I am getting some much-needed rest now that April is over! I took a stab at the April is the Cruelest Month Whump challenge on Tumblr and while I didn't manage to finish it, I did meet my smaller goal of 15k words this month by the skin of my teeth, and that's a big enough accomplishment for me to be proud of!

Over the course of the month, it helped a lot that I had done the outline of ideas for each prompt in advance, but I had a few moments where another premise completely unrelated to the challenge basically kicked the door down to my brain and I couldn't think about anything else no matter how hard I tried. I've found that sometimes if it's bothering you enough, it's in your best interest to deviate from your chosen course to bang out that other idea just to get it out of your head.