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Penalt


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  • 15 weeks
    I got ART!

    I know I haven't done a blog in awhile, but being a full-time single parent working a full-time job, and a part-time writer tends to really chew into the hours I have in a week. That said, I just had to carve out a little time to show off the remarkable gift I was given from Lady Lightning Strike by way of the amazingly talented artist Pridark.

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    9 comments · 170 views
  • 27 weeks
    Commissions!

    Yeah, been awhile since I've written any sort of blog post, but I do have some good news. I'm re-opening to commissions! My patrons on Patreon will get priority for their commissions first, but it doesn't mean that everyone else can't ask for some stories either. Here are my commission conditions:

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  • 35 weeks
    So... a small heads up about the upcoming month...

    I'm about to start writing the final chapter or two of the Brightly Lit saga, after which time I'm actually going to be going on vacation for a week. As in actual time off from my job and all other responsibilities. Which means no Twilight Learned this month, and perhaps not next month either as I reassess things in the wake of the end of writing roughly 350,000 words on one pair of stories set

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  • 56 weeks
    So... a bit of a heads up

    Over the past few years I've engaged in a practice of letting my patrons on Patreon decide what story I should update following the Brightly Lit update in the month, and I've noticed a bit of a pattern. Mainly that anytime "How Twilight Learned" comes up in the voting it easily wins. So recently I asked my patrons if they would like me to just concentrate on Brightly Lit and HTL until one of

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  • 81 weeks
    State of the Pen

    It's been 10 days since my brother died and 6 since we laid him to rest at the foot of a willow tree near a shady stream. I find myself both functional and numb. I can act, react, and do things, but anything beyond the basics is like trying to push fog with your hands. Something happens but not much. I find myself staring at a computer screen and feeling... nothing.

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Feb
1st
2018

February Challenge · 9:29am Feb 1st, 2018

So, due to various events, combined with sad anniversaries and general life, I haven't written anywhere near as much as I like to over the past couple of weeks. I'd like to change that. So, for the month of February, I am posing myself the following challenge:

Penalt will write an average of 1500 words per day for the month of February, for a total of at least 42,000 words for the month.

Why am I pushing myself like this? A few reasons. Such as I really want to get back into the swing of writing. Also, I have written upwards of 2,500 words in a single day, only to get lazy in the days afterward. Another reason is that I'd like to take a stab at NaNoWriMo the next time it comes around on the calendar, and this would be good training for it. Finally, I just want to plain old see if I can do it. Now, I do have Patreon and other commitments. So, folded into this I have to:

1) Write at least 2,000 words of Brightly Lit.
2) Write a chapter of Mail Troubles.
3) Make at mentions of 2 characters at some time in the month, or at least have them do walk-ons in my stories.

Beyond that, I can write whatever i like. I do have more than a couple of stories that have been languishing untouched, but I'd like to know if my readers have any specific suggestions as to which of my stories should get some of the many words I intend to write this month. Oh, this challenge of mine comes with one proviso. Should I fail, I will not be disappointed in my failure. I will be pleased that I made the attempt in the first place.

I look forward to your comments....

Comments ( 7 )

Every word one writes is a triumph. I wish you all the triumphs. Also, I hope Twilight learns a lot of new and interesting stuff.

Brightly Lit and Mail Troubles are the ones I'd most like to see updated.

That said, I wish you the best of luck with your challenge. :yay:

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Ya, I mocked the universe and it smote me down with the flu for a few days :) That said, a new chapter of Brightly is being written as I speak, Mail Troubles will follow.

Eh...
I'd rather see a good idea unfold than just more stuff, but we shall see how that turns out soon enough...

CUDDLE. DUNGEON. SEQUEL!

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