Getting a late start to this month's #NovelGauntlet challenge. (Weekdays continue to be difficult writing days for me.) But! It is a gorgeous sunny day & that means BACKYARD WRITING TIME! Going old school for this zero draft to see if handwriting helps me resist the urge to go back & rework stuff.

I'm vroyce here & on Discord but am relatively quiet (but I'm working on being more social & less hermit-y!)

I like the discovery aspect of uncovering things about my characters & world kicking around in my subconscious until the right "thing" in the story pulls them up to the conscience level. & when I do get to revising I love making it all fit together. #GauntletChat

Alright, last question before we do a wrap-up and since we're all writers here... tell us about your favorite aspect of writing! Why do you love it? #GauntletChat

A belated hello! I'm Viv & uh, continuously forget I have this penname account outside of fun challenges. 🙃 I'm either working on a cozy(ish) political fantasy of manners or a poly FFM dark academia fantasy romance with at least (1) mermaid(ish) character. #GauntletChat

Did not time my errands right so joining late. How fitting that the late on this question because the answer is time management! Carving out enough time to write, especially during the week when I usually go "ugh, too exhausted for more screen time" & then don't write. #GauntletChat

Taking advantage of the first warm enough & dry enough day this year to get some backyard writing time in! Thanks past!me for scheduling today & tomorrow off work! #amwriting #almostspring

Today is a cozy #amwriting day, both physically & thematically. Physically, I have decreed today PJ Party Sunday & am all comfy in my jammies with throw blankets & tea for MAXIMUM COZY on this cold day. Thematically, I'm working on a cozy fantasy featuring a hearth witch + detective duo I adore!

Started in on CAN'T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA by Rebecca Thorne yesterday & getting one chapter in before settling in to write my own cozy fantasy featuring magic & tea. Loving it so far! 💙📚 #weekendread #cozyfantasy

Had a more productive than expected afternoon yesterday, adding 5K words (!! not normal for me) Hoping for another solid day to build up a buffer for this week! (Also hoping I get to the only one bed scene. 😘) #NovelGauntlet #NotNaNo

I am 3,755 words under where I need to be today to stay on track for my #NovelGauntlet goal. Good thing I have the rest of the day (& evening) to myself. Let's see if I can get back up to par!

Not me setting up this account & immediately forgetting to post & be social & stuff. Anyways, one of my long-standing November writing traditions is to make some project-inspired recipes, so here is my belated thread, which will include photos. #NotNano #NovelGauntlet

Between #NovelGauntlet & my local @sockmonkeywriters.bsky.social Nov challenge, I'm feeling good about the month! My goal is to write a zero draft of a sapphic second chance at love fantasy romance featuring the surprise inheritance of a poison garden & a series of suspiciously timed poisonings.