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You know, I wrote this essay two days ago. And thanks to the kindness and generosity of @queerspecfic.bsky.social we are no longer at 831 books. We're at 933. Just thought I'd throw that out there this #AceWeek. dovelynnwriter.medium.com/asexuality-a...

Started watching Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai+) and this was a mistake because I don’t want to stop!! The characters, action and story (so far) are all fantastic. But it’s by the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, so that’s not a surprise. (+No idea why the EN/JP titles are so different)

Still feeling cruddy with a fuzzy head most of the day, but I think I managed to start to get this Fic chapter finally headed in the right direction. (By going back to what my original plan was, of course.) #amWriting

I love this twist on an old callback so much!

First video game I played? Smurfs for the ColecoVision.

I think those injections are catching up with me.

It’s been a long week, a stressful day, and I took two shots to the arm after work. I am so tired right now, plus it’s a regular work day tomorrow. I . . .don’t think I’m doing any writing tonight. *thud*

Posting again: I have a 500 word horror story I would like to publish. Since neither the length nor genre are my usual ones I am looking for advice on where to submit for publishing. I have a list from The Submission Grinder, but I would love input on preferences or other anthologies!

Just sent off my self-review for my annual job appraisal and now I am vibrating.

Hi fellow writers! I have a 500 word horror story I would like to publish. Since neither the length nor genre are my usual ones I am looking for advice on where to submit for publishing. I have a list from The Submission Grinder, but I would love input on preferences or other anthologies! #writeSky

Okay, I've set this up specifically for helping us take care of a surprise!dozen kittens and mama Chex Mix. 🧡 Shares muchly appreciated! (There will be SO many kitten photo updates, I promise.) www.gofundme.com/f/helping-ch...

Well we found one of the problems with the furnace: mice built a nest inside sometime this summer / early fall before we turned the heat on.

Seriously, WTF. It may be time to delete my FB account at last. And that’s unfortunately where our town and a lot of local businesses tend to post info. 😩🤬

Finished writing a flash fiction story (500 words) for a spooky story contest as part of this weekend’s town Halloween celebration. It’s a read-aloud contest, judged by the audience’s reactions. Do I expect to win? Not really. But I do like the piece, so let’s see what people think. #amWriting

At this point, I’m halfway tempted to throw out half this Fic chapter (including some scenes I really like 😭) and take things into an entirely different direction, because I’m no longer sure the story actually needs most of what I have been trying to figure out how to write. Bah. #amWriting

Today was supposed to be a Writing Day but brain fog hit me hard before noon, so movie day with C instead. We watched Van Helsing - I had forgotten just how campy/tongue in cheek that movie is (and sheer number of Universal Monsters in it). Still a fun movie, though. (Now watching: Sleepy Hollow.)

Went apple picking with my mom today, and got to meet and visit with the owners of the orchard and a bunch of their family. (My mom has known the owner her entire life…and he likes her, so he told us where the best trees are.)

Our little town theater is playing Coyote vs. Acme so we went to go see it last night. (An actual movie on “movie night” with Mum!). It’s great, I absolutely loved it. And I love the irony *this movie* was shelved b/c corpo greed and revived by another co due to public outcry(+ mentioned in credits)

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Hadn’t sketched in a little bit and this is what my brain came up with tonight. #sketch #art

Yesterday was the kind of day that justified my eating Count Chocula for breakfast this morning.

Watching more Kaiju No.8. The second season gets more shonen-y but I still am enjoying it. I love *all* the characters in it, even though there were a lot of them I *thought* I wouldn’t like. (At this point, I think Hoshina is my favorite, but I am still very partial to Kafka and Ichikawa.)

Oh no Please help Elise

Release Day at work today. I had all sorts of fun errors I hadn’t anticipated today (seriously, I think Git pulled out every merge error it could, including hitting size limits) but we have a new version of the Viewer out! And I am Tired. 😵

I probably should go to bed early tonight, as I have been feeling like I’m on the verge of getting sick all day, and I have a really busy/important day at work tomorrow.

Playing the oh-so-fun game of : is this chapter not gelling because A) these scenes are going to work better in the final chapters B) I’ve taken the story in the wrong direction, or C) I’m just exhausted at the moment and so everything seems like trash right now? #amWriting

Back home after a whirlwind weekend trip up to Nova Scotia with my Mum to visit my 102-year-old Great Aunt and our cousin. Despite the usual Mom chaos curse creating some technical car difficulties, we had a great visit, found Mum’s recently-deceased friend’s grave, and made it there/home safe.

Wrote a scene tonight. Might keep it, might not. That seems to be the way with my writing of late: write lots of scenes, keep the ones that work best together to show that I want the audience to learn. #amWriting

This looks super cool.

Wrote things in the Fic chapter today that I feel are actually making it work (as opposed to throwing a scene at the wall and hoping it sticks)! It’s a backstory penultimate episode, and I’m *finally* nailing down the details of the villain for this very written-published-serially story. #amWriting

@keitichandesu.bsky.social - for science!

My anniversary *and* Mountain Day? With nice weather?! What a lovely confluence! (I do have to work today, but nothing is perfect!)

Science time!!

Phantasy Star, although I didn’t actually play a lot of it.

It was *a week* at work, with my body hating me, followed by a weekend of family visiting (who are early risers) and a tree with a 7-foot circumference falling over in our yard at 4:45am yesterday (we’re ok). C and I are going to a movie at 7pm tonight. My circadian rhythm is currently: “wtf, mate”.

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

Day 5 of off-and-on (hormonal) headache with photosensitivity that is just bad enough to be distracting, and I’m like F everything. (I feel so much for those of you who deal with actual bad migraines on a regular basis.)

I don’t use antibacterial hand soap on any regular basis because my doctor told me *not to* but people should know about this. (Regular soap and scrubbing does the job, and antibac soap contributes to overuse that results in resistant bacteria)

Just finished reading The Experiment by Rebecca Stead. It’s a fun MG book about a boy who is keeping a big secret about being an alien. Tone stays relatively light (it’s MG so no surprise there), but the story feels meaningful. The mystery and twists were great; it kept me reading! #bookSky