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Holiday Giftfic News: Good & Bad
Nov. 29th, 2021 09:39 amHi all! It's been a really rocky year for me. I wasn't in the greatest mental state after losing my job and being unemployed for 11 months and being cut off from friends and family during the pandemic. But I made it through alive, thanks to my friends and family who made sure I could pay the mortgage and dropped off groceries for me so I could eat. I've got 4 jobs now (one full-time and 3 part-part-time), which doesn't leave me a lot of time to do fun things, as you might imagine. But I am also in need of a lot of downtime around so much work, so I've had to do a lot of juggling to stay sane and happy.
I haven't felt super creative all year. For the first time ever, I didn't finish Camp NaNo in July, even though I set a low goal for myself. I'm running the risk of not finishing proper NaNoWriMo this month (I'm at 34,000+ words with only 2 days left, which means about 8,000 words a day). I'm giving it my all and keeping my fingers crossed that I'll somehow manage to pull out a win.
For NaNo this year, I decided to try to finally knock out as many of the holiday giftfic requests as possible remaining from the 2020-2021 season. At the beginning of the year, out of 12 requests, I had 2 posted, 1 other finished, and 2 others started. Despite trying to work on them all year, that was also where I was at the beginning of November. Yikes. But now I've got the same 2 posted, 9 finished, and the final 1 started. I'm hoping to finish that one today (tomorrow at the latest). So I'll start posting the stories leading up to Christmas (likely starting on December 15).
I know they are a whole year late. I know the thing you requested might not be what you're into any more. And I am so very sorry for taking so long and letting you down. I have been filled with guilt and shame about it all year. But I hope at least one of the fics will be something you'll enjoy.
That being said, I'm a little burned out regarding fic requests and I don't want to over-commit myself after this debacle. So I'm going to be taking this year off in the gift fic-writing department. I'm so sorry if this news is disappointing to anyone who was hoping to submit a request this year. Please hold onto it and keep it safe until next holiday season when I will be open again for requests. Thanks for understanding! And sorry, again, for taking so long with your precious plot bunnies. They were wonderful; I just wasn't in the right mindset to do them justice.
I haven't felt super creative all year. For the first time ever, I didn't finish Camp NaNo in July, even though I set a low goal for myself. I'm running the risk of not finishing proper NaNoWriMo this month (I'm at 34,000+ words with only 2 days left, which means about 8,000 words a day). I'm giving it my all and keeping my fingers crossed that I'll somehow manage to pull out a win.
For NaNo this year, I decided to try to finally knock out as many of the holiday giftfic requests as possible remaining from the 2020-2021 season. At the beginning of the year, out of 12 requests, I had 2 posted, 1 other finished, and 2 others started. Despite trying to work on them all year, that was also where I was at the beginning of November. Yikes. But now I've got the same 2 posted, 9 finished, and the final 1 started. I'm hoping to finish that one today (tomorrow at the latest). So I'll start posting the stories leading up to Christmas (likely starting on December 15).
I know they are a whole year late. I know the thing you requested might not be what you're into any more. And I am so very sorry for taking so long and letting you down. I have been filled with guilt and shame about it all year. But I hope at least one of the fics will be something you'll enjoy.
That being said, I'm a little burned out regarding fic requests and I don't want to over-commit myself after this debacle. So I'm going to be taking this year off in the gift fic-writing department. I'm so sorry if this news is disappointing to anyone who was hoping to submit a request this year. Please hold onto it and keep it safe until next holiday season when I will be open again for requests. Thanks for understanding! And sorry, again, for taking so long with your precious plot bunnies. They were wonderful; I just wasn't in the right mindset to do them justice.
