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I finally managed to do it! I've been trying to crack 7k for about two years now and I just about managed it today. This means the next time I row the pressure to hit this again will be enormous
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If anyone is doubting how hard I've hit it this month, here's how the graph stands as we enter the 30th day of LiNoWriMo
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Goddamn, I'm even closer. I can maintain a solid pace for about twenty five minutes, but then everything just drops out of me and I start struggling to even complete a rep. Literally a case of the spirit being willing but the flesh being weak
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm particularly proud of my little typesetting joke there. Do you think I pressed the space bar twice for no reason? Like I'm some sort of centrist?
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I done it!
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Only gotta write 1700 more words to hit my 50,000-word target for LiNoWriMo. Let's fuckin go!
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
All conflicts should be resolved by sending our worst guy to fight their worst guy. Not only would this save a lot of lives, but it'd also be way more entertaining than what we do right now
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Haven't posted a LiNoWriMo update in a while, but I hit another milestone. 45,000 words! Only 5,000 more until I hit the target. Barring any disasters I should be done within the week (with LiNoWriMo, anyway. Book's still nowhere near being done)
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There's a Harper 😍
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Bolsanaro's prison cell is nicer than where I live. That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So fucking close! When I saw I was almost at 7k I started absolutely hooning it with every fibre of my being and still fell just short of it. Getting there though
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Look at this thing. You can't compete with perfection. Also, this portion is only about 370 calories or so
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If she's the person I just looked up, then the first thing I saw on their page was an advert for not one, but two of their published books. Payment for services rendered, I reckon. The old Osman deal
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What's he? What's he?
Building in there?
It sounds really sinister
And the neighbours really care
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rain Dog, Rain Dog
I'm a rain dog
Huddle in this doorway
You might be a rain dog too
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're looking for fiction and have an e-reader, you could try mine, maybe? *cough cough www.amazon.co.uk/Hair-Dog-Par... cough*

Goes without saying that I hope the surgery goes well too
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I bet you love cycling too, don't you?
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm on the fence here if accusing someone of being on drugs/drunk just for having a different opinion counts as ableism or not. What does everyone else think?
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Look me in the goddamn eye and tell me these things are different
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Another LiNoWriMo milestone! I've officially passed the halfway point. I thought the book would be done by now, honestly, but I'm having fun with it again and maybe I'll reach the ending in the next 25,000 words?
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not fair to brand all vampires as 'parasites'. I'm a fair vampire (leave 50% of the blood in the body after feeding) in an area that is full of delicious, warm, pulsing life-blood. I've no quarrel with bad vampires being outed but this type of generalisation is unfair
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Also saw a # Pro Cycling Fan in there too. Playing all the hits
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is why I suck at posting. All of my thoughts are just slightly longer than the maximum post length. Here's how it would've looked
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM