...it's one of these days. Constantly trying not to cry, but I'm at home. Alone. Cause I live alone. I could just cry, and no one would have to deal with it, yet I just.. can't. And that's the case way too often to be healthy.

Where is your current manuscript taking you? #writingcommunity #booksky

We're not yet at the point when it gets dark outside at 3 pm, but we're not far off either. Not that the sun was ever visible these last days. But technically, the sun sets at 4:30 pm today.

And we did just that :D

“What did’ya think tha’ tartan meant, bunny?” ✨Have a new chapter!✨ #theNumber3 on AO3 archiveofourown.org/works/143401...

I frequently get the weirdest (& cutely confused) comments by people who compare my writing style in my two AO3 works. I'm a self-taught author. I taught myself how to tell a story & how to do so in a foreign language. That means there's an obvious development, and yes, the beginnings are cringy.

[enter mad giggling here]

Since I'm stuck in one, let's have a giggle at the word 'traffic jam' and how it makes me think of fruit spreads.

I have high hopes of finishing the next chapter of #theNumber3 this weekend! Though, considering it sometimes takes me months (we don't talk about that one whole year) to write a new one, maybe I should wait a bit with posting?

With the next chapter we're gonna reach and demolish the 100,000 words goal for #theNumber3 (So now the story is about a third of my other work... XD )

Props to Korea for banning school bullies from uni despite perfect grades, but you do realise there's now gonna be a Kdrama about this? How about major bully gets rejected, loses everything, but then BAM turnaround with the help of their former victim. They become a better person & ofc find love. 🙄

❓️ soooo... Is it courtier or courtee or..? The person courting actively (courtier) versus the person being courted (courtee). My mind keeps comparing it to employer and employee, as in the spelling. But I think I got that right. Hopefully.

Anyone else feel like they weren’t really present for most of their life?

You might've noticed that I tend to criticise patriarchal systems in my stories. Apart from it just being ridiculous to prefer one over the other, following maternal lineage just makes more sense. You can be sure about who gave birth to the kid. You can't always be sure about who fathered it.(1/2)

Also LOOK AT THAT

Next chapter of #theNumber3 will be two-fold. As in, we are going to switch between POVs. The parts of the twins are done now, Harry's are like 50% there.

Today another wall of fog came down, but by late midday the sun had dissolved most of it, and the sky turned such a pretty blue. I'm gonna pretend the dementors have stopped breeding now.

Went to one of the local museums for a guided tour. We were the only two participants, and I felt like I was back in uni. It was great! Realised I forgot more of my studies than I took away from those years 🙃

2570 words. Slowly but steadily.

Warning to the #WritingCommunity There's a new and quite convincing SCAM going around. Watch out for an email offering to include your book in some fancy BOOK CLUB. I've now seen these from the "Toronto Public Library" and the "Paris Anglophone Book Club." Block and ignore! And please share 💙

Woke up to thick fog close to the ground. Like walking into a wall of stationary rain. Rode and walked to work through thick fog, went grocery shopping in a bit lighter fog, and went home when it came back down thick again.

Thanks to an ambitious mosquito, I was up very early, at work very early, and am going to leave especially early.

2000 words ♡

BTW looks like some people did get a notification when I added in a chapter. (To clarify: I simply split a chapter into two like I warned about back in the info chapter)

Did anyone actually get one? I'm asking for future moments like this. No need to warn you again, if it doesn't happen.

‼️ If you happen to get an update mail in a minute, ignore it. Am trying to add in something. Pls stand by

Currently 1400 words into the next chapter of #theNumber3 ✨️

It's funny how every time I update a story, I lose a small bunch of subscriptions as if they're like "wait I'm still subscribed to THAT? ugh" And then a few days later, I'll regain them with some extra on top 😂

Slept till noon and then went right back to writing... all hail coffee

‼️BLESSED SAMHAIN! :D I really wanted to post this today, so I might edit some things later. But: new chapter wheee #theNumber3 archiveofourown.org/works/143401...

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‼️Quick! An endearment for Haz that has to do with light? The twins need some inspiration!

Extra long weekend ahead woopwooop

Just realised we're very close to half a million hits!! ♡ (on both stories combined, but still !!) Thank uuuu

George: "What are you doing?" Haz: "...sewing?" G: "Oh! ...is the skirt damaged? Why not just reparo✨️ it?" H: "Ah, no, it's fine. I'm just sewing in a hidden pocket. Don't know why they make these without any pockets tbw." G: You know how to do that?? [enter a whole host of new prank ideas]

Seeing myself as the 'True Plantser'. Always more interesting to veer off the script anyway! What about you?

@emeraldoutcast.bsky.social lol kinda forgot that the muggleborn interaction was supposed to be about genders etc and ended up writing about the different views on wizarding traditions X'D

The current chapter of #theNumber3 is 2350 words long as of now. We're... maybe halfway through.

decided to stay home today to prevent myself from a nervous breakdown. don't ask, idk. anyway. let's write, shall we??

Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board 💚prints💚

Was home around 4 am, went to bed at about 5 am, was up again at 10, and am going to take a nap sometime soon. Somehow I don't see my plans of finishing the next chapter to actually happen today..

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Anyway, right now, it's a struggle to get Harry out of that library (again), and I do not want to burn it down, sooo...

Some of you might remember a tiny scene that got deleted. It was from the perspective of one of the twins and there was fire. Being stuck in a burning building. Well, deleted isn't the right word. It might still make an occurrence. I did introduce Harry's wrath taking the form of fire after all...

Yk, I have a lot of very dramatic ideas for #theNumber3 but they would divert the path of the story a lot from the whole self-discovery and exploration of the Wizarding World. The story also would gain too much angst, I think. So I might just keep those ideas for later works. Probably.

Random fall pictures of the day

Do you think #theNumber3 needs more female characters? As much as I enjoy Harry interacting with all hunky (and not so hunky) males around, that's not particularly realistic. We had mentions of canon characters, Molly made an appearance, and then ofc there was the whole Madam Primpernelle interlude.

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So I re-dyed it. Much better now.