Welcome to FerUnWriMo September 2024!

[ofmonstrouswords]

Let's get those words written! However you choose to do it, whatever you choose to track, come join your fellow feral word monsters in getting it written!

Trackbear Monthly Leaderboard

Not on Trackbear? Join here (it's free!): https://trackbear.app/

Once you've joined, go to Leaderboards and use this code to join the September one: 421bd397-1e60-4a69-a6df-7af27f7319aa

September Intros

Reply to this post and let us know what you're writing this month, what your goals are, or whatever else you want to tell us!

Comments

[ofmonstrouswords]

Hi everyone! I'm Monstrous, otherwise known as Katje van Loon, feral writer of wild worlds.

Since November last year my writing has become increasingly more feral and unhinged so I am leaning fully into that now. I write every day, which is not something that works for everyone but does work for me, and I like trying to compete with myself and others to get very high word counts. This is not to lord myself over anyone else--I'll rarely mention it at all--it's just something that makes my brain go BRRRRRRRR

My goal for September is actually pretty subdued, because I plan on writing a BUNCH in November so I'm doing easy goals for September and October. I aim to write 15K+ and I'm working mainly on my epic fantasy novel Star of Ixchel, which is a complete rewrite of a book that was originally published under a different name.

I'm relaunching the series, and while book 1 in the series just got mild text updates, book 2 needed a complete overhaul. And I'm a self-pub author so I can do what I want.

My goal for Star of Ixchel this month is to finish part 2 of the book & start part 3. (There are 9 parts, for the 9 deities in the cosmology I'm exploring.) I am pantsing it completely (while knowing there are plot points that must remain the same from the first version) so it's been a fun experience.

I'm also hoping to get some revisions done on books on the revision pile, especially my romance series so I can work on getting it off the ground.

When I'm not writing, I'm binge-watching TV and knitting or crocheting, or spending a lot of time making my planner very pretty.

[quillpunk]

Very happy you made the trackbear leaderboard! I really like climbing them, like 80% of my motivation for getyourwordsout is just "number go up" lol

[ofmonstrouswords]

lol same

(I also like to silently compete with others in my pledge level, which is what drove me to completing my pledge in June this year -- I had to be FIRST! (I think technically I was second; someone else in my pledge level definitely had a higher word count for June check in, but hey, it was close enough. XD))

Intro

[oliswamp]

Hi I'm Swamp and I decided to challenge myself to a moderate goal of 25k words this month across several projects. I'm not sure I'll succeed, but I'll try my best! Now to figure out the trackbear app...

Re: Intro

[ofmonstrouswords]

welcome Swamp! 25K is a great goal! *waves feral pom-poms*

[quillpunk]

Hello! I'm Ren (he/him) and my goal for September is to get to 400k words total for this year (about 24k words to go.) I've hardly written a word this month so I don't know how that's going to go, but I just think it would be so cool XD

[ofmonstrouswords]

Welcome Ren!

Woo, 400K! I am cheering you on! I am also using too many exclamation marks but I cannot help it because I am a Millennial, it's our curse.

[vexed_wench]

Oh, this looks fun and hopefully helpful. I have been trying to signup with Trackbear and it is down. *fingers crossed it comes back soon*

I'm sorry I am Vexed and just excited to have something to motivate me.

[ofmonstrouswords]

Welcome Vexed! Did you manage to get onto Trackbear?

I'm excited you're here & I hope FerUnWriMo works for you! <3

[vexed_wench]

Thanks! Sadly it still won't load for me. :(

[ofmonstrouswords]

Oh no! =(

Trackbear is still in beta, so this is likely a bug, with it consistently not loading for you, and I'd guess some other folks are having the same issue as well!

If you have the energy for it, I would suggest emailing the support email: trackbearapp+support@gmail.com and letting him know what's going on with as much detail as you can (browsers you're using, what country you're in (in case it's an IP problem), operating systems). He might be able to troubleshoot things for you, or maybe there's something on the site side of things that needs to be tweaked.

It might take him some time to respond; as he says on his contact page, "I am just a dude." And IDK if it's something fixable. Tech is mysterious. But it's worth a shot!

[vexed_wench]

That was a great idea! I just emailed him.

[chacusha]

I'm joining late, but this is very cool! I'm Tako. I don't really have word count goals (although it's very fun to compete anyway XD), but my September goal is to grind out these exchange fics that are due soon, and also not die at work in the process. I have five days left! I can do this!!

[ofmonstrouswords]

welcome Tako! I am super late with this reply but how did you do with your September goals?

[chacusha]

I finished one exchange fic, which was the minimum needed (the second is just an extra), and I am still alive, so I'm going to count that as a big success! The second fic is still a bit of a straggler but I hope to finish it up soon. Thank you for asking! :D