sincere | A triumph only slightly marred (Reply)

Oh baby oh baby. My totals so far are 2297, 1422, 2058, and 2239. The 2nd was a low point for me: I wrote about 110 words at lunch, and then after work I just stared at my keyboard for about three hours while trying to brain any of the things I wanted to write. I couldn't do it and I wanted to beat my head against the wall. Failing already?!

Finally I went browsing through

fic_promptly for "any fandom" prompts until I found one that I thought I could write for my ship, threw myself on the floor, and scribbled in a notebook. And I managed a decent word count in spite of myself! I am on track with a respectable buffer so far.

So far in those words I have started three fics, and finished one: The Simple Gesture, Thor/Sif.

Here's how my brain works -- when I posted the Thor/Sif fic on AO3, I posted a note saying, I know I'm pretty much writing these for an audience of me, but someone should champion for this pairing! And then when I got a comment, I immediately thought, this is someone telling me why my pairing sucks. :(

I switch tabs to my Gmail to peer suspiciously at the notif. I can see in the preview that it says, "I do not normally like Sif AT ALL."

A Leslie Knope quote sums up my reaction: "That's terrific. Or is it awful? Everything's okay. Or is it just the same?"

How is everyone else doing on NaNo?

A triumph only slightly marred

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