Short Update + Short Story

Every time I tell myself I will do an update more than once every few months, it somehow invokes some variation of Murphy’s Law. Oof.

So there’s been more health nonsense that’s transpired, and it kicked me harder than I anticipated it would. It isn’t COVID-19 related, I’m safe from that for the time being and am actually going to set an appointment to be tested for antibodies here in the next week or so after a prolonged illness in December into mid-January that mimicked the symptoms almost exactly. I have a follow up appointment in June to make sure things are doing what they’re supposed to and there’s no extra risk. Worst case scenario, some fairly major surgery to get the problem organ)s yanked out and dealt with.

As a result, writing has been… next to non-existent and I hate that. Writing is my ‘safe space’ and comfort. It’s where I go to get away from things going on as well as how I process and download. I have fanfiction chapters to write and by God I want to finish a fic for once. Like any unused muscle, I just need to get back into the swing of things.

My D&D campaign has been going rather well, thankfully, and we’re closing in on our one year anniversary. Some people who may read this are in my campaign. If so? You’re in for a surprise. 🙂

But, thanks to quarantine, I’ve had some time to rest and get some of the health nonsense back under control. I’m feeling more like myself instead of some existential dread and tea filled mess. I rediscovered an old thing I’d written and, instead of hating and deleting it, I gave it a bit of polish so I could post it here + my writing tumblr.

This short story is called “Store Bought Heroes”.  Please enjoy!

Stay well and here’s hoping I don’t take another few months between updates again!

– K.A. Crittenden

Happy New Year + Updates

One of these days, I will be able to write an update post once per week as I’ve intended to since starting this blog. This is not that day and has not been since October when I posted this initially.

Oh well, Happy belated 2020!

NaNoWriMo 2019

Uh oh, folks,

It’s that time of year again. The tea is stockpiled, the snackening will commence, and there is a nice patch of floor and blanket with my name on it I dub “The Despair Place” for when I can’t write and need to dramatically angst about it as if I were Lord Byron.

In short, I am about as prepared as can be for National Novel Writing Month.

Inktober

Hello, everyone!

I’ve decided I’m going to use the month of October to participate in Inktober! Writing is a form of ink, in the end, after all and why not make good use of it to exercise the good ol’ brain muscle and create a strict schedule before National Novel Writing Month?

In all likelihood, I’ll be placing them up on my writeblr on Tumblr and potentially, if they end up fanfiction related, on Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own. I’ve been happily writing for Fire Emblem: Three Houses as of late and want to keep riding that inspiration for as long as I can!

Speaking of, I’ve finished two of the four routes on Three Houses: Golden Deer and Blue Lions! Just finished the latter today and ouch! Those are some pretty intense feelings those two routes inspired. I appreciate the characters in this series and find them some of the most realistic and well written in the games I’ve played thus far!

The rest of this year is definitely going to be used for exploring, practicing, and breaking out of my comfort zones writing wise. I’ve also decided the first step in doing that is writing the popular “One Blanket in a Blizzard” fanfiction trope that was around while I was a wee little fandom baby in the 2000s. I love the wide range of scenarios, personalities, and situations you can use while holding those two key things (and what it usually results in ;P) as mandatory to include in the fic.

What are you going to be working on for National Novel Writing Month? Are you participating in Inktober? Let me know!