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"Because in the age of likes and follows, we have confused the reward of creating with the reward of being praised for creating, and why wouldn’t we? Our culture has never celebrated aspiring. Our culture celebrates markers of success. You meet a writer at a party. Oh, have you ever been published? When we could ask: what are the stories that inspire you? What is the story you most want to tell? We have to rewire the way we talk about art, the way we think about artists. The job of the artist is not to skip to the good part. The job of the artist is to make art when no one gives a damn, when no one likes or follows, when we are not being comforted by compliments and praise."

– Leigh Bardugo, via TedX

My day 17: I added 617 words to my flashfic. The story is supposed to be a little missing scene about time travel. Perhaps inevitably, given one of the characters is a deposed king, politics has reared its head, so it's still going. Oops! Not to worry, I still have plenty of time to finish it.

I also slightly tweaked a gift fic. I was thinking about the question of how to portray emotional beats/responses, showing without telling. In tandem with that, I started wondering if my POV characters have been tending too cerebral lately. Do you prefer characters to think through the implications of things or just to gut-reaction? (Does it depend on the character?) How do you express emotional beats? Are your descriptions primarily physiological (pulse, breath, etc) or something else? Do you have a technique for conveying feelings as they arise, or is this just something you do instinctively?

As well as writing, I went with Andrew (partner) to our favourite outdoor cafe (which is being forced to close down in a few months, oh no!) and sat in the blustery northwesterly, then did grocery shopping. This evening our friend is coming over for the last two episodes of Kdrama Low Life, and I'm making enchiladas.

The tally
Day 16:

china_shop,

badly_knitted,

trobadora,

sylvanwitch

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china_shop

Welcome to Write Every Day! I'm

china_shop, and I'll be your host for October Part 2! (Much, much thanks to

cornerofmadness for sharing the month with me. ♥)

For the regulars who have been doing this a while and just want the details: I'm on NZDT (UTC+13), and I plan to post between 4pm and 6pm local time, which should line up pretty well with

cornerofmadness's posts. Please comment on the most recent post, and specify what day(s) you're checking in for.

( For everyone else: what is Write Every Day and how does it work? )

I go to London Writer's Salon Antipodean Writers' Hour on weekdays, and that usually starts off with an encouraging/inspirational quote. Here's one someone shared a while back.

"When you go mountain climbing, the first thing you’re told is not to look at the peak, but to keep your eyes on the ground as you climb. You just keep climbing patiently one step at a time. If you keep looking at the top, you’ll get frustrated.
"I think writing is similar. You need to get used to the task of writing. You must make an effort to learn to regard it not as something painful, but as routine."
–Akira Kurosawa, via The Script Lab

My goals and check-in
This morning I wrote 1,028 words of flashfic for the current "Brilliant" round of

fan_flashworks. I'll finish it tomorrow, and then... has anyone seen Bon Appétit, Your Majesty who'd be willing to beta? :-)

Writing goals for the rest of month include not stuffing up my arms, so this afternoon I walked along a local mountain-bike trail, through the trees, then met up with my partner for hot drinks and chocolate brownie by the sea. The weather has been cold, wet and windy lately, but yesterday and today the sun finally came out. Yay!

Other goals for the next 16 days: finish my flashfic, finish a treat I started for

guardian_wishlist, sign up for Yuletide, and write something for the next (amnesty) round at

fan_flashworks. Other than that, I'll see where the spirit takes me.

How about you? Did you write today?

mergatrude

Wednesdays reads: I got a couple of Dymocks (bookseller) vouchers and treated myself to The Cat Who Saved Books and it's sequel The Cat Who Saved The Library, by Sosuke Natsukawa. Am enjoying the first. I'm also listening to The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book in the Edinburgh Nights series by T.L. Huchu, and read by Kimberley Mandindo. She sounds exactly like Ropa in my head.

Watching: Dude is making me watch Superstore (yay, Mark McKinney!) which is a lot of fun and also somewhat wince-inducing. We're at the end of S3. We've also been watching Lego Ninjago, which is ridiculous but I can't look away. I'm still a sucker for kids shows and this one has clever writing and the animation is fun.

Gaming: I'm slowly progressing with Ori and the Blind Forest, which is challenging but surprisingly I'm meeting the challenges. I also completed Monument Valley which was free from Epic Games last month. Dude traded in his X-Box X (because of Microsoft shenanigans with their online options) for a Play Station 5, and is loving it. He made me buy a controller and is making me play Sackboy: A Big Adventure, which is adorable! We're also going to tackle Cult of the Lamb in co-op mode.

Other: I've been on leave, so am making progress on my incredibly tedious sock yarn project, and am close to finishing one of the knit scarves I'm working on. I've also been doing a new jigsaw, and am now dealing with All The Leaves. ( It's very pretty. )

Daylight savings has kicked in and I've been going for a walk every evening after dinner. The weather is windy, but that's October for you. What isn't usual for October is temps in the mid-to-high twenties!

seascribble

I am readingggggggg.

I read The Mother Code by Carole Stivers. The premise--US military introduces plague that will wipe humanity out, scientists genetically engineer babies to be raised by robots, babies grow up and have to choose between The Remains of Humanity and Robot Mother--is basically catnip for me. Regrettably, the execution sucked. Sometimes a big ol' nerd which a PhD in biochemistry writes a book and it's awesome and sometimes they write a book and it's full of weird compulsive heterosexuality, dead moms, some token Natives, a weird terrorist McGuffin, and military apologism.

Like. I'm sorry, but the remnants of the US military who hoarded plague treatment for themselves are never going to be the compelling protagonists u think they are, Carole. Yikes. It also felt like none of the characters every developed and none of the feelings I was supposed to feel ever actually had anything to back them up in the plot. The ending was abrupt and the conflict never actually materialized in any meaningful way. I believe she actually did do some consulting with actual Hopi people, but the way they ended up into the book, all spirit visions and magical genetic immunity was a little weird. Like everything else, they felt flat and unfinished.

Regrettably, do not recommend. Go watch The Wild Robot instead.

I enjoyed Activation Degradation by Marina J Lostetter much more. It's billed on the back blurb as "Murderbot makes first contact" which...makes no sense. Anyway, it's not a Murderbot book, although you can tell that she definitely did read Murderbot (and maybe some of the Murderbot fanfiction that loves to have MB interact with cats). It's a very different vibe with the robot/construct and its relationship to its enslavers/engineers, as well as its interaction with external people. It's also got a lot more fluids and sex. Murderbot would hate being in this book, in fact. It's a lot more soft and squishy generally; the humans do a little Becky Chambers style therapy speak and are a little hokey, but they've still got some rough edges that are interesting. I found both of the plot twists to be interesting and compelling, and I felt like the set up/knock down was well done, as was the robot's character progression. Some of the imagery, which is revealed through the unreliable narrator coming in contrast with things the humans say, is really poignant. She carries it a little too far and gets a little too pleased with herself when

( spoiler )

, but it really works for other areas, like the organic parts of the ship.

Do recommend, with the caveat that the Murderbot comparison isn't fair and will give you the wrong vibe going in. Read as its own thing.

Currently reading Kitchen Confidential, and man, I fucking miss Anthony Bourdain. Goddamnit.

sage

( books (Osman, Kingfisher x 3, Mohamed, De Nicola) )

The Vampire Lestat NYCC extended trailer! <333

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yuletide
There's so much good stuff in the tag set, it took me forever to pare down my signup. I still might change it.

yarning
( so much yarning! )

rl
Speaking of spending money, I got a new laptop, as my old one is 7 3/4 years old and Win10. The old one still works mostly fine, thank Lenovo, but the Prime Day sale was too good to pass up. I've been working on getting all my old software transferred over. Slowly.

( healthcrap )

#resist
This coming Saturday: No Kings Day 2. If you're protesting, please stay loud and stay safe. I'm there with you in spirit, wearing an inflatable frog suit and passing out water. (The color for the protest is YELLOW, btw, but I like the inflatables. And I look like a zombie in yellow.)

I hope all of y'all are enjoying the Fall/Spring weather, such as it is so far, and that all is well in your worlds. <333

p.s. This No Kings icon is shareable. It and tons of other protest graphics are found here. Feel free to link & share!

sidleypkhermit

A delayed meme ganked from

impala_chick: Share the first and last lines of the last five stories you have posted to AO3.

This sounded good since I've been wanting to get LJ up to date on my posted fic, and then I realized the fun twist that all five of my latest posted works were from

writetomyheart — about which I'll explain at the end! Consider yourself tagged if you want to participate.

1. hear me call across the waves, if I don't come home tonight (Severance, Gemma Scout)

First: “Hello, world!”

Last: And where the hell did he go?

2. the fox knows many things (Wheel of Time [TV], Mat/Thom if you're reading it right:) )

First: “I’m all ears,” Thom said, settling down at the little table in his cabin. Mat sat opposite him, each of them holding a wooden bowl of hot soup and rationing out its warmth as the cold of the nighttime sea air was beginning to bring a serious bite.

Last: Thom put a light hand on Mat’s wrist. “If we live long enough,” he said, “you’ll hear it all.”

3. Lumon is Listening (Severance, original characters)

First: “I shouldn’t have let you use fire. It disrupted the unity of action.”

Last: She wondered what would happen right now if she got up on Mr. Stuart’s desk, spun around, and burst into flames.

4. From the Balcony (The Muppets, Statler/Waldorf)

First: “Let’s go home,” Waldorf said. It was a relatively quiet moment in the theatre, since Gonzo had requested complete silence for a daring escape act, and a couple people actually shushed him.

Last: “Well, then she must be way too good for the Electric Mayhem,” Waldorf said. “Forget leaving early! This I gotta see.”

5. one more for the road (Better Call Saul, Howard Hamlin/Cheryl Hamlin)

First: “Feeling better?”

Last: He feels Cheryl sigh, her face against his day-old dress shirt, her wiry arm around his waist. “Howard,” she says. “Nobody ever asked you to.”

The fun coincidence with this is that, as I mentioned, these were all for

writetomyheart, a round-robin flashfic community where you must base the opening line of your fic on the closing line of the previous person's fic.

It's been responsible for most of my posted works on AO3 over the last couple years, it's a lot of fun, and for anyone who might be out there looking for things to do on LJ, guess what! They still use their LJ comm! (You can do it from genuinely wherever, but I can report that LJ is not yet deprecated.)

This entry is cross-posted from LiveJournal, where you can view it without whatever dreamwidth has done to break the formatting this time.

aprildawn13

It's finally starting to feel (a bit) like fall 😁

To celebrate the season here are some silly icons I made when I should have been sleeping (yay insomnia/AuDHD /s)

Silly Halloween John Sheppard icon

sage

Thank you so much for writing for me! Please don't stress over the optional details. Write to please yourself and I'll be delighted!

( Requests )

mekare

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ride_4ever

Today is the official Canadian Thanksgiving Day, but every day is a good day to be thankful for the existence of Canada!

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: thankful for Canada
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

ride_4ever

In Canada and all around the world, people STAND ON GUARD FOR CANADA!

Happy Thanksgiving Day and Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to Canadians and all fans of Canada!

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: thankful for Canada
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

seascribble

IDK why I felt the need to post a detailed update on tumblr, but I did, so. That's here:
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Kind of leaning toward cancelling my therapy appointment, but maybe I should keep it? Maybe she can help me figure out what the fuck I want. And there's always the possibility that third time's the charm (there's the statistic that floats around about like 80-90% of success happening in the first 3-4, but like. People stop after that?)

mekare

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princessofgeeks

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Current Mood: aggravated

sidleypkhermit

There’s a ceasefire. So why is the “ceasefire” crowd so silent?

Current Mood: somber, pensive

aprildawn13

right, well, I want to try actually posting things again, so here are some icons I just made while exploring an image editing app on my phone 😅

they're nothing special, but it's been almost 20 years since I posted anything I made myself so this is just something simple to figure it out again

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Brotherhood

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Brotherhood

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode Inferno

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode Echoes

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode Doppelganger

icon of Rodney McKay in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Daedalus Variations

Current Mood: embarrassed

mekare

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china_shop

I made four things for Wishlist (one a little late) - two Weilan and two ChuGuo, two very General Audiences, and two not so much. :D

Title: to those who wait (1567 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei & Professor Zhou (Guardian), Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Pre-relationship (sort of), First Meeting (for one of them), alternate first meeting, Coincidences/Fate, alcohol consumption, Urban Setting
Summary:
Shen Wei had planned to pour his professor into a taxi, spend a few hours patrolling the city as the Black-Cloaked Envoy, and then get to work on his literature review or perhaps draft a proposal for establishing a school system in Dixing. He was already constructing arguments for the latter in his head. But Professor Zhou was distracted by something down the street and set off with surprising vigour for someone who, a moment ago, had barely been able to extract his credit card from his wallet.
Shen Wei was obliged to follow in his wake.

Title: defying gravity (1507 words) [Mature]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Established Relationship, domestic setting, Inspired by Fanart, Blow Jobs, Clothed Sex
Summary:
“Like this?” Zhao Yunlan hops onto the stool and stretches to prop his feet on the nearest ottoman. His elbows automatically find the edge of the breakfast bar behind him. He knows it looks a bit ridiculous—Da Qing never spares an opportunity to mock him for lounging like this—but it's surprisingly relaxing.
And Shen Wei clearly appreciates the view. His throat bobs as he swallows. “Like that. Are you—comfortable?”

Title: Supportive (1807 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Guo Ying/Yu Jinlan (Guardian), Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Handwavy fix-it, POV Outsider, Gossip, slight social awkwardness, tiny misunderstanding, Getting Together, (ChuGuo getting together I mean), Established relationship for Guo Ying/Yu Jinlan obviously
Summary:
Guo Ying tells Yu Jinlan about his first day at the SID.

Title: a tempting fate (3238 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Additional Tags: Episode Related, episode 18, Fight Club Case, Time Travel, Time Loop, Angst, Mild Hurt/Comfort, minor first aid, First Kiss (for one of them)
Summary:
Chu Shuzhi bends sideways so he’s right in Xiao-Guo’s face. “Xiao-Guo, look at me! Did something happen out there? Have you been hypnotised?”
Hypnosis wouldn’t explain the change of clothes. And Xiao-Guo is actually laughing at him now. He pats Chu Shuzhi’s knee, too, and leaves his hand there as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.

My other late gift is still an extremely long, extremely messy draft, so I'll see how that goes...

ION, check this out!

Guardian is now my most-created-for fandom on AO3!

Guardian is now my most-created-for fandom on AO3!

sage

books
Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles #6) by Dorothy Dunnett. 1975. cw: war, murder, offscreen sexual assault, subsequent PTSD. The exciting conclusion to the series. No lie, this one was rollicking, despite an overuse of untranslated French.

still reading: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Book one. So charming.

still reading: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. 2023. Graphic novel. Shubeik lubeik translates to "Your wish is my command" in Arabic. This version of Egypt is modern except it has wishes that come true, and are regulated (and black market). Great concept. I'm only 20% through, but it's a good book so far.

yarning
finished a yellow bunny and the above calico Cat Stitch scarf. The scarf sold this morning (without even me listing it first) & another person wants to get a custom one made! Yay! I worked on a grey and black kickbunny at yarn group Sunday and had a nice time. I'm nearly finished with it, though now I have a commission to recreate a cat's favorite turkey leg toy with wool and catnip. And scarf customer reminded me that xmas is coming and it's time to to work on stocking the shop! I ordered more catnip & hopefully won't run out of silvervine yet. All in all, a productive week!

healthcrap
The drooping eyelid is making me crazy -- double vision, blurry vision, the eyelid being in the way of seeing. ( more healthcrap )

#resist
October 18: No Kings Day 2!

I hope all of y'all are doing well and can see with your regular number of eyes. :g:

mekare

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