Still pretty much the same level of real.

Wolf-verse warbigbang fic:

30,050 words.
7.5* scenes left in Act II outline (probably about 11 actual scenes)
3 acts left after that.

Current benchmark: finish Act II/start Act III by July 20. Seems... like I need to do a lot of writing this weekend. But still possible!

Days to rough draft deadline: 65

Panic level: Vague disquiet, mostly of the "this part I am on now will never end" variety.

*This is one scene fewer than the last time I updated, 10,000 words ago. This isn't due to new scenes appearing in the outline; most of the 10,000 words in this update went into one monster scene.

PSA: Librarians are here to help you.

I am not any of the librarians weighing in on this thread (OR AM I) but this anon discussion of library etiquette delights me.

For the record, as several of the librarians in the thread state: if you see a librarian in a public area in a library (at a desk, or walking around in the library wearing a badge or nametag), it is okay to ask them for help. Even if they seem busy! Even if they do not make eye contact with you or see you standing there! If a librarian is in a public area of their library, helping library users is part of the job description. (The same is true for library interns, circulation aides, and pretty much anyone who works in a library. I have indeed worked in libraries where the security guards and custodians would help people find what they were looking for or assist them in operating the printers.)

Helping people who are physically located in a library is the number one part of my, and any librarian's, job that cannot be lost to Google. So. We are pretty motivated to keep doing it!

Just, you know, don't be that asshole who stands silently BEHIND A LIBRARIAN and then is pissed off when they don't immediately perceive that you need help.