Smut is wonderful, just not necessarily in every story, though. Some stories benefit from it and some don't. I feel like PWP stories that are pure smut are okay but I like longer, plottier stories with smut that does exactly what you say, advance the characters and the plot. But most stories don't actually need the sexy bits for the character/plot development so I don't include it.

I've done really well this week, meeting my goal every single day. Until today where life's been super-busy. I plan on getting words in but I'm not sure I'll make my 4000 word goal today.

Either way, I've started a new novel and I'm having a blast with it. It's a return to Muirin, my matriarchal world, so it's all girls, all the time, having all the adventures together. That will never, ever, EVER get old for me. XD