Writin' in the Rain

I see pumpkin spice get made fun of plenty. About five seconds on google got me a whole bunch of memes like this

But you know what? Pumpkin spice is good actually. I like it.

So I went down to a coffee shop today and I ordered myself a pumpkin spice latte and a cupcake (red velvet)¹. Let me tell you, (though I doubt you'll doubt me), sipping on a warm caffeinated drink and working on a story is a nice way to spend an afternoon. The rain was coming down hard outside for that extra bit of coziness. It was cozy to watch and listen to through the window, at least. Somewhat less so walking home through it.

Well, the fic is coming along well, and I hope to have it up soon. Though it's in that Sisyphean phase of editing where you cut this and trim that to make it tighter, only to go rambling on for three or four new paragraphs after the one sentence you took out. And then that must be edited too.... Still, the important part is that work is happening, words are coming even if they just as easily go fifteen minutes later. I'll never do NaNoWriMo, it just isn't my style: I write much too slowly at the best of times. But I will say that I've been thinking about it and have gotten more done in the last week than probably in the month before that. That's nice. I make no promises to keep up the pace, and still less that it will result in anything visible to you, but I'd like to. I hope so.

Well, that's all for now. Stay cozy.

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1) Do you know what red velvet is? It's just chocolate cake that's been dyed. I always thought is was—I don't know what exactly but something distinct. I honestly felt a little betrayed when I found that out.

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[bahatumay]

What
I have also been lied to.