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jenniferluce.bsky.social
I haven't gotten as much writing on my WIP as I'd like for this month, but I've been reading a ton of writing craft books 🖤

#FallofWords
nordlichtinla.bsky.social Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · Oct 12
It’s still #FallofWords, maybe now more than ever as we’re getting closer to the month we all remember as THE writing month.

How are you doing? Did you get any writing done? Editing? Reading? Querying? Submission rounds? Or even sales?

Whatever you’re up to, I hope this month is treating you well.
Image of a small-leafed, green grass plant breaking through gray asphalt. Off-white box in the middle says: October update Almost halfway through the month. How are you doing?
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
jenniferluce.bsky.social
I'm so ready for spooky season!

My goal for this month is to work on my gothic horror WIP! And read some spooky books! 🥀👻🖤

#OctoberGoals #amwriting #writingcommunity #horror #FallofWords
nordlichtinla.bsky.social Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · Oct 1
It’s October! Already.

Will you be working on anything?

I’ll need to finish a read-through of what I worked on in September (👀), then maybe dive into more writing, all while querying.

Always keep swimming! But don’t forget to come up for air if you need to.

#OctoberGoals
#AmWriting
#FallofWords
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October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
zillawrites.bsky.social
#FallofWords! #FallofWords! #FallofWords! #FallofWords!
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
kjsilver.bsky.social
September was a rollercoaster (super unproductive month) for me, so I'm VERY much looking forward to October!

#FallofWords
nordlichtinla.bsky.social Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · Oct 1
It’s October! Already.

Will you be working on anything?

I’ll need to finish a read-through of what I worked on in September (👀), then maybe dive into more writing, all while querying.

Always keep swimming! But don’t forget to come up for air if you need to.

#OctoberGoals
#AmWriting
#FallofWords
Hazy image of a slender branch with filigree leaves. Greens and browns. Backdrop is grass with brown spots of dirt. Off-white / beige box in middle: Hello October What are your goals this month? Template: Canva Pic: me
October 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Have you read anything you really loved lately?

Anything intriguing you’re reading right now?

I started Mary Robinette Kowal’s newest and am reading a cute MG with my kids: The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo Netz. (With disability rep. Coz everyone can have adventures. 🥰)

#FallofWords
Gorgeously vibrant pink wine leaves with light yellow centers. White box on the bottom left says: Fall of Words - Day 9 Reading also counts for Fall of Words. So does editing. And thinking about words. Every word counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
It’s October! Already.

Will you be working on anything?

I’ll need to finish a read-through of what I worked on in September (👀), then maybe dive into more writing, all while querying.

Always keep swimming! But don’t forget to come up for air if you need to.

#OctoberGoals
#AmWriting
#FallofWords
Hazy image of a slender branch with filigree leaves. Greens and browns. Backdrop is grass with brown spots of dirt. Off-white / beige box in middle: Hello October What are your goals this month? Template: Canva Pic: me
October 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
The month is almost over and you’ll soon be free of me posting every day for accountability 😅

#FallofWords
#AmWriting
#AmEditing
Vibrant green ivy leaves White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 29 It takes as long as it takes to write a story, and to edit it, and edit it again, and again, and … Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
It’s still #FallofWords, maybe now more than ever as we’re getting closer to the month we all remember as THE writing month.

How are you doing? Did you get any writing done? Editing? Reading? Querying? Submission rounds? Or even sales?

Whatever you’re up to, I hope this month is treating you well.
Image of a small-leafed, green grass plant breaking through gray asphalt. Off-white box in the middle says: October update Almost halfway through the month. How are you doing?
October 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
How are your words doing? Putting up a fight? Or flowing out of you?

It’s a mixed bag over here.

#FallofWords
#AmWriting
A beautiful deep-blue sky with bands of puffy clouds going from bright white at the top to darker gray at the bottom. White box on bottom left: Fall of Words - Day 25 Some days, we fight to write a single word. Other days, the words keep flowing as if of their own accord. Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
I have decided that my goal for this month is at least one mini sprint of twenty minutes a day.

What’s your goal?

To those writing: I hope you’re having fun.

And also: reading totally counts for #FallofWords too.
Photo of part of a sycamore tree, it’s big leaves turning a warm brown. Through the canopy some blue sky is visible. Bottom left: a box with the words Fall of Words - Day 3 Reading, writing, all the words. Every word counts.
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
For me and my CPs, it’s time to start Fall of Words this September.

Open and individual goals. Small goals, big goals, all goals count.

If you’re trying to get some words down this month, too: good luck and have fun. And if you need a cheerleader, I’ll be here!

#FallofWords
A little moodboard in warm browns. Grid with six images. Top row: image of a clearing with trees a little further back. Brown box with the words “Fall of” Middle row: brown box with the word “Words.” Close up of a branch with few drops and a few brown leaves Bottom row: light brown fern leaf in front of a road meandering into the background. Scattered colorful maple leaves on the ground. You can almost smell the earthy dampness. Template and pics courtesy of Canva.
September 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Does this ever happen to you? Especially in edits, I’ll put in a sentence that I think fits super well, only to then read almost the exact same one a couple paragraphs later.

Whoops?

#FallofWords September is almost over. Gearing up for October!
Brown-hued image of Gingko leaves on branches in golden fall light. White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 27 That moment you notice you wrote the same phrase twice in close succession … Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Why did I start this daily posting for September? Maybe to hold myself accountable?

Sometimes I have regrets coz I don’t know what to write. I guess that’s just “typical writer things” too, though.

What are you working on? Do you know what it’s going to be when it grows up?

#FallofWords
Picture from above of a red poppy in a field of green. White box in bottom left corner: Fall of words - day 15 Another day, another sprint. Words are slowly accumulating, maybe even shaping into something, but what? Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Random school-free day and the kids have colds (‘tis the season), so there wasn’t as much time to write - but we finished our book and started the next one.

Plus: extra cuddles!

(Already the 19th? This month is moving fast!)

What did you read today?
Did you write?

#FallofWords
#AmWriting
Pic of fallen leaves, some crunchy and brown and dry, others still green. Some brown needles too. Text in white box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 19 At the end of the day, words are just words. Sometimes, other things take priority. Writing will wait. Every word counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Are you a fast or a slow drafter?

How long does it take you to finish a first draft?

I’m a little all over the place, and I’m not sure yet how fast I’ll be drafting this one. But I’m still going, so I count that as a win.

All writing speeds are okay. Writing is not a race.

#FallofWords
Wine leaves - most are still read but two are already turning a very bright red. White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 17 We all have our own speed. Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Almost forgot to post.

It’s harder to keep up with #FallofWords on the weekend. There was more soccer than words over here. But I managed to reach my little goal.

I hope wherever you are, you had some success too, be it written words, or read words, or some time spent with loved ones. 🧡
A close up of some washed-out green aloe leaves, which show the imprint of the other leaves’s edged. Behind, a bit of blue sky is showing. Bottom left corner, in a white box: Fall of Words - Day 6 It’s the weekend. For some that means more time for words, for others, a break to recharge. Every word counts. Pic: me Design template: Canva
September 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Have you ever compared your journey with that of others?

I’ve found it’s true what they say: comparison can be the thief of joy, and still I can’t always stop myself.

But for now, I’m doing my best to enjoy writing my silly little story and keeping my eyes on my own paper.

#FallofWords
#AmWriting
Image of crunchy-looking brown fall leaves and some tiny red berries lying on the ground. White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 18 It’s easy to compare ourselves to others, and hard to keep our eyes on our own paper. But your words are yours. Every word counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Anyone else sprinting to get in words?

(Not that long ago, I’d never heard of “sprinting” meaning anything other than running in short bursts.

The things we learn along the way …)

#FallofWords
Picture of green grass with brown decaying scattered over it, most of them Eukalyptus leaves. White box in the left corner says: Fall of Words - Day 8 Sprinting can be a fun way to get words in without thinking too hard about quality. Every word counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
I am currently “telling” myself a story.

I don’t know where it’ll lead and where it’ll end—but I’m cautiously happy to be writing at all, because querying can steal the joy of creating stories.

It’s okay to just write for ourselves sometimes, be our only readers.

#FallofWords
Photo of a forest with lots of green foliage and a few tree trinks visible along a path that shows splotches of sunlight. Text in white box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 11 Writing is: telling yourself a story. Every word counts. It’s a happy, sunny atmosphere. Photo: me Template: Canva
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
What kind of writer are you?

#FallofWords
#AmWriting

Side note: I grew this little citrus tree from seed. A labor of love and dedication and perseverance, just like writing. (Actually a scary accurate comparison. lol. It takes years for trees to bear fruits …)
A green citrus fruit (likely a lemon) on a green-leafed citrus tree branch with hazy foliage in the background too White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 28 Underwriters, overwriters, just-right-writers: we’re all writers! Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
What’s some beta or critique partner feedback you’ve received that really stayed with you?

Some of mine: “Your writing is sparse and dry.”

“The names [all northern Frisian] sound too similar.”

And in a good way: that Narcos waiting meme (iykyk) @christiecurry25.bsky.social

#FallofWords
A pomegranate tree with two red fruits visible and lots of green leaves. White box in bottom left corner: Fall of Words - Day 26 Writing can be scary, especially when we put ourselves out there and bring it in front of fresh eyes. But it’s exciting, too, to get that outside feedback, and editing is writing too! Every word counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Feeling a tiny bit silly posting into the big ole void out there, but here we are:

It’s #FallofWords after all.

I hope those of you currently drafting or editing or reading are having a good time.

Who’s counting their daily words? (I have decided not to count mine just yet.)
A photo of colorful wine leaves in the prettiest reds and greens and browns, giving off warm and happy fall vibes. Text in a white box in the left bottom corner: Fall of Words - Day 4 If you need someone to cheer you on: good job! You got this! Every word counts. Pic: mine. Design courtesy of Canva
September 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
What helps you to write?

Knowing someone else is writing with me helps me focus better and get words done.

I’ve been sprinting with one of my CPs lately: they edit, I draft. I get so much more than than when I try to do it by my lonesome.

#FallofWords
Image of a Gingko branch with lightly golden-green fall colors that look very bright and happy. White box on the bottom left says: Fall of Words - Day 10 Sometimes it can help to have a “body-double” to write. Writing doesn’t have to be a lonely activity. Every words counts. Pic: me Template: Canva
September 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
Another few words added. #FallofWords day seven was a success.

The best part? For the first time in months, I had some fun, maybe because I didn’t listen to the overly critical voice inside my head and just wrote.

How about you?
Pic of a lots of brown and crunchy fall leaves , packed close together. Text in white box in the bottoms left corner: Fall of Words - Day 7 Sometimes, the trick is to just write for ourselves. Mental health matters. Every word counts Pic: me Template: Canva
September 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
nordlichtinla.bsky.social
I had a good #FallofWords day today. Got more than one sprint in, which is always a good thing.

I’ve had days where I did a lot of staring at words, too, though, and had to drag the sentences out into the open by sheer force.

How is your writing going?
Grass with a single soap bubble sitting right in the middle, it’s some iridescent and fragile. Text in white box in bottom left corner: Fall of words - Day 16 Some days, we write pages upon pages and are deep in the flow. Others, we have to pry each word from our brains and manage maybe a sentence. That, too, is writing. Every word counts Image: me Template: Canva
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM