21 day challenge - DONE!!!

[marguerite_26]

My 21 Day Challenge is over! Navel gazing below...




My writing goals by August 15th
Travel Fair - ready for beta -- um, close but not quite
Merlin Muses - draft finished in notebook -- yeah... not even close. But the first scene is written

Other things I'm allowed to spend my on
All beta and cheerleading commitments -- DONE! almost 100k in betaing! o.O
Replying to comments -- Much further along then I was three weeks ago!
A 'sorry you can't type' spot of porn for faithwood -- DONE!
A 'merlin/arthur, syrup' micro drabble for melusina -- DONE!
Whatever glomping necessary for the serpentinelion Glompfest -- DONE!

Sacrifices I'm going to have to make for the next 21 days
No reading, reccing in either HP or Merlin. NONE. heh. -- Not bad. I was GOOD, I swear!
No posting challenges, discussion, any other silly projects that I love to procrastinate with -- I held back, soooo hard
Very limited reading and commenting on flist and playing about on LJ heh. yeah. That totally never happened


Overall I'm very, very pleased. I didn't quite meet my writing goals but they were very ambitious and I had a lot of family commitments this last little bit so writing that much was impossible. BUT the official deadlines are now very reachable for me and it was a good, though painful, exercise to give up reading. My to read list is pretty... long.



http://snegurochka-lee.livejournal.com/237441.html
http://okydoky.livejournal.com/60558.html
http://troygirl68.livejournal.com/65685.html
http://community.livejournal.com/tierfallen/106397.html
http://thimble-kiss.livejournal.com/45937.html
http://ella-bane.livejournal.com/71551.html
http://essie007.livejournal.com/9657.html#cutid1
http://gryffindor-j.livejournal.com/97677.html#cutid1
http://snegurochka-lee.livejournal.com/284762.html
http://ella-bane.livejournal.com/71551.html
http://riventhorn.livejournal.com/19504.html
http://community.livejournal.com/kinkme_merlin/13287.html?thread=11347687#t11347687
http://b-b-banana.livejournal.com/99766.html
http://archaeologist-d.livejournal.com/140239.html
http://sesheta-66.livejournal.com/412099.html
http://minor-hue.livejournal.com/2007.html
http://treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com/94264.html
http://cherrybina.livejournal.com/128166.html
http://treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com/95985.html
http://lokifan.livejournal.com/144847.html
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_birthdaybash/16439.html
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/daily_deviant/317155.html
http://leela-cat.insanejournal.com/112067.html
http://emmagrant01.livejournal.com/447037.html
http://cherrybina.livejournal.com/128166.html?thread=5368742#t5368742
http://riventhorn.livejournal.com/20540.html


In conclusion:

14300 / 15000 words. 95% done!

Which for me is EXCELLENT over three weeks. It includes 2 finished and posted ficlets, one comment porn, one full first draft and one first scene. :D

Comments

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Well done on the not procrastinating and not reading all those fics you clearly went cold-turkey over.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Not reading was the hardest part! Reading is so ... easy. :D

But I did have lots of beta stuff that was also pleasure reading so that helped but isn't the same.

Thank you.

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

Now I'm a bit in awe of you! ♥

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

lol. I don't think I'm deserving of 'awe' exactly as my two biggest goals really didn't get done. But Not Reading for me was so hard. gah!!!! I do not plan to give that up again for a very long time. :D

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

Good job! Now if only I could be so disciplined. ;)

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

hee! Thank you. and I wish I was disciplined enough to write a FUCKING NOVEL. So there. :)

I'll trade you any day, darling.

[hermette.livejournal.com]

that's outstanding! congrats!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! And now I GET TO READ THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME!!! WOOT!!!

[hermette.livejournal.com]

ALSO READ FIRE CALL LIKE, RIGHT FUCKING NOW OH MY GOD.

[eldee.livejournal.com]

Wow that's dedication! Well done!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Dedication to the pursuit of Porn. very noble. :D

[potteresque_ire]

OMG does it mean you're back!!! *snuggles you and shudders a little*
I have orders from both of my bosses to take things easy for a bit, so.... time to write fic! :D

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

I am back!!! *oof* it's been a long 3 weeks. :/ But I'm glad I did it.

I hope you are feeling better, lovely! And that your (well deserved) time off will be full of fun and writing and playing on LJ even if the reason for the time off sucks monkey balls. o.O

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

*jealous of your productivity*
*hands you cupcake (gf of course)*

[winnett.livejournal.com]

Awesome!! You kicked butt. Look how productive you are. *high fives*

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

*twirls you* Glad you're back!! And look at all you got done!! :-D

[wordflake.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's impressing! I'm such a big procrastinator that I can't even make myself make these kinds of lists, so a big applause for you who both wrote a to-do-list and almost followed it ^^

[essie007.livejournal.com]

Congrats! There's some great stuff on your reading list, and now that you're done I feel no guilt at all in reccing you some more fics. I figure it's only fair, since I get all my Merlin/Arthur recs from you to return the favor. You may have already read some of these, but it's always good to rec just in case.

Inevitability by tierfallen (And the Sequel) http://community.livejournal.com/tierfallen/67043.html

Coffeeshop Muffins by skellerbvvt http://skellerbvvt.livejournal.com/57045.html

Ethics of Attraction by nagi_schwarz http://community.livejournal.com/merlinxarthur/2030852.html#cutid2

Drive a Good Girl Crazy by dapixam_q http://community.livejournal.com/dapper_prose/8050.html

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Your to-read list will be my to-read list too! OMG SO MANY FICS. ;_;

And weeeee! Congrats with your accomplishments, hon! GOOD LUCK with the rest of it! ;)

[lokifan]

Wow - congrats!