@hugsterwrites.bsky.social
Veteran. Full-time student. Part-time author. My work has been published in anthologies by Hell Bound Books, Timber Ghost Press, and Shacklebound Books Currently working on a sci-fi novel.
And with that, the first draft is done! Getting it printed today and then moving on to a smaller project to let this one cook before coming back and editing. But what a feeling, first ever draft of a novel I have finished!
05.02.2026 20:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
3 patient capybara nightlights sit on a kitchen counter and are reflected in the toaster.
Cappys waiting for toast.
21.01.2026 17:06 — 👍 128 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 018 miles into a planned 2000 miles for this year... I don't like running but have a memorial run I am aiming to complete in 2027. Just gotta keep stepping!
14.01.2026 01:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What a year! At the beginning of the month, my WIP had 4k words and I set a goal to get to 15k. I just hit 30k on it! Far surpassed anything I've done before and the story is shaping out. Can't wait to finish it in 2026!
Happy New Years!
#MilSciFi #AmWriting
And I was feeling smug with my ~30k written this month!
31.12.2025 07:20 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Hi! I have mostly written Horror before but my WIP is actually Mil Sci-Fi!
29.12.2025 16:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This week, I wrote 6536 words on my WIP.
I did take Christmas and Christmas Eve off, but I was too focused on hot cocoa and family to write!
This brings me to 21k words total for the month and 27k total! :)
#AmWriting
Hit my December word goal of 25k words for my draft! Still 4 days left in the month to push past it :)
28.12.2025 03:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Finished 'Sheepdogs' by E. Ackerman. 10/10, very fun read with a good cast of misfits. Really enjoying my little Ackerman binge.
24.12.2025 00:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Finished “Waiting for Eden” by E. Ackerman.
Wow. Lots of feelings, almost the same feeling as a “Short Stay in Hell” by S. Peck. Lots of emotions, especially with some stuff I’ve gone through surrounding grief. Not sure I’d read again, but it will stick with me. 10/10
Weekly Stats:
Words Written: 8,176! (Not including whatever I writer today)
Coffee cups consumed: Many...
Feeling extremely good about this, about to break the 20k barrier and hopefuly propel far beyond it!
2 books I finished today: the Devils by J. Abercrombie and the Day of the Jackal by F. Forsythe.
The Devils - 9/10, funny with lots of cool moments. Middle act felt a little repetitive.
The Day of the Jackal - 7/10, really good thriller but a bit dated now.
Me: (working on novel)
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
Finally done with all of my finals! Now time to focus solely on my WIP for a while!
17.12.2025 20:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Every creative knows that the ideas are by far the easiest part of the process. I have notebooks full of ideas, more than I can ever turn into stories in my lifetime, and I get new ones every day. AI will just stunt your ability to have new ideas as you let it serve you remixes of stolen ones.
16.12.2025 16:30 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 012,000 words into the first draft! Getting super close to my December goal of 15,000
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