When life goes bad for long stretches, I have a tendency to lurk so I’m not talking about doom, gloom, poor me, and all about me all the time. Nobody likes that, including me. When health goes bad for long stretches, writing people directly gets a lot harder and I only do it on the […]
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Chocobox Retrospective 2019
So I gave 8 gifts and received 2 that were both truly delightful and wonderful and awesome. First, the gifts! Gifts Received ART: Beneath the Moonlight (Bungou Stray Dogs) I got Izumi Kyouka/Nakajima Atsushi soulmark art for Bungou Stray Dogs by the truly lovely TereziMakara, whose letters I have fallen in love with several times. […]
Read more...State of the Scribbler
I think I’m going to write myself a letter like I was signing up for an exchange with the stories I want myself to write so I can read them. Because I want to write original short stories this year and I’ve written one out of seven weeks and it was for an exchange. Speaking […]
Read more...Failing to Success
That’s something I learned from a writer who does a lot of challenges: failing to success. So I failed to write anything longer than 1400 words, aka those short stories I want to get done. I also failed to finish the particular treats and late treats I wanted to. That said, I wrote 100 poems […]
Read more...In the Course of Challenge Events
So the goal by the end of the month is to have: 27 ficlets 4 short stories 93 poems At the moment, I’ve logged: 24 ficlets 91 poems 0 short stories Despite my best efforts. Technically, there are 11 poems waiting to be typed up, so I’m on track for poetry and three days to […]
Read more...Have Read, Am Reading, To Be Read
So when I started getting really sick a few months ago, I discovered Overdrive app and also fell back on my usual favorite thing to do when sick, binge-watch music competition shows and old favorite shows. But because of the Overdrive app and that I wasn’t up to writing or my usual stuff right after […]
Read more...I had great plans
And I spent most of my time this weekend reading and commenting and giving kudos for the Exchanges After Dark discord server’s birthday bash, which was a badfic and badart exchange. I have not yet doled out comment replies. General update on the year’s writing goals (which I still haven’t gone back and finished adding […]
Read more...A Practical Guide to the Scribbler’s Pen Names
So the intention is to write a lot of fic this year, which means when you get an AO3 notification: stories by Liana Mir are original fiction stories by Remember When are potentially objectionable to someone I know is subscribed to me or just don’t quite feel like my usual stuff in my own extremely […]
Read more...Goals for the New Year
I’m supposed to have done a wrap-up post by now, but counting things is tedious and I’m not done because Chocobox letter in progress and outstanding comments come first. That said, goals for the new year: Write 1000 poems, or about 3/day on average Write 52 short stories, or 1/week on average Write a drabble […]
Read more...Lexember Wrap-Up: 45 New Akachenti Words
sinti • verb, to do something reckless and ill-advised ndaji • verb, to fool, deceive, or trick someone à- • prefix, else, as in àvì, elsewhen ibas • noun, bread, charitable giving, alms ra • auxiliary verb, negates main verb, e.g. ahuá ira, “we weren’t asked”; incorporated as -r-, negates incorporating verb or noun, e.g. […]
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