Current writing!

[luzula]

It cannot remotely be said that I have been in a writing slump lately, given that I have written over 50K this year so far. But still I've been feeling a little bit like something was off, and it's because I have not been working on a long fic. Since the beginning of 2020 I have written four Heron works that are 100K or more, and one that is 50K. I've been missing that feeling of having a long arc to work on, and I'm happy to say that I have now started work on another longfic! \o/

I have been toying around with various ideas, such as the sedoretu fic, and the crossover with Flemington. But the plots of those have refused to solidify so far. A couple of days ago I started working on what I'm calling the transportation AU, where Ewen is sentenced to transportation. Later on, Keith is posted to the West Indies and discovers him there… This story will have some challenges, namely dealing with slavery. : / But last night I was thinking about the story and it did that wonderful thing where the plot just starts blooming and embellishing itself in your head, which is such a great feeling! So now I think I have a grip on the plot and emotional arc of the thing. : D

I do have one other WIP which is a short story with Ewen/OMC, Ewen/OFC, where two members of the French aristocracy upon Ewen’s arrival in Paris consider that he is the finest piece of manhood they have seen that season. The OC:s are a Comtesse and her gay best friend. This is admittedly a fun story, but it's also slow going to write, because French aristocracy. Er, and it is also the anti-Liaisons Dangereuses, because I cannot bear being cruel to 20-year-old Ewen. (I could probably be cruel to 20-year-old Keith; I don’t know what’s up with that—perhaps partly because Ewen in canon bears no scars of that kind, whereas Keith does.)

Comments

[nnozomi]

given that I have written over 50K this year so far.
MY GOODNESS. Envy and admiration!

it did that wonderful thing where the plot just starts blooming and embellishing itself in your head, which is such a great feeling!
So satisfying! So glad this is happening. That sense of "oh, of course, how else could it go?"

[luzula]

I don't think I'd have written quite that much if I wasn't doing Get Your Words Out With the goal of writing 150K during the year, where you track your word counts in a spreadsheet. It's definitely making me productive--but I think one frustrating aspect of it is that it's hard to get credit for editing. Like, editing is obviously necessary writing work, but it doesn't often lead to a tangible word count that I can put in the spreadsheet. Of course, I suppose I could make my own rules and count what I want to count, and add in a word count for editing as well.

Thanks! Yes, it's very satisfying. : D

[garonne]

Yay, longfic! I have missed reading your longfic.

And the Ewen in Paris fic!

(Also, gosh, it would be hard to imagine two fic with more different vibes :D )

[luzula]

Aww, thanks! <3 And you're right, those are very different vibes…

[sanguinity]

Yay, more longfic from you! I look forward to it!

a short story with Ewen/OMC, Ewen/OFC, where two members of the French aristocracy upon Ewen’s arrival in Paris consider that he is the finest piece of manhood they have seen that season.

Ooo, is this backstory to Three Strands?

(I had to hit your catalog to make sure I had the right title, and my goodness, you have twenty-six (26!) Heron stories!)

and it is also the anti-Liaisons Dangereuses, because I cannot bear being cruel to 20-year-old Ewen.

fwiw, my Dangerous Liaisons crossover will not involve being cruel to a 20yo Ewen, partly because it's post-Rising and he's no longer twenty, and partly because Keith is going to go feral on anyone who tries to fuck over the Camerons, nobility or not. :-D

...provided, of course, I ever get it out of its embryonic stage.

[luzula]

Ooo, is this backstory to Three Strands?
It is! : D

Keith is going to go feral on anyone who tries to fuck over the Camerons, nobility or not
Ooooh. I very much look forward to that storyline! *attempts to water and manure the little story seedling*