How's the writing session going?

• Great!
• Good
• Alright
• Could be better/could be worse
• Poorly...
• I haven't written today.
• I have thought about it here and there.

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Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

 So, have you written today?

• Yes
• No
• I have thought about it.

 Good morning! Where are you at in your fic?

• Plotting/planning/outlining
• Writing
• Editing
• Sending it to a beta reader
• Proofreading
• Posting it right now
• I didn't write today.
• I have thought about it here and there.

 Hey everyone! How's the writing coming along?

• Great!
• Good.
• Alright.
• Could be better, could be worse.
• Poorly.
• I haven't written anything today.
• I have thought about writing here and there.

Well over a decade ago, I first had the idea of reprinting my short fiction in little collections themed around subgenres. When I sat down to sort through my existing stories, I found they fell fairly neatly into six buckets, each at or approaching roughly the cumulative size of a novella: secondary-world fantasy, historical fantasy, contemporary fantasy, stories based on folktales and myths, stories based on folksongs, and stories set in the Nine Lands.

Five of those six collections have been published so far: Maps to Nowhere, Ars Historica, Down a Street That Wasn't There, A Breviary of Fire, and The Nine Lands. The sixth is coming out in September, but it's not surprising, given the balance of what I write, that secondary-world fantasy has lapped the rest of the pack -- more than once, actually, since The Nine Lands is also of that type (just all in a single world), and also my Driftwood stories hived off to become their own book.

So yes: as the title and the cover design suggest, The Atlas of Anywhere is a follow-on to Maps to Nowhere! Being short fiction collections, they need not be read in publication order; although a few settings repeat (both of them have a Lady Trent story inside, for example), none of the stories are direct sequels that require you to have read what came before. At the moment it's only out in ebook; that is for the completely shameless reason that replacing the cover for the print edition later on would cost me money, and I have my fingers crossed that in about two months it will say "Hugo Award-winning poem" rather than just "Hugo Award-nominated." ("A War of Words" is reprinted in here: my first instance of putting poetry into one of these collections!) But you can get it from the publisher, Book View Cafe; from Apple Books; from Barnes & Noble; from Google Play; from Kobo; from Indigo; or, if you must, from Amazon in the UK or in the US (that last is an affiliate link, but I value sending readers to other retailers more than I do the tiny commission I get).

Now, to write more stories, so I can put out another collection later!

 Good evening, everyone! Did you write today?

• Yes!
• No.
• I thought about it.

It's the last week of June, so our last week of working on those forgotten spaces in our homes, whether we're cleaning or decluttering. Over the last few weeks, we've spent time in the bedroom, main living space and kitchen, so what do you have left to do? Is there a cupboard in a hallway or a garden shed or garage/attic space that would benefit from your efforts? Or is there a bit more needed in one of the spaces that you worked on earlier in the month?

How has the month gone so far, are you feeling like progress was made and was it useful?

We look forward to hearing how things have gone.

Good afternoon! How did your writing session go?

• It was great!
• It went well.
• It was pretty good.
• Could be better.
• I didn't get any writing done. (whether life was hectic, taking a break, or writer's block)
• I thought about writing this week.

Discussion: What writing program/material is your go to when writing fanfiction? It could be for your first draft, jotting down ideas and plot points, or the final version of your fanfic; doesn't matter as long as it was written down.

Week 1: 6th to 12th
Week 2: 13th to 19th linaewen
Week 3: 20th to 26th glitteringstars
Week 4: 27th to 2nd

It's time to sign up for the July WIP challenge! Some people join the challenge mid month, or comment on check-in posts without signing up, which is fine -- I'm glad there's a way for the challenge to be useful in a variety of ways. For those of you who find the commitment of signing up useful, please leave a comment with the below information.

Sign-ups will be open until the end of July.

Level of challenge: 1 chapter, 1000 words, 1 fic finished, whatever you like
Fandom(s) involved: if you know at this point
What you're looking for from the challenge: this could be as vague or specific as you like: someone to be accountable to, someone to remind you to write, someone to bounce ideas off, etc.
What you could offer other participants yourself: ditto!
How people should contact you: DW message, e-mail, IM etc.
Time zone: useful for seeing who might be up for a writing session at a time convenient to you

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<b>Level of challenge:</b> <b>Fandom(s) involved:</b> <b>What you're looking for from the challenge:</b> <b>What you could offer other participants yourself:</b> <b>How people should contact you:</b> <b>Time zone:</b>

The post for hosting the daily check-in is here and thanks to everyone who helps out with this. If you're interested in helping out and there are still slots available the post remains open until the last week of the month and we generally run our week Sunday to Saturday, I'm happy to chat via PM on DW for anyone who might need it.

If you have ever completed a fic through this challenge we have a collection on AO3 and on SquidgeWorld both collections are open and unmoderated. Should there be an issue with adding a work, let me know and I'll see if there's a fix for it.

Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

Do you make crafts? Do you like to look at crafts? Would you like to get (or give) advice about crafts? All crafts are welcome. Share photos, stories about projects in progress, and connect with other crafty folks.

You are welcome to make your own posts, and this community will also do a monthly call for people to share what they are working on, or what they've seen which may be inspiring them. Images of projects old or new, completed or in progress are welcome, as are questions, tutorials and advice.

If you have any questions, ask them here!

We're still focusing on the Nooks and Crannies theme but moving along to your lounge or main living area. Do you have any forgotten shelves, corners, little drawers or cupboards that rarely get opened? This is your chance to visit them, look carefully and see if what needs to happen - maybe some clutter clearing, or cleaning and re-organising, it might even need a little dusting. Let us know how you get along. Good luck everyone!