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Word count for the week: 1737 words
Stories worked on: The Roots of Heaven (954 words), Ghost of the Sun (633 words), Washed on your shore (150 words plus a lot of scene-planning)
Stories posted: Roots, part 23. Are we there yet?
Hours spent perusing inspirational fan art: Too many. 'Pea is good for me, but it's all too easy to spend writing time discussing the relative merits of yaoi conventions in BL art and why Aino likes it more when there's less of them.
Hours of productivity lost to heat wave: At least a full day. Guess where the dystopic scorched earth AU inspiration came from.
WORDS I AM SHORT THIS WEEK: 63. Ehh. Next week, we aim for 1863. Additional punishment may be decided by the other Ladies of the Challenge.

If I don't write anything based on this art before the end of the challenge then something is wrong with the world. There is a story there and so help me I will find it. ('Pea graciously educated me on the significance: that's the Sun Wukong mask from the Beijing Opera. Renji as the Monkey God. Story, I tell you.)

Ficbits under a filter here.

Author: hallowd
Rating: Mature (R) for language
In This Part: Ichigo sorts through old grudges, old friends, and an old man. (3100 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

( Twenty-Three: Remnant )

Words for the week: 2773 words
Stories worked on: The Roots of Heaven only, woe.
Title changes on stories: One. RenHime 'fic is now Washed on your shore, which will hopefully stick.
Inane laughter fits while writing Isshin endured: < 5
Hours spent writing on trains: Approx. 4. Best time for writing that I know. If I had the money, I'd just spend all week shuttling south-north-south on the railway.
Hours spent speccing on Orihime's powers with the Ladies: > 3. Except to see more of this next week.

The ficbits that are shareable are in a filtered post here. See you next week!

And here I am, taking a page from Ten and bringing a whole new use for this writing journal. So far it's been mostly an archive for my finished stories, but one night not too long ago, I got together with the Ladies of Chat (in this case, tenebris and raynos) and we crafted a project to help each of us get our respective behinds in gear with producing literary output.

This venture will be known as The TAR Challenge (for Ten, Aino and Ray) and will tentatively run for about the next six weeks (until the end of July). My personal contribution will be to write 300 words of prose a day, except on Sunday, which is the Day of Game.

The challenge was conceived to help us all work on various stories, so there are no prompts or suchlike, only the word count. The idea is to post a report of weekly progress every Saturday, with word counts, stories worked on, and any silly asides one wishes to include. You'll be seeing these popping up in the following weeks.

This brings me to the point of this post. I'll be making a filter for these bits and pieces of fic so I can post them here, too. If you want to be on this filter, holler here! It will contain my raw and uncut drafts, so I won't subject anyone to it without their express consent. ;) For bein' on the filter, you'll get ~1800 words of prose a week and peeks into my head.

If you want to gauge whether or not this will be relevant to your interests, ( these are the stories I'll be working on: )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: The burden of waiting is lighter when shared. (3000 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

Let's pretend, for just a moment, that I can maintain a posting schedule.

( Twenty-Two: Ripple )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part.
In This Part: The homecoming is anything but. (4100 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

This one is for turkish_delight, and she knows why.

( Twenty-One: Misgiving )

Originally written and posted for Yuletide 2008.

Author: hallowd
Disclaimer: Chrono Trigger is (C) of Square Enix.
Rating: K+ (PG)
Category/Genre/Characters: one-shot; drama; Frog (Glenn) and Magus (Janus)
Timeline/Spoilers: Set in the game timeline before the final battle. Spoilers for both Frog and Magus's pasts.
Summary: A frog, a sorcerer, a sword, a porch, and a conversation in the dark. (2030 words)

( Threshold )

Originally written and posted for Yuletide 2008 as an extra treat.

Author: hallowd
Disclaimer: FAKE is (C) of Matou Sanami.
Rating: Teen (PG-13)
Genre/Category/Characters: one-shot; drama, angst, hurt/comfort; DeexRyou
Summary: Dee deals in fragments. (337 words)

( Shraphel )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: The three journey homeward, but the way is neither short nor straight. (4300 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

( Part Seventeen: Wayside )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: Things are calm only on the surface. (3100 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

( Part Twelve: Adrift )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: Rukia makes a choice, and not all consequences come as planned. (4700 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

( Part Eleven: Fracture )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: There is a strange encounter. (3100 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc. here.

( Part Ten: Deadlock )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: Memory and perception are considered at some length. (2900 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, pairings, warnings etc.

( Part Eight: Darksome )

Title: The Roots of Heaven (Part Seven)
Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: A good deed attracts the worst kind of attention. (3200 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.
A/N: This is early because I won't be able to post on Monday.

( Part Seven: Chill )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: Truths are revealed, others obscured, and Ichigo resorts to radical measures. (3500 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.

( Part Six: Crossing )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Mature (R)
In This Part: Restraint proves the better and the worse part of valour. (4300 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.

( Part Five: Athwart )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: Renji works hard, Ichigo works out a detail, and introductions don't work well at all. (2500 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.

( Part Four: Eidolon )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13) for this part
In This Part: There is a meeting on the road, and the searchers get in too deep. (3500 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.

( Part Three: Tremor )

Author: hallowd
Rating: Teen (PG-13); will rise to M (R).
In This Part: It begins with a birthday, a discovery and a midnight meeting. (1700 words)
The Roots of Heaven: Index Page: Previous chapters, warnings, pairings etc. can be found here.

( Prologue: Fibre )