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200 words shy of 5K. 🥹

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August 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I’m at 3K words for this chapter of Burnt rubber smoke signals.

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March 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Redlining is go. Only seven pages this time. Again, short chapter. 🥹 No promises when it’ll be ready for upload.

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December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Finally passed to 4K mark on Burnt rubber. I’m almost to the scenes I’m excited about! Just gotta slog through the transitions.
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June 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Coding in process for Chapter 7 upload.

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October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today’s #StateOfFicBRSS update: time to print this сuηт. Still trying to hammer down the end, but red lining gives clarity.
July 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
As usual, my sех scenes take forever to write. 🥴 But chapter 4 isn’t all clanging. There’s also the pillow talk. Sensitive questions like:

"What was Vaporex like?"

And:

"Did you know someone that wore Lux Aeterna?"

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May 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I have 500 words on chapter 8 and deep executive function.

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October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good thing I made no promises about getting chapter 6 out this weekend. 😂 Because that’s not happening. #stateofficBRSS
August 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Up to 5.5K words and so much trauma.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hey HEY, just shy of 2K works for chapter 8. If we’re all very VERY lucky, our pookies might even see each other. 👀

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December 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This took longer than expected, but redlining is finished. Time to apply edits to the doc.

(Sadly, no Soundwave in this chapter.)

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August 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Slowly but surely: we’re at 2K for the next chapter of Burnt rubber now that Flatline has entered the chat!

I will be so happy if I can get a chapter out during Pride month here in Aotearoа NZ!

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February 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
If you’re here for Burnt Rubber Smoke Signals, here are the tags I use:

• For anything creative: #BurntRubberSmokeSignals
• Purely to track chapter release progress: #StateOfFicBRSS
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
No upload on Burnt Rubber Smoke Signals today. I’m still not sure if it will come this week or after the move. But! It will happen.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
😂 On one hand it feels pathetic that I finally hit 3K on the new chapter. On the other, I’m not dead yet and I’m not giving up. 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥 My shortest chapter was about 5K words, so I could even be halfway done with this one.

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December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Up to 2K words on chapter 7. I would really like to get the new chapter out in two weeks, but let’s see what happens.
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September 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I can already tell that nothing short of a miracle will help me get the new chapter out today. 😂 I have to weave another waikawa today and I won’t have the energy after that. #StateOfFicBRSS
July 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Okay, so finally up to 4K on chapter 7.
Honestly, this is such a chapter. Lol

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September 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’ve taken a couple days break from chapter 7. It’s easy to screw up catastrophic events because they contain multiplicities of tragedy, but also I don’t know jack about responding to them. Oops.

Also, there’s only one genuinely silly moment in this chapter. 😩

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September 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Up to nearly 5K on this chapter? It’s more likely than it seems. The doc is with my beta reader, but I don’t intend to post at 5K. I have one more full scene to write before I consider this chapter ready.

That said, it’s nice to make progress during North American Pride month.

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Well! 4.6K! I’m pleased! Though, please don’t kill me for the foreshadowing in chapter 6 showing up to bite us in the ass this chapter.
Finally passed to 4K mark on Burnt rubber. I’m almost to the scenes I’m excited about! Just gotta slog through the transitions.
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June 3, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I have been so stuck on Ratchet’s PoV for Burnt rubber smoke signals, but finally made progress yesterday. What a relief.

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March 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
About to hit 3K on chapter 7. I have probably deleted and rewritten 1K words for this chapter so far. 🫠

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September 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Okay, things are pretty hectic: I put off a lot of chores and errands while I was doing the document rally. Now I have all kinds of cleaning and organising and the like to do.

That said: I’m fairly certain I can return to writing Burnt rubber next week.

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November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
After all manners of delays, I’m down to the last 1K words on the new chapter. I’m red lining and writing just a bit more.

Btw, important note: I’ve added the body horror tag for a scene that will come several chapters from now.

I still promise a happy ending!
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July 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM