The final prep stream, the kick-off, & our shared tracking!

There's this anxious, excited feeling knotting my stomach, the same feeling I used to get in the lead up to November. I'm glad! I thought that maybe it wouldn't show. That us creating our own challenge would give me a bit too much leeway amongst all the other challenges and I wouldn't be nervous.

The nerves are a fun reminder that we're taking something Big on. That, if all goes as I hope, I'll have a completed draft by the end of the year. (Maybe even a completed draft I could give someone after??? Find an alpha reader? EEK.)

It might also be the spooky October energy coming through, too. It's the month I love most, the one where I don't want to let a single day slip through my fingers. There's still so much decorating, making, binge watching, reading, and ✨vibing✨ to do.

The hours are ticking down until October and our challenge begins, but until then, I still have some September time to spend with y'all. Our final Preptember stream will be TODAY at 2:30pm CDT. You can find the link to that here.

Also, after a few failed attempts other places, I've created our 100KQ4 (or 100K with Kate!) group tracking! You can sign up for an account really easily at TrackBear.

Once signed up, here is the link to our group challenge and our join code is: 97fdde19-6225-4dcd-a2c1-9699f5fc627e

(I haven't figured out how to change the join code to make it simpler yet, bahahah.)

An example below of what the group tracking will look like:

I set it up so that you can track whatever you want for the challenge, but that the "goal" that will show up for all of us will be the 100,000 words. :) It does look like I can add additional Goals for each of the tracking systems, if y'all decide you want that and/or we can agree on how many lines = 100,000 words, you know what I mean? I'm flexible and we can chat about it during our final Preptember stream, too. :) If you can't attend the stream, definitely know what you think in the comments!

Shout out again to Candace for finding this one! It's the most user-friendly tracker of all the ones I tested out.

I'm so excited to get started with it! I hope y'all like all the stats, they look really fun:

Okay, okay, I do think I will be posting here in a panic the few hours before October 1st, but just in case, I wanted to share our 100KQ4 Kick-Off Stream! It will be a very early 6:45am CDT and you can find the link to that stream here.

Also if you've created any hashtags, any prompts, any images, any fun additional little challenges, any calendar, any single thing in regards to the 100KQ4, PLEASE let me know. I'd love to shout it out here, on Twitch, on Instagram, etc. For instance, Clara has created a very helpful list of prompts for the days that 100K seems especially audacious. Several of these have already turned the wheels in my brain and I'm excited to add them as part of my character sheets. 👀

I think that's it for now!! Time to settle my excited buzzing with a warm mug of tea. Hope to see y'all soon. Until then, happy writing!