In Process -- January 2018

Daily efforts

Kept writing that horror novel. I might have 10%.

Wrote on a short story thing not sure what exactly it is, but it made me happy.

Accomplishments

“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 7 to OWW.

Connecting

Critted 6

Got back 1

~~Circulating~~ Subs (I’m changing this because it might motivate me to do more than send out something at the end of the month in order to get that coveted single point. Aim higher in 2018!)
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Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Still on the hips, knitting downward. I actually worked on this!

Okracoke cardigan (Shirley Paden). Finished.

Vinculum II (for me!). I’m on the foot of the second one, so almost finished.

Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). Still on the back, still need to plan out intarsia. Kind of ignored.

Arnhild (Elsebeth Lavold: Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments). What happened was this: I was working away on Ann Boleyn while watching Game of Thrones, and I realized I'd made a ridiculous colorwork error. My first impulse was to rip out four rows of body and do them again, but well, ripping out colorwork with shaping is always dodgy. And four rows? So I put that in time-out and started something else. I’m doing some length and shape modifications, we’ll see how it goes. I want something that will cover my butt completely, not just a little bit, in leggings.

The next day, I decided to just keep going with AB as set. It will be a conversation starter.

Best TW feedback ever

Over at the dayjob, SMEs are feverishly trying to get documents back to me all marked up, in preparation for the release that's supposed to happen the week I'm back from VP. Today's best comment: Unfortunately not true. SMEs, they're so cute.

What I read: August 2023

"The Absolute Book" by Elizabeth Knox. I got it for Christmas. It was delightful, even if maybe some stuff wasn't explained completely. Or maybe that's part of why it was delightful. "Crucial conversations" By Joseph Grenny and three other old white men. Another office book club selection. The word "candor" comes up a lot. I really resented this book. LHC #220: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. There was a girl at my previous company who wanted to have an office book club, and she had this book on her desk for months and months. I can totally understand this. I found portions crazy stressful to read. Like, I would be skipping ahead to see how much more in the section, could I get through it, pacing around, etc. I wanted to know how it ended, sure, but I was having weird stress dreams and stuff. If it wasn't a library book I might not have finished it at all. It was such a relief when Boris showed up again and something happened. I di

In Progress -- July 2023

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still n eed to take up comments and revise. Persephone (probably not its real name): Nothing but thoughts. Short Stories: As I mentioned last month I had a dish-washing epiphany on a story that wasn't going well. I'd already changed the POV character, but I knew that wasn't enough because I had no ending. It has an ending now. Critted 4 Got back 0 I really need to post something new. Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 1 Knitting Tay Tartan cardigan (Martin Storey). Finally finished the danglers and minor seaming and chose buttons, then had to wait to block because the space I normally block in needed to be cleared, and this would be very disruptive to my work, so I waited to block it for the night before I went on vacation. It would appear that the finishing of this sweater took 4 months, which may be a new record. It fits for the most part. Yay! Cathar (self). Started the month just about done with the body edging.

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