🍁 writing 10,000 words every weekend until this book is FINISHED // ep. 02: i failed?

we're.... so.... back...?

welcome to another episode in my ongoing challenge to write 10,000 words (almost) every weekend for my adult gothic fantasy novel, codename 'Project CRYPTS'! it certainly is. going.

thank you for watching :)

✨ timestamps:
0:00 - opening
0:31 - intro
3:31 - a beat to appreciate the beauty of autumn, cafe writing session
4:54 - morning update
8:00 - going on a drive
8:50 - end of day one
14:48 - day two start!
15:29 - starting off feeling ok...
18:34 - cafe break
19:12 - car chat
21:50 - starting to crash out
22:37 - the final crashout (outro)
28:26 - FIN

✨ my published writing:
MOTHSBLOOD (adult fantasy) via Bloomsbury USA // Del Rey UK - coming fall 2026
"The Fall of Esther Park" via Apparition Lit: https://apparitionlit.com/the-fall-of...
"Eulogy for a Muse" via The Icarus Writing Collective: https://www.icaruswritingcollective.c...
"We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now" via Grist: Imagine 2200: https://grist.org/climate-fiction/ima...

✨ links:
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