Update Link: Watch Me Burn – Part 19

Happy Monday and happy summer vacation!! We made it! I’ve been done work since last Tuesday, and I’m still absolutely exhausted, lol.

The last two years, when I packed up for summer, I only took a few things home because most of it was just stored away for September. This year, I had to pack EVERYTHING. Six huge boxes full of materials — I dragged them to the car, to the living room, and then abandoned them for the rest of the week lol. My living room looks like a nightmare. I’ve been slowly moving through them, trying to sort through what needs to be repacked because I don’t need it, and then pulling out things that don’t have to go back — ugh.

I spent the first two days (Wed & Thurs) sleeping, reading, playing The Sims, and enjoying my beloved Phillies — their best road trip since 2010! This is the first year since my grandmother died in 2018 that I’ve had both time and energy to get into the season. It was something we shared together, and it was hard for a while to watch without her. But the post season run just brought it all back, and when I’m really missing her, I make sure to sit in the armchair I inherited. It was her mother’s chair, and was in her living room all my life. It was the only thing I ever wanted, and now it’s in my office 🙂

Since Friday, I’ve been focusing on Fool Me Twice and catching up to where I wanted to be — In the last three days, I’ve written around 25k and five chapters. I feel fantastic about the material coming out, though it needs a lot of work. It was always going to be a messy draft, so I’m ready for the editing to be insane, ha. Hoping to finish it up around June 30.

Today, we’re kicking off the summer posting schedule! I’m starting with Watch Me Burn on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This will definitely be the story of the summer, as we’re barely halfway through. In July, when the FMT draft is done, I’m either going to add a new Flash Fiction story or more Watch Me Burn. I’m not sure yet — if it’s a new story, I need to make sure it’s a shorter one that will only take the eight weeks I’ll have of summer (so roughly 16 parts).

I’m still working on Signs of Life, and was planning to do more beta editing this month, but I got so behind FMT (and you’ve all been waiting WAY too long for this book), so I put it on the back burner for now.

Last bit of business! I’m working on my summer plans for the site, the channel, and Patreon, and there are still a handful of stories that haven’t been given the unique theme approach (like Fool Me Twice and Counting Stars). Let me know which story you think deserves to get the makeover next!