The lovely etharei has committed fanart for Part 9: The Play's the Thing.  I love how she has Merlin and Arthur looking at each other and how she portrayed them.  It's not from any particular scene in Part 9, though, so it's not spoilery at all.

It's posted on AO3 here.  Go give her some love!

OMFG
I just had an epic battle with AO3 to get Part 9 posted.  There were formatting errors that popped up AFTER I posted it.  There are probably MORE formatting errors.  And on top of that, I broke AO3, somehow, because it made me post Part 9 in TWO chapters.

And THAT almost broke me!

Anyway, Part 9 is posted!

Part Nine: The Play's the Thing
Word Count ( Read more... )

Huh.  It's the second time I've used the exact same subject line.  Or third?

Anyway!

1. I wrote 1,000 more words this morning and am now officially finished Draft 0 of part 9.  Very, very rarely do Draft 0's ever get released into the provincial park (i.e., betas), and even a controlled, tagged attempt at acclimatizing the Draft for public ( Read more... )

Yesterday's word count was 4,000, which surprised me, because I have no idea where I found the time.  Then I realized that yesterday I'd borrowed time from today, because I was run off my feet most of the day, missed lunch, and didn't get home until three hours after I was supposed to be home.  Managed 2,500 words today, though, and that's only ( Read more... )

I think it's safe to say that in a bout of not feeling well, and being generally anti-social for most of the weekend, that I neglected to update the metrics.

Thursday: 2,500
Friday: 2,000
Saturday: 3,500
Sunday: 3,500

I think somewhere in there, I managed to finish one chapter and most of another.  I say "most", because I need to research some things ( Read more... )

I'm having a day where my brain is surrounded in a fog and refuses to respond to even the most ardent prodding, so I will get to comments tomorrow and leave you with today's metrics: 3,000 words.

Today's word count comes up to 3,500 words, and I would normally say that I'm finished this chapter (chapter 8, for anyone keeping tabs), except I'm not, really, because I have a yellow-highlighted reminder for me to add more information in a section.

What information is that?  Well, I'll give you a hint.  The reminder is:  [more snogging]

Being a ( Read more... )

I seem to have neglected the metrics again, so here they are:

Friday: 2,000
Saturday: 4,500
Sunday: 2,500
Monday: 3,000

Yesterday, I had a brief flail-moment because I wrote fluff, and I wanted to delete it all.  Fortunately, I was talked down from the ledge, but it still bothers me that it's there, and I figured out why -- I don't have any build-up in ( Read more... )

Before I get into the metrics, I'd like to begin with a brief public service announcement:

If, at any time after chopping up some habanero peppers (without gloves, because you are tough) for the bean paste for the quesadillas that you're making for dinner, you feel compelled to scratch the corner of your eye, or lick your fingers, or scratch at an ( Read more... )

Nearly forgot -- today's metrics come up to 4,000 words.

I should explain about the word counts.  I don't, technically, stop writing at a nice, lovely round number of 1,000 or 4,000.  When I announce metrics, I don't round up -- if anything I round down.  Unless the word falls at the halfway mark, because, mathematically, 5's don't round up, and ( Read more... )