Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 117

Can’t believe I’m actually writing the end of this one today! I started it about a year ago, and it’s the longest flash fiction — it’s twice as long as Dear Reader, in both parts and word count. DR had 50 updates and around 118k words. Watch Me Burn is longer at 55 updates and 163k.

You’re Not Sorry is, before I write today’s final update, 295,948 words with 116 published updates. That’s…insane. It’s longer than any single title in the Fool Me Twice or Mad World series.

And I wrote it in one calendar year.

So I’ll try to remind myself of that insane number whenever I feel like I haven’t written much this year. I have, and it’s kind of insane, isn’t it?

Reminder! I’m scheduling off days for myself based on the Phillies — they’re not playing tomorrow, so I’m not scheduling any writing. With the curriculum done, I’m going to try to actually take the whole day off. I’ve got the new Jayne Castle loaded on the Nook, some fun new Sims 4 mods to try out, and a list of shows my sister wants me to watch. Let’s see if I can avoid working for a whole day.

See you on Friday for The Archer.

Update: The Archer – Part 7

Finished my curriculum writing this morning, so yay! I had to do soooo much background work to write the documents, and it was like, taking over my whole life, lol. But it’s done, and now I can dial back how much time I spend  (though this is me we’re talking about so I’m still going to be working).

Temps are sky rocketing this week so I hope everyone is staying cool and hydrated 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 116

Hello! I misread my notes and it turns out that in addition to today’s update, we need one more part of this story on Wednesday. I’ll see you again tomorrow for The Archer!

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 115

Hello! Apologies for not updating yesterday! I picked up a day subbing at summer school which wasn’t supposed to interfere with updating in the evening, but my sister asked me to go out to dinner with my nieces and see Toy Story 5, and apologies my loves, but my girls always take precedence. The movie was perfect, I laughed, I cried. Just a really sweet story.

I’ll be back tonight at 5 to catch up with part I missed for The Archer 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 114

Happy Wednesday! I’m so glad I took a little break from writing You’re Not Sorry to properly set up an ending. Sometimes you just need some space to see things a bit clearly I reread the first 200 pages or so, and that really helped me get back into head space. Right now, there are three parts planned — today, Friday, and Monday. But I don’t know how long each of my planned scenes will take to write, so that may stretch into more updates if necessary.

See you tomorrow around 5!

Update Link: The Archer – Part 6

I am dragging so hard today, and it’s really my own fault. The Phillies had a rain delay, so they didn’t play until 8:15, and I stayed up until they lost (boo), but I didn’t actually manage to get to sleep until almost 1. I should have gone to bed as soon as the game was over. I woke up late, and I’ve felt off all day.  Plus, I’m super behind on where I wanted to be in my curriculum writing because I basically lost yesterday thanks to the electric going out, and all my notes saved on Google. Ugh.

ANYWAY.  Here’s your update for today 🙂

 

Link: Posting Schedule

Recent Updates & Flash Fiction page now up to date!

Well, this was a shining start to the new summer schedule. I had posted over the weekend that I was planning to start updating daily with You’re Not Sorry on Mon, Wed, and Fri this week finishing it up, and then Tues/Thurs for the Archer, then some perks on Patreon.

Literally after I posted that on Saturday, admin reached out to ask me to sub today, so I had to push Flash to this afternoon, but I was gonna make it work. Then I get home, start the Crimson Swift livestreams and my power goes out at 2:30! A truck took out a traffic light which dominoed into our electric line. The entire city was out! Traffic lights and everything! No AC with temps muggy and in the upper 80s. They didn’t come back until around 6:30 and then the Phillies game got a rain delay–

This has been a very stupid Monday.

ANYWAY.

The new posting schedule is up! I’ll be posting Flash every day, 12 PM on M/W/F, and 5PM on Tues/Thurs. If I pick up days at summer school on Mon or Wed, the update time will just shift to that PM.

On Patreon, I’m working on Crimson Swift again this summer, and then on weekends, bringing back the 25 minute sprints where I dust off an old project and try to figure out why it’s not working or fix it. I’m also going to be working These Small Hours.

I’ve scheduled some days off for myself — I decided to make it easy and just pick Phillies off days. So when the Phillies don’t play, writing is optional for me. I also put in some days off for the All Star Break and work related stuff. I’m trying to go lighter on myself this year and not over-schedule myself.

See you tomorrow for our first Flash Fiction!

Update: The Archer – Part 5

Hey! I mentioned yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment in the morning, so I would be getting to my update late. Well, the appointment took longer than I planned, and I have to clock a certain amount of hours each day for curriculum writing so by the time that got done, it was just too late to think about writing. I did, however, have a great time writing curriculum. It’s my favorite thing to do in education other than directly interacting with my students. The great thing this year is I’m planning the final level of the course, so I get to look back and rework all the previous years to align with the ultimate goals.

I find out today or tomorrow morning if I have summer school, so expect some news on the summer schedule this weekend. If I do have 1-2 sessions, I need to make sure I’m leaving time for the teaching and planning (which is fine, since I already have the basic plan ready), working on next year’s plans, writing, AND maybe relaxing a little bit, lol. This is supposed to be summer vacation after all. Appreciate your patience 🙂

Update Link: The Archer – Part 4

Hello! Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great day 🙂 Tomorrow’s update will almost certainly be later. I have a dentist appointment that they just pushed back to 9AM, and the Phillies play at 2, so I’ll probably be updating around 6 or 7, depending on when that gets done.

I didn’t finish the recent updates page, so that’s been pushed back to Thursday.

Still waiting on my summer schedule situation to drop so I can start making more specific plans for content 🙂 Thanks for your patience.

Update Link: The Archer – Part 3

Hello! Happy first Monday of summer! I’m waiting to hear about summer school this week — I should know by Friday’s update because registration finishes on Thursday. I had three French I failures, two French II, and 1 French III, so odds are somewhat better than last year. It’s a useful paycheck in the summer; otherwise, your girl is on rice by the end of August. Once I can get a sense of what time I have available, I can start thinking about summer perks.

The last two weeks of June, I’m also logging curriculum hours for French IV. I have 40 hours to finish before June 30, so my mornings this week are for curriculum, and then I’ll figure that out next week.

This week, I’m absolutely planning to update daily. I’m having trouble visualizing the next part of You’re Not Sorry. We’re at the end, and conclusion scenes are always my weak point so I’d rather let it sit and percolate a little bit before I do anything. I might even need to reread chunks of it to help jumpstart some inspiration, so we’re switchng to The Archer for now.

I updated the Flash Fiction page to add The Archer and put Foolish Games on hiatus. Recent Updates is the goal for tomorrow!