to fully enjoy it.

Content Warning: death, violence, torture, medical trauma, war, child abuse, forced institutionalization, gaslighting

[anomaly00-archive]

camp nano 2021 progress thread

Heyo, this is just a place where I can share updates on my camp nano project and post really short excerpts to keep me even more accountable.

— 04/01/2021

Progress: 3,790/20,000

The majority have been written in sprints on the WTW server and covers scenes from chapter 2, 3, and 4 of WCTD.

He remembered one dark, stormy night. Dantalion deep into his cups and weeping, alone in his chambers. “They have cursed me,” Dantalion had said to Andras, a sardonic grin on his lips. “The gods have cursed me for my hubris.”

-- WCTD Chapter 4

[sourrcandy]

wassup people ! i’m harls (also known as harl, demon child, or whatever nickname mac wtw has come up with),, i write sci-fi, fantasy, and spy fiction ! i absolutely love writing thrilling action and problematic chaotic characters... also i probably have too many wips that i put in the backseat after a few weeks :3 it’s been a while since i’ve been here but exams are over, i have time, and i want nicole to validate me so here’s my masterlist and my mobile nav ! this is my official “im back bitches” post,, i’ve included a simple synopsis and mini intros of my stuff under the cut !

↳ new adult / high x dark fantasy / horror :: 100k goal

❝ 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 ❞

a duology of witchcraft, politics, war, betrayal, and love ! the tss series is full of scandalous reveals, unexpected plot twists, character deaths *wink*, mind games, and loads and loads of magic. with poc characters and touching on subjects like discrimination and politics, tss is a fantasy wip not for the faint hearted that creeps and hopefully thrills :D ( started: 26 feb 2020 )

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ ya / thriller / sci-fi :: 100k goal

❝ 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 ❞

a two part wip series of intergalactic spies with group dynamics, mutual pining idiots, truth, aliens, and an alternate future universe ! basically if marvel and star wars and brooklyn nine-nine had a baby it would be this wip right here,, also there’s action, swashbuckling, politics ( my fave topic ) and loads of chaotic fun ! ( started: 30 march 2020 )

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ new adult / contemporary?? / thriller :: 50k goal

❝ 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 ❞

a standalone wip with video game elements, leveling up, three lives, and monsters at every corner ! be prepared for a rollercoaster of freaks and horrors made of your wildest imaginations,, inspired by league of legends and the maze runner ! dw everything is totally platonic, bad guys turn good here, and nothing is impossible... ( started: 30 may 2020 )

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ ya / spy fiction / thriller :: ??k goal

❝ 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 ❞

say yeet y’all know nothing about this wip and it will stay that way :D okay, this wip is a collab with @atelierwriting about chaotic siblings, found family?, been through hell and back, lots of fights and action, everything is fine just ask mac ( started: 26 july 2020 )

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ new adult / high fantasy / folklore retelling / secret wip 2.0 :: 50k goal

❝ 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 ❞

meant for 2021 camp nano, this standalone wip is in the planning, plotted out, with a world built and a magic system figured out — definitely a wip im looking forward to tackle. wrote like a chapter and half and decided that i will continue my research/outlining, i’ve probably lost years of my life just trying to figure out which folktales im using and the magic system they use, anyway, it’s a thrilling magical adventure with huli jings, pirates, royalty, and as always, action scenes !

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ new adult / contemporary / myths, legends, and history :: 50k goal

❝ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 ❞

percy jackson meets indiana jones and crashed head first into rick and morty x carmen sandiego crossover. some things are just never meant to be found.

— links !! tag ; page ; intro post ; playlist ; characters

↳ main blog :: @blaxksheep ( updated 24 nov 2020 )

↳ koc blog :: @magnumkmc

↳ links :: about ; taglists ; writeblr fam ; atlas ; spotify ; archive ; my writeblr reintro ; my stuff

feel free to yell at me in my inbox here anytime you want,, i’ll make sure to answer as much as i can ! spam me with whatever you want to know about my wips im always up to talk :3

this post is last updated :: 29 jan 2021

[welcometowriteblr]

WELCOME TO WRITEBLR’S FOURTH SHINING STAR IS @ikilledmyocs aka June! All votes were done through the WTW Server.

WTW: How does it feel to be voted a favorite writeblr?

June: I can’t say I’m that surprised considering I literally made WTW but I’m still honored that people voted me regardless!

WTW: what do you think you’ve done so far that’s made the most impact on writeblr?

June: I’d say Welcome to Writeblr is the most impactful thing I’ve done so far. We’ve grown so much in such a short amount of time and I’m looking forward to where we go from here. I have a lot of things planned for WTW in 2021!

WTW: What’s your biggest piece of advice to other writeblrs? (Writing or Blog related)

June: I’d say to just do what you like and don’t try to copy others. Some things work better for others and that’s just the way it is. Making your own brand and sticking to what your good at doing is the best thing you can do because everything has something that makes them different!

WTW: What’s been your favorite part of being a writeblr so far?

June: The community of course! I’ve made so many friends on here and they’ve all been so supportive of everything. I’ve grown so much more confident thanks to these people and I’ve written more than ever thanks to them. I owe almost everything to writeblr for making me who I am today.

WTW: What are your biggest goals for the next year in terms of being a writer?

June: I’m going to make more progress on my WIP Unsuper and hopefully outlining things for my other WIPS!

WTW: What are your top 3 blogs?

June: This is hard because I have so many recommendations, but I’ll narrow them down just for this. @moariin aka Reni has been a blog I’ve followed since I joined writeblr and I look up to her so much! I love everything she makes and I her style has inspired so much in my own. I also love @atelierwriting aka Tris who has also been a blog I’ve followed since the beginning. She’s such a good and helpful friend and I’m so glad to be friends with her! I’m so grateful for everything she’s done for me. Finally I’ll have to go with @tsainami aka Sai who once again is someone I’ve followed for such a long time! Her wips are some of my favorites on this website and I’m always blown away by everything she posts. 

June can be found on Wattpad @/ikilledmyocs

Her current WIP is We Are Unsuper. A science-fiction and fantasy dystopian set in a world where superhumans and regular humans live in a divided world where superhumans are used against their will for the so-called benefit of humanity. The story follows a rich socialite who’s mysterious father runs the floating city and a former superhuman slave who fights with the rebel group Unsuper who both end up on the front line of the revolution of a changing world.

[veneritia]

WTW SECRET SANTA 2021 | FROM MADDIE AND YVES TO MOLLY

There was a spark in the way she walked. It reverberated around the room as if an echo, a siren, drawing everyone in. Juliette included.

Happy New Year @incipientdream !!! @yvesdot and I collabed to make you matching Juliette and Ruth graphics ❤❤

[craigbrownphd-blog-blog]

Funded Status of Corporate Pension Plans Held Steady in 2022

The aggregate funded status of the nation’s largest corporate pension plans at the end of 2022 was estimated to be 95 percent, the same level as at the end of 2021, WTW... https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/funded-status-of-corporate-pension-plans-held-steady-in-2022.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[profoundlyv]

Well holy sh*t. AON takes a $1bn forfeit on the WTW deal rather than sell off more business. Friends told me I was crazy when I predicted it. Seems a big win for anti-trust and the DOJ. Love it!

How long until the stock tanks and Greg Case is (rightly) kicked to the curb? Today is July 26, 2021. T-? And counting.

-V