It’s been a weirdly up and down month so far.

Patreon
This month’s theme is Dragons Next Door!
I’m working on MB’s prompt; if you happen to be a $5 donor, go prompt!
Going to Asthrifel is the free story for the month. It follows Sage’s far-younger sister Artemisia as she starts school at Asthrifel University.
Attrition was written to January’s theme, set in Addergoole between year 12 and Year 17

Serials
In Edally Academy, Enrie gets a bit of hope!

Fun
Trouble in Cloverleaf – part 3 – Luke and Leo have a fight. Probably-not-canon, continuing.
part 4
part 5
part 5
part 6
Groundhog Day:
Part One: Dreamwidth ~ Live Journal
Part Two: Dreamwidth ~ Live Journal
Part Three: Dreamwidth ~ Livejournal
Part Four: Dreamwidth ~ Livejournal
Part Five: Dreamwidth ~ Livejournal
Part Six: Dreamwidth ~ Livejournal
Part Seven: Dreamwidth ~ LiveJournal
Part Eight: DW ~ LJ

The Magical Disaster, a short written for fun
Witch’sona week, a description of my witch-sona
Stress Relief, a short involving sadism, blood, cutting, territory marking, pain

Renewal Time!
I’m renewing all my domain names AND paying for the paid DW Account, so I started a continuing story, Sting Marydel and the Cliffs of Anterior to raise funds. We’re up to $25 so far!
Part one: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1049125.html
Part two: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1049392.html
Part three: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1051270.html
Part four: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1054666.html
Park five: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1057725.html
Part six: http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/1064287.html

Prompt Calls
I still have this Addergoole in the Apocalypse “give me ideas” call open.
I need more prompts!
In the Forest was written to wyld_dandelyon‘s prompt: Keita doesn’t want to leave the forest.
The Good Hunt was written to inventrix‘s prompt: Shush was fine until the reveal.

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Jan 17th Summary

I took a couple days off for sickness; feeling better now.

Patreon
This month’s theme is Addergoole!
I’m working on Hob’s prompt; if you happen to be a $5 donor, go prompt!

Conlang
I’ve been making sentences in Whispers Drop, my conlang for Languary

Serials
In Edally Academy, Enrie’s troubles just keep going.

Renewal Time!
I’m renewing all my domain names AND paying for the paid DW Account, so I started a continuing story, Sting Marydel and the Cliffs of Anterior to raise funds. We’re up to $20 so far!

Fun
Building the Apiary – Cya builds things
On the Hunt, or not, One of Cya’s descendants, in Addergoole.

Prompt Calls
My December Prompt Call is going to stay open until it stops being fun 😉
The theme is “Prompt something fun for me or fun for you.” Go ahead and prompt something
Stories since the seventeenth are:
Changes and Adjustments, Rozen & Kai post-Apoc Addergoole/Fae-Apoc
Tangled and Tied, a continuation paid for by Rix
Lessons Learned in School, Dragons Next Door

I also still have this Addergoole in the Apocalypse “give me ideas” call open.
I need more prompts!

Coming to School

I reviewed 2015

Offline
I also:
Wrote 450 words on an fdom cyberpunk paranormal romance novella
Wrote 820 words on a secret project
Wrote 50 words of submissions, was paid for a story, and signed a contract for another

I wrote a grand total of 6600 words from Jan 17th-26th!

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Jan 8th Summary

Patreon
This month’s theme is Addergoole!
Going to Addergoole East, an introduction to the school for a young student, was written to clare_dragonfly‘s prompt.

Serials
Edally keeps going! Enrie’s family are quite difficult…

If you’re new to Edally, start here. It’s a steampunk boarding school setting, following a 3-person team of students as they make their way through their first year at the prestigous Academy.

A Tribute – Where Dreams Live
It’s been a bad week for the world, so I wrote a small story of hope.

Commissions
A Beautiful Friendship
chanter_greenie request something with Amantia and Zita from Addergoole: Year Nine.

Desired Situation…, a continuation of Want Ad, an earlier Patreon story, was written to clare_dragonfly‘s commission.

Home
I made some shelves!

Conlang
I continued a bit on Languary, an idea started by becka_sutton (languary), creating a language for a new setting.

Fun
Cloverleaf Character Study: Tijana the knitter – CLoverleaf has a lot of people making it work, and all of them came from somewhere
Beside the Point, a fic of Addergoole – sometimes you need to yell at Regine.

I continued my stories of Boom in Cloverleaf, playing off of some roleplay inventrix & I are doing, itself playing off an old story I wrote of Cya and Boom.

Prompt Calls
My December Prompt Call is going to stay open until it stops being fun 😉
The theme is “Prompt something fun for me or fun for you.” Go ahead and prompt something
Stories since the seventh are:
The Water, modern
Turnabout, Addergoole, Yr19

I also still have this Addergoole in the Apocalypse “give me ideas” call open.
Don’t Stick Out

Offline
I also:
Wrote 1200 words on an fdom cyberpunk paranormal romance novella
Wrote 440 words on a secret project
Wrote 2000 words of submissions, submitted a story, and received a rejection for a story submitted in October.

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Patreon
The theme poll is closed, and January’s theme will be Addergoole!
I have been working on this month’s serial post. Werewolves!

Serials
Edally continues apace! Enrie keeps digging into things that she really shouldn’t…
If you haven’t checked it out, start here: Edally Acdemy is a series of stories, following three new students as they work through their life and their plans for the future in a steampunk boarding school. It belongs to the same world as last month’s Lexember conlang, Reiassan, and to my novel-in-progress, Rin & Girey.

Conlang
I’ve started on Languary, an idea started by becka_sutton (languary), creating a language for a new setting.

Fun
I wrote a series of stories of Boom in Cloverleaf, playing off of some roleplay inventrix & I are doing, itself playing off an old story I wrote of Cya and Boom.

There’s also this AU that came off of that series of stories.

Discovery is set in Edally-Era Calenyen, telling the story of a ship from Homeland reaching Reiassan

Prompt Calls
My December Prompt Call is going to stay open until it stops being fun 😉
The theme is “Prompt something fun for me or fun for you.”
Stories include
Planning for Spring, space/colonies
Dinner, modern/threesome
Bound Up, Fae Apoc/Modern
Warm and Cozy, modern/creepy

I also still have this Addergoole in the Apocalypse “give me ideas” call open.
And Your Little Friends Too comes out of this call

I reviewed 2015

Offline/not posted
I also:
Wrote 1000 words on an fdom cyberpunk paranormal romance novella
Wrote 1300 words on a secret project
Wrote 1300 words of submissions and 300 words of commissions (Commission out for character approval)

For a grand total of 11,681 words from Jan 1-7th!

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Wordcount

I wrote 308,414 (or thereabouts) words in 2016.
[2014 total words: 422,180]
Of those:
39% were for $ (Patreon, submissions, commissions, freelance writing work)
47% were for Audience (blog posts, prompt calls, challenges, writing prompts, serials, “more please”)
13% were flat-out for fun (stuff that jumps out that nobody asked for & I’m not sure anyone will like)

From July-December
10% of my writing was for Patreon
8% for commissions
19% for edally
12% in novellas/novel projects
10% for something you’ll see next quarter
4% blog posts
13% submissions
25% everything else.

Publications

Fluff text for Queen’s Necklace
“Company” in No Place for Us
“Lifeblood of the City” in Bloodlines
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” in Do You Feel What I Feel

Projects

Edally Academy: Completed The Angry Aetherist and began The Missing Treaty
Jumping Rings: on indefinite hiatus since June
Addergoole: the original series: Being moved to wordpress, slowly.
Rin & Girey: a new draft is happily underway
Language for Reiassan (Rin/Girey, Edally): Well underway.

I should do this monthly in 2016 so I can remember where I stand!

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Fanfiction Disclaimer

Stories
Around Elephants, a story for #FridayFlash and Thimbleful Thursday
The Club, for Thimbleful Thursday

Patreon Stories – for Patrons Only
After the Storm, Kailani after the apocalypse
An excerpt from a novel not yet written, Rin & Girey
A Twisty Problem, a story of Dragons Next Door

Serial Stories
Broader Education, a story of Edally
Remembering the Fallen a story of Jumping Rings

Life in Alder Trees
Projects I am Working On Right Now
Why I Won’t Be Doing NaNoWriMo in 2015
Brainstorming for CAMP Nano
Generators and More Generators
Trying Out New Recipes

Greenhorn on Luna Se7vn, a ficlet of Foedus Planetarum for Thimbleful Thursday
Where it All Begins – the Zeroth Cohort in Addergoole
When All Else Fails, Make a Plan (Fanfic for cluudle‘s Superhero world)
Time for Play, a ficlet for #3WW
Making Things Work – more Baram’s House Elves
Messy, a story of Addergoole Year 46 for #3ww

International Women’s Day: Junie
International Women’s Day: Fae Apoc Presidents

Book Covers & other Canva Art
Thimbleful Thursday
The Fires of Gobann and other book covers

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Kickstarter

Mobbing Midnight: a Kickstarter Just Nine Days to go!
On Crows and Crow Cages

Feedback Requested

March Theme Poll – open to everyone!
Domain Name Fundraiser – Ask the Questions!
POLL! A Sponsored Continuation or three

Patreon

Second Patreon Milestone Reached!
Abduction: The Musical posted as a Patreon-only story

Life of Lyn

Another Book Review Of Sorts: Red Iron Nights, by Glen Cook
The Mom Test and “Tell me About Your Story.” (A blog post)
Come To Ithaca… Some Other Time (blog Post)
Today’s Bread… (cooking)

Other Places on the Web

clare_dragonfly‘s Patreon
inventrix‘s Patreon
Lucy Weaver’s Patreon
Azazel and Penemue, K Orion Fray’s Etsy Shop

Stories

Top of Class, Bottom A fic of Edally Academy
Zig-a-Zag, a story for Thimbleful Thursday and #FridayFlash
Silenced, a ficlet for #3ww
Rescue & Shelter, a ficlet of Tír na Cali
Let the Good Times Roll/Forgery, a story of Fae Apoc for Thimbleful Thursday
Three-Word Wednesday and Foedus Planatarum: Evolving

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Jumping Rings Chapter 16 is up!

Mobbing Midnight: an Anthology of Crows – the kickstarter is live and already at $170.

My Domain Name Fundraiser raised $15, opening up a free answer-fic, once a question is asked.

And

I updated my Patreon Page. It’s $1 from the new, saner incentive level.

And now I go back to the writing mines!

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Some Stories
Observing, a side story of the Unicorn/Factory
The Bishop Speaks, a story of FairyTown
Impossible Projects, a story of Science!
The Ramifications of Hair, a continuation of Tir na Cali

Check out This story, written in 2012

Memes
Kink/Fluff/Angst Meme: Jamian
Turn left Story One: Baram’s Elves
Turn Left Story Two: The Damn Cat

Blog!
A New Year, some new goals (a blog post)
December Meme Day Eighteen – TV Shows

Misc
Tir Na Cali Landing Page Updated Description
The Four Undramatic Plot Structures, a Cartoon
A Rough Timeline of the Faerie Apoc, Part I
Thinking about creating a new bingo community – feedback requested
Stranded World Landing Page Updated

Other People’s Fiction
Check out Tapestry, by my friend Wysteria
And Dragon Wars, by my friend Becka Sutton

Serial
Edally Academy: The Angry Aetherist Chapter Twenty

Something Cold, Something Hot Rin/Girey, Later in timeline
Some Perspective, Luke/Doomsday
Answering, Luke/doomsday
Meet Feeya (Neska) – an Addergoole RP character
In Which Mieve Considers Her New Purchase Amrit/Mieve – Fae Apoc post-apoc
Thanks, Tir na Cali/New Year
Description: Edora
Being a Puppy,a continuation of “Puppies,” Tir na Cali
Agreed, a continuation of “Arrangements”

Foedus
Trope Bingo card for trope_bingo
Description: Jahnan
Trope Bingo, The Tod’cxeckz’ri Paper Part I
Standards, a story of Jahnan and Yira for #3WW
Mad in Atter, Jahnan & Yira for Thimbleful Thursday

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