NaNoWriMo day 20: Brain fog set in hard, so only 91 words today. And got fussed at for forgetting to do something when I can't think, period. Lots of fun. I'm going to bed.

Still plugging through book 3/4 for the Adventure category. Hopefully, I'll finish it tomorrow. Also, the Reading List Submission chapter is up in Archives. If anybody knows of other profiles I'm missing, let me know.

NaNoWriMo day 19: 2,519 words, bringing the total to 34,234 words, so 68% progress. And, once again, I met the goal for today yesterday. I'm getting my third Botox treatment for migraines on the 22nd, and that can trigger a bad episode (it did last time), so I want to keep the lead as long as I can. It's good insurance, anyway. I hate getting behind.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1497218385-a-dove%27s-tale-chapter-161
          
          This one's emotional. I was tearing up working on it the last two days, but not today, because I was really stuck into the structure more than the content. Also, Wattpad's formatting can get annoying with things like letters within the text. I want my indentations!
          
          And guess what? Next chapter is...hm...do I hear...wedding bells? :O

Weekly sweep of Archives is done. 3 awards made it to the Results page and 2 ended up in the Graveyard, but there were some Ambassador profile awards on both the Results and Graveyard lists that started new contests, so they moved to the Open page, meaning the numbers only went up by 2 and 1 for Results and the Graveyard, respectively.
          
          Also, I cut all the static reading list submissions from the Non-Competitive page because there were getting to be so many of them, and I don't need to check those weekly, so they're getting their own page. I just haven't finished it yet. But with Wattpad's 18th anniversary around the corner, Ambassador profiles are starting up fun activities and challenges, so check the Non-Competitive page for those.
          
          I also have new listings for the Graphics and Miscellaneous Services pages that I need to post when I get the time...
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/370420186-archives

Book 2/4 for the Adventure category done. Moving on to book 3/4, which is 7+ hours long, so I definitely won't be finishing that today.
          
          Actually, I have 5 books on my Adventure list, but one of the usernames doesn't exist, nor does their book. So...if anybody knows anything about @murder42069 or the book "Remembering Aidein Carson," let me know. I already commented in the awards book when the list was posted, and I'll check on Discord one more time, but unless I hear otherwise, too bad, so sad, oh well. ;)

Thank you for adding my book "Love Letters Unanswered" to your reading list ❤️❤️

Hi katiegoesmeow i have updated a book in my profile and i hope you'll go check it out and give vote and a comment about the book and share it with your friends and give me a follow back and also a feedback to me about the book as an author to author !!! thankyou!!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/385044840-seduction-in-shadows-in-his-chains-in-his-heart

I...should have posted this with the rest. Sorry! But check out the Carnival Awards - Winter Edition by @TheCarnivalCommunity. The mini awards are filling up quickly, and there's a story prompt award, too.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/379862892-the-carnival-awards-winter-edition

NaNoWriMo day 18: 1,406 words. I actually hit the goal for today yesterday, but I kept writing last night and today, too. So, I'm at a total of 31,715 words, which is 63% progress towards the goal of 50k.
          
          Oh. Wow. That really jumped up. I was only 600-700 words into this chapter last night. Hm...I don't really want this one to stretch into another chapter, so I'll have to watch it to stay under 2,500 words, which is my maximum word count per chapter. (In theory.)
          
          Did you know that when I first wrote ADT there were some 6k word chapters? Back when one chapter was one 24-hour period in the story? I think there might be some chapters of ABT that are still that long. Part of the original increase in the chapter count was me splitting chapters up to try to stay within 1900-2500 words.
          
          I should probably add a trivia section to "The World of ADT" with fun facts like that.
          
          I did save in my files what I'm calling "The Legacy Version," which is not the original version, but it was my favorite of the oldest drafts and I think the draft I had here on Wattpad before I started this edit/rewrite. Maybe? It's like 24 chapters long, people. Pre-2023-NaNoWriMo, because I did NaNoWriMo last year to double the length by fleshing out my descriptions. Which was successful. And I have since doubled it again - pre-2024-NaNoWriMo. XD
          
          Okay, goodnight. Oh, and I am on track to finish book 2/4 for the Adventure category tomorrow, so I can hopefully start book 3/4 tomorrow, too.

Fun with editing tools:
          I was editing a blog post which included the sentence "Cultivate empathy to understand and share feelings." My editing tool suggested I change "understand and share feelings" to "be empathetic." Because saying "Cultivate empathy to be empathetic" sounds so much better. XD
          
          Also...just submitted scores and feedback for book 1/4 in the Adventure category, and I'm moving on to book 2/4. We're on the home stretch, people! 7 books left! Let the countdown begin!