Author: Keira Marcos

Earlier in the month, I made some changes to the site and accidentally broke commenting. I was just trying to keep bots from hitting my comment form like a berserker. I think it’s fixed now! Sorry about that ;-).

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To start, I’ve had to make some changes to my website in response to my very fragile database. I’ve been having issues on and off for the last year, and I’ve tried a lot of workarounds to fix it, but nothing really worked. This morning I woke up, and all of the comments had detached from my posts. They were just free-floating, and it was horrifying. Thankfully, I was able to back up to yesterday and resolve that issue, but this is the fourth time that’s happened, so I had to make a decision about the size of my database.

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So, technically speaking I posted 4 works to EAD this year. I’ve removed three of them. I might replace it with something else. I’m taking a break from the Harmony pairing so I’ve removed the WIPs for that pairing from Evil Author Day and the Wild Hare Project because they’re all subject to massive edits regarding the pairing. I didn’t want to cause confusion later with various versions of the fic existing more than they already do.

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Reading Time: 4 Minutes This year has felt super productive for me for a variety of reasons. I’ve written just short of 800k words for the whole year and posted 325k on my site. That seems crazy, in retrospect, but I do have a lot of works in progress—128. We’ve been discussing goals and writer habits on the Writer’s Table (FB group) and have set up a few spaces on the Just Write Discord server to further that goal. Workgroups full of writers provide a source of comfort and inspiration for what is largely a solitary endeavor. My writer circle in meat space has slowly shrunk over the years for various reasons, but I’ve learned that online groups can be just as beneficial and rewarding. I can say without a doubt that one of the reasons why I’ve been so productive this year boils down to the writerly spaces we’ve created on Discord and specifically the people who’ve made themselves at home on the server. Additionally, Discord became my social home of sorts when I created the Crossroads server. We do our podcast creation there and the space has proven much more inclusive and easier to manage than our previous recording situation. The podcast is fully syndicated now and pretty easy to find across various platforms so you can listen to us ramble. Or alternatively, play it for your pets. Pets love us. We’ll keep your fur babies company while you’re gone. This year also included some very personal stress…

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Reading Time: 2 Minutes I’ve settled pretty well on Discord for podcast recording. It certainly seems to be working better for the people who can listen to the live shows as well. We’ve also been recording some podcasts without a chat audience and the first Conversation (Jilly Plots her Shifts ‘Verse) is live. We have several others but they’re Quantum Bang related and will have to wait until after those stories are published next year. The podcast is now fully syndicated as far as I can tell. If I’m not hitting a major service/app you prefer feel free to comment here and let me know. I’ll certainly try to get my RSS feed fed into it. You can use the podcast player on my site as well without impacting my bandwidth at all so no worries on that front. I’m still thinking and planning on my essay series and I’ve nearly finished a “ritual magic” kit for writers which I think will be really fun for HP fans. I’m still working on Small Magic. The battle of the five armies was honestly a poor choice on my part as the end game for that fic. I probably won’t be able to do a complete blackout on Fluff Bingo but I just one fic left to get a bingo at least so it’ll probably be a Harry/Hermione short. I’ve plotted my QB for 2020 and my RT story for November so I’m pretty set on that front. I’ve been thinking about…

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Reading Time: 1 MinutesI have a couple of big projects coming to the site in the next couple of months (Unleash Your Demons and Finding Atlantis among them). I’m preparing for July Rough Trade. I picked The Terminator and Aliens for my two movies and I’m looking forward to writing on both projects. I did my art banners on Fotojet (of course) and I’m pretty pleased with them. I’ve finished the move to Castbox and “produced” a couple of shows by recording on Discord and it’s going well. Syndication for the show is in full swing and right now only iHeartRadio is pending. I’ll update that situation on the podcast page when I get one (if I get one). So far I’ve been able to syndicate through: Google Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Blubrry, Podcast Addict, & TuneIn. I have links for all of those services the podcast page. Because the built in player for Castbox is much nicer and easier to browse than the one I had previously, I’ve removed the individual title listing from the podcast page. You can scroll down indefinitely through the episodes which is great. I’d like to finish Small Magic this year, you can read a rather large excerpt on my EAD community. But I won’t make any promises on that front. It’s easily the biggest WIP I’ve got that is very close to being finished. I’ve been considering “fandom” oriented essays regarding my own headcanon ’cause I figure it will be fun. In a…

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