I know, I know, I've been telling this not long ago. I was so excited when only the time I needed to publish and notify my last work, was seconds before midnight. So, once again, Happy New Year!
As you know, #worldember2023 is over, and I hope everyone have finish the goal! This year I managed to publish 14 articles with a total of, according to the main page, 11,939 words. Compare to 7,203 words last year with 11 entries, I'd say this year is a total success.
Due to my strategies, I have another 13 unfinished articles that I intended to finish according to my pledge back in November, but didn't make it on time. Meaning that I've written 24 articles, but over half was unused. I think I've to redo my workflow next time.
On the bright side, I've finished 2 plots - Quest for the Power Stone and Might of the Power Stone!. I was satisfied by these two plots, despite how rushed the latter was, since them and the Wrath of the Power Stone I did last WorldEmber, are the main world storyline of Terraloga during 2019-20. I finally completed the world's biggest goal, and I'm feeling better than ever!
You can find my full list of all finished articles on my main page, when I crossed the threshold of WorldEmber 2023!.
To be honest, it's one of the most chaotic years ever. I lost my friend, I lost my jobs twice, and I was about to lose my house to the bank within months. I'm completely lost, and if I don't do everything within the next months from now, I'll lose everything.
Nevertheless, there's a good side to the story. I've been through art communities, and I've been very happy. They were very supportive, I got new friends, and most of all I was able to do art commissions for them. I've found the way to make money, and if I continue to focus on those, I would solve this crisis in no time.
Have you face any crisis and how you solved them? If you're okay to tell, I'll listen.
And with that folk, another success goal in my last year resolution. My mission to post monthly update for a whole 2023, has come to an end! I don't want to make it for another year no more. I've ruined my posting schedule every month, and I wish I'd never do it again. It's over....
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Or has it?
I will show 2024's goals on my resolution article, along with a review of my last year to see what I've accomplished. Stay tuned!
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Finishing WorldEmber went almost smoothly, with almost meaning that obviously the entire website will be deleted and rolled back two days before the deadline. Or that things will start breaking. The universe has spoken!
That being said, I finished the competition with a large scale military conflict started by a boy now erased from history, and a short (3.6k+) WIP article about Breadmaking. All three will be given more love in the coming weeks, the breadmaking article in particular if I remember to make some good quality photos.
Planning is definitely essential for me and with all the unexpected and attention-demanding stuff popping out throught the month I understand, more than ever the needs for it. It will be rough, but I'm hoping to introduce even more planning into my writing/life schedule. This week I'll be gathering my strenghts and resting and somewhere in the next week will be posting my plans for the January, traditionally including the Reading Challenge.
There is just one more shameful secret I have to share, but that will come after Worldember. It may be one of the reasons I struggled a bit with finding time for writing.
And that was starting Duolingo a week before WorldEmber. With all fairness I did not think it anticipate it would stick so well. The plan was to learn Scottish Gaelic since the this WorldEmber was centered round a Celtic-like culture and Scottish Gaelic is my placenamer language of choice. After a month, though, after successfully finishing #worldember2023 and advancing to the Amethyst League I can sum it up the efforts to: Obh obh... Chan eil i cho dona ach mi gu math sgìth.
I had as objective to reach 10k words, as usual, but this year I've managed to reach 25k words!
And more importantly, I'm pretty happy with what I've written! They are more longer articles than I tend to write, having an average of 1,9k between all my 13 articles. And other than worldbuilding, I've even managed to write prose and do a bit of art! So, I think it's been a pretty fulfilling month!
These are the articles I've written this month:
Christmas is but a memory but the smell of gingerbread, oranges and cloves will remain for a few more days if not weeks. :) It was a time of intense preparations and many many visits. I wrote some but published nothing yet, so...
I've decided to finish #worldember2023 with a blast and the final 6.4k worth of words will be divided into 3-4 articles. Is it doable? Looks at two articles 2.5k+ long Absolutely! It's quality over quantity now and it makes me super excited.
Last week went by fast and furious and I dedicate myself mostly to species. With an upcoming article about Pots, an article about the Geese came out. The articles about: deers, boars, roe and snails are in the making.
The drafts of the boy, who broke the world and the organization he lead were given more love and are almost ready to publish.And my second love and passion of breadmaking will proooooobably have its release this week. There are so many loaves that deserve love and attention, but the article would grow so big... ;(
I got around a couple of Theiket's new dragons:
There's also a lot of new articles in this year's vehicle section, e.g.:
If there are some awesome articles you read last week, feel free to share them in the comments, so we can learn from one other.
A group of biological processes possibly unique to the mersanida sphere of life.