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Pain Hurts

A 442-post collection

Tuesday, Early Start

I was up at 1AM with asthma so... fed the cats, plugged myself in, and started writing. I have derped and published my Weird Writer Wednesday a day early. Whoopsy doopsy.

I shall get rattling on today's tale and the Promptcast entry anon.

I'll definitely be treating my stupid fucking ankle today. I have no idea why I didn't do it yesterday other than inconvenience.

I can tell you right now that the pain from skipping treatment is worse than the inconvenience of doing the treatment. And I have the potential to finish up my book cover while I'm there.

:sparkles: Motivation! :sparkles:

Next one, I'll start on ALL the nonsense early. Like... the instant I get an idea, early.

Onwards to fiction creation, I guess. With a diversion for ankle.

Monday, Shopping Done and Other Stuff

I have SO MUCH writing to do today. For the Promptcast newsletter, for the Promptcast, for you, my lovely viewers. And I still have to treat my ankles and work on the dingdang book cover.

...and I plan on trying to enlist the writers on Tumblr later today.

I'm doing my best to get as many words as possible towards that 1 million total.

It's nasty hot, but I also have my post-shopping ice cream to keep me cool enough. And a

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Sunday, Streams and Nonsense

The Promptcast is streaming soon. I shall be moderating as always.

The story will be occurring after that.

My ankle hates me, and treatment takes time away from moderating. Fortunately, I have various means of easing the hatred.

I'm going to have to do a little bit of shopping tomorrow. Nothing huge. Just quality of life things. So therefore nothing overtly expensive.

I am almost-nearly done with the cover. I need to do a bit of precision shading. And then it's title

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Saturday, Streams and Stuff

The Promptcast has interviews today. If I treat my stupid fucking ankle when the notice goes out, I won't need to treat it again until after the stream is done.

We've figured out a way where I don't need anyone's help to do the hot/cold pack swap. Huzzah?

I shall be working on leaf rendering while treating my stupid fucking ankle. Which will be for roughly ten minute sprints at two hour intervals.

So far, so good.

We did just have

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Thursday, Slowly But Surely

I only got a few more leaves rendered, yesterday. My ankle firkin hates me. I forgor to write anything for Weird Writer Wednesday, boo and hiss.

And I need to find a handful of minutes to talk to my lovelies about treating my stupid fucking ankle. Because I need help to swap the cold pack and the heat pack out and maybe even refresh the temperature a smidge.

I should go do that now.

Also in my PLNs... finishing that layer of

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Wednesday, Physio and Time Shaving

I have an appointment, I have shopping to do. I have a water filtration system that needs a joosh and I have to call some people about it. I have an entry for the promptcast that's in need of a once-over. Aaaaannnd I have no time for breakfast. Woo.

It's looking like a very fun day, for interesting definitions of fun. At least some of my time-shaving habits will have me working on my cover art, today, with hopes of having it

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Tuesday, Getting There Slowly

It does indeed take me five-ever to create an art. I have a layer of fuckin' kudzu to finish, a further layer of kudzu to render, and the shadows of Guy Generic's ass to add so his pants have depth.

Huzzah.

I am within a very few days of having this cover ready for publication. The hardest part will be picking a font for the title.

I always go through that journey when the time comes.

And speaking of, I need to

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Monday, Locking In

I have a thing to do for the Promptcast newsletter. I have a cover to finish arting. I have a work to create for the Promptcast and a work to create for your entertainment.

...wheeee...

I did enjoy some birthday sushi and a restaurant-wide humiliation ritual because my lovelies are FIENDS who will absolutely dob the birthday bean into the restaurant staff. I will wreak my revenge eventually.

And there's a creamy chocolate torte in the fridge to vanish slice by slice.

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Sunday, Stream, Birthday, and New Story

Hooray, hooray, I'm 54 today.

I have a new story that's due out today. Alas, I have yet to finish the cover art. I hope to do that at some point today or tomorrow. And then, my lovely readers, we are off to the races.

I can do this. If I can get it out IN October, then it's good. I do have to shade Guy Generic's pants, but the primary deal is all the fuckin' kudzu.

I know what it looks

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Friday, Dealing With STUFF

I should be posting my Patreon stuff today. I have other work, like editing mentees offering for the Promptcast.

...my sweet Powers, it is full of holes.

My mentee needs to slow the fuck down and take a good solid look at what he's writing while he's writing it. I get frustrated and have to take breaks.

One day, he shall mentor someone who's just like him... MWA-hahahaha. Ahem.

I shall be working on the editing, and the daily tale, and my

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Wednesday, Almost Done and a Whoops

Whoops, we all forgor to get the rubbish out this week. Oh dear. And there's Sneezin' and Wheezin' Season biting my bum for extra "fun times".

BUT... I only have a few more things to add to the cover art in progress and that thing is ready for the title text. Huzzah.

I predict the most troublesome thing will be the fucking rain poncho. I think I know what I'll be doing with adding 'noise' to the concrete lumps. Which means that

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Wednesday, Editing, Doodling, Stuff and Nonsense

I'm currently in the last edit of my Promptcast thing. Comte Dragomyr rides again. Or might be ridden, depending on Marzanna's inclinations. ...hur hur hur...

I have to look up concrete rubble and put that into the scene, finish off Guy Generic in the foreground and put some clouds into the sky.

Before October Fourth.

I'm nearly there. I can do this.

I can get this little fucker out there. And hopefully earn a little scratch doing it.

I've bothered five people

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Tuesday, Some Difficulties in Proceeding

I think I'll be able to have five more chapters by this Friday, but... If not, I shall stretch out my supply to one per week.

I am planning to finish off my Promptcast entry for this week, so that will be something. I would like an approval for the latest added material before I charge on with more revised chapters.

The hinderance - the group reading through it with me are caught up in other shenanigans. I need them to really

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Monday, Writing Group Stuff and Nonsense

I am officially on the task of chasing my AMitA alumni into writing 2500 words each. With the extra bonus of the Dialogue Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. Three pieces of dialogue have been handed out to us. No voting, just use what fits you best.

But secret points for using them all.

So... because of one of the offered lines, I am dusting off Compte Dragomyr.

The line in question: "Do you want vampires? Because this is how we get vampires."

Styxx wanted a

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