check in day 30

Nov. 30th, 2025 12:32 pm
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How is the writing going?

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Today I

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wrote
2 (40.0%)

edited
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posted
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sent to beta
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researched
1 (20.0%)

planned
1 (20.0%)

had a cheeky break
1 (20.0%)

dealt with life
2 (40.0%)



Discussion: what are you working on this week?

Volunteers for December

Nov. 30th, 2025 12:25 pm
[personal profile] lilly_c posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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This takes us into the first weekend of January just to make things a wee bit easier on my end until I know what my shifts are like at work.

Week 1: 7th to 13th
Week 2: 14th to 20th
Week 3: 21st to 27th
Week 4: 28th to 3th

December sign up

Nov. 30th, 2025 12:25 pm
[personal profile] lilly_c posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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It's time to sign up for the December WIP challenge! Some people join the challenge mid month, or comment on check-in posts without signing up, which is fine -- I'm glad there's a way for the challenge to be useful in a variety of ways. For those of you who find the commitment of signing up useful, please leave a comment with the below information.

Sign-ups will be open until the end of December.


    Level of challenge: 1 chapter, 1000 words, 1 fic finished, whatever you like
    Fandom(s) involved: if you know at this point
    What you're looking for from the challenge: this could be as vague or specific as you like: someone to be accountable to, someone to remind you to write, someone to bounce ideas off, etc.
    What you could offer other participants yourself: ditto!
    How people should contact you: DW message, e-mail, IM etc.
    Time zone: useful for seeing who might be up for a writing session at a time convenient to you


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The post for hosting the daily check-in is here and thanks to everyone who helps out with this. If you're interested in helping out and there are still slots available the post remains open until the last week of the month and we generally run our week Sunday to Saturday, I'm happy to chat via PM on DW for anyone who might need it.

If you have ever completed a fic through this challenge we have a collection on AO3 and on SquidgeWorld both collections are open and unmoderated. Should there be an issue with adding a work, let me know and I'll see if there's a fix for it.
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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means [staff profile] karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

Check In: Day 29

Nov. 29th, 2025 10:43 pm
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Hello, hello!
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How many things are you actively working on right now?

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1
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2
2 (50.0%)

3-4
2 (50.0%)

5+
0 (0.0%)

NONE--I'M FREE, FREE I TELL YOU!!!
0 (0.0%)

Other....
0 (0.0%)

It's still Saturday for me barely, but that's besides the point so let's do a Status Share!  Whether you want to share snippets of what you're working on, share a struggle, share how far you've gotten so far, go for it!

Check In: Day 28

Nov. 28th, 2025 09:21 pm
[personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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Hello!  Sorry for missing yesterday's check in.  For a grand total of four (4) people (plus one dog), Thanksgiving gathering ran much longer than anticipated.

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What are your weekend writing plans?

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Writing!
2 (66.7%)

Reading!
1 (33.3%)

Revising!
1 (33.3%)

Outlining!
2 (66.7%)

Taking a break!
0 (0.0%)

I, uh, also did not come prepared with a new word for the day.

BUT I do have news that the 12th Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has been published!  So many new words!

multifandom icons.

Nov. 28th, 2025 06:57 pm
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Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Daredevil: Born Again, Doctor Who, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Made in Heaven, Outlander, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Romil & Jugal, Stay By My Side, The White Lotus, Triage, Wednesday

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rest HERE[community profile] mundodefieras 
 

Check In: Day 26

Nov. 26th, 2025 08:54 pm
[personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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Happy pre-Thursday, for those of you with me in the last remaining time zones.  And happy actual Thursday for the rest of you!
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What's your favorite of the 5Ws+H to write?

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Who
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Where
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Why
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How
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Other, or mysteriously none of the above~~
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I won't lie, this evening got away from me once I got home from work.  But, as foreseen, I did actually write today!  One more point for Routine being helpful.

Today's word:

Potation:  (noun)
  1. A usually alcoholic drink or brew
  2. The act or instance of drinking or inhaling; the portion taken in one such act

Per our frenemies at Merriam-Webster, the first known use was in the 15th century.

And for some etymology fun:  Potation came to English from Middle English potacioun, from Anglo-French potation, from Latin potation-->potatio "act of drinking" from potare "to drink"

After that long of a trip, I could do with a potation, too!

Check In: Day 25

Nov. 25th, 2025 02:10 pm
[personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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I was going to make a "What a week, huh?" joke here, and then realized it's not even Wednesday yet.  x__x

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What was today's Prime Task?

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Writing!
1 (20.0%)

Editing!
1 (20.0%)

Researching!
0 (0.0%)

Crying into my preferred beverage!
2 (40.0%)

Adult Business!
1 (20.0%)

Recovery!
1 (20.0%)

Pre-covery!
0 (0.0%)

Other...
1 (20.0%)


Today's word is brought to you by the shipping and transporting industry!  Because nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like the memory of dozens of shipping containers tipping into the harbor.

Stevedore:
  1. (noun)  One who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port
  2. (verb)  To handle (to load or unload) cargo as a stevedore
Per our friends at Merriam-Webster, "stevedore" came to English from the Spanish "estibador" which came from "estibar" meaning "to pack".  The first known use of "stevedore" in English was in 1788.

Check In: Day 24

Nov. 24th, 2025 02:55 pm
[personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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Here's to a new week of writing!

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What are you working on today?

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Fanfic
3 (60.0%)

Original
0 (0.0%)

Poetry
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Lyrics
1 (20.0%)

Nothing! It's a rest day
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Other
0 (0.0%)

Instead of a discussion topic this week, I thought I'd share some fun words and definitions I've saved.  Today's word, per Merriam-Webster:

Wilder:  (pronounced as in its remaining form "bewilder")
  1.   (transitive verb)  1.  To lead astray;  2.  Bewilder, perplex
  2.   (intransitive verb)  1.  To move at random, to wander

Check In: Day 23

Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:33 pm
[personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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Hello, all!  I hope your day has been full of writing or resting or at least something fun!

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What *kind* of day, Denny?

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Writing!
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Reading!
2 (33.3%)

Resting!
2 (33.3%)

Recovering!
0 (0.0%)

Staring contest with the Abyss and losing....
4 (66.7%)

Staring contest with the Abyss and WINNING!
0 (0.0%)

An infinitely more accurate answer than the above foolishness
0 (0.0%)

Discussion:  Oh boy.  Here we are at another week, huh.  How'd that even happen?  But enough mourning the inexorable passage of time!

This week sees--for those of us in the States--a major holiday which often correlates to major stress; it's not the most conducive to writing!  But there's still a bit of time on either side of the holiday for the possibility of writing.  (And for y'all not in an American Thanksgiving world, it will just be Thursday.)

So, what are your writing plans for the coming week?
[personal profile] igenlode posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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It's the weekend! What weekend writing plans do you have? Any snippets to share?

It's distinctly chilly, and I'm thinking about getting up and putting on some fingerless gloves, and maybe a rug round my shoulders until the heating comes on. *checks thermometer*; yes, it's down below fifty degrees again. That's always the point at which it starts to feel Unreasonably Cold For Inside. Down to 50F I can cope with thermal underwear and a silk scarf...
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These icons were made for the first [community profile] vampiremedia 20in20 challenge. The theme is women. So below are 20 icons for the challenge plus all the extras I made.

[01] Aleera, Marishka & Verona (Van Helsing)
[02] Mavis Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)
[02] Barbara Gordon (DC vs Vampires)
[05] Diana (DC vs Vampires)
[01] Raven (DC vs Vampires)
[01] Rose (Vampire Academy books)
[06] Jubilee Lee (X-Men)
[03] Selene (Underworld)
[06] Lily Munster (The Munsters 2022)
[02] Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaries)
[03] Elena Gilbert (The Vampire Diaries)
[01] Katerina Petrova (The Vampire Diaries)
[01] Rebekah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries) 
[07] Hope Mikaelson (The Legacies)
[09] Lizzie Saltzman (The Legacies)

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