#at least after this last admin hold to start off the new year 🤣

[sabraeal]

24, 26!

24. What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

Every moment of working on she fills the whole page, and crosses half was a surprise. The original idea was three chapters....which then became three whole fics of 3-5 chapters each, and so then I decided to write one of those fics in whole for the Do-Si-Do challenge...only to find that each of those chapters was going to be 8K+ and I could really only manage ONE of those. And while all this grief is happening, I'm still trying to make BIG DECISIONS, like whether this is going to be Actual Regency London, or Fantasy Regency Clarines; whether Shirayuki is going to be a countess or a gentlewoman; whether Zen is Marquess Laxdo or Viscount Wirant...it all came together in the 2nd draft, but it was a fight the whole way. Especially as I was trying to figure out the structure, since I wanted the epistolary aspect, but I couldn't decide whether Kihal's letters would be chapters on their own, or whether they should be in the chapters...it was a mess. Turned out fine, but things were getting changed around all the way to the editing stage.

26. If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Finishing all my pieces for the challenges this year! It's the first time I've manage to finish Obiyukiweek since I was hospitalized (maybe even longer; I don't think I made 2019 either). So despite having lots of stops and starts with my medication, I still managed to make it over the finish line each time.

2023 in Review