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In process -- June 2013



First Draft
“This is the Church, and This is the Steeple”. Might have written 10,000 words, and about a thousand of those after I’d written “the end”, but finally finished.
“Cartographer”. Short story. Waterman butterfly! Rivers forgotten! I started and finished this, and it’s crap but whatever. The plot starts around page 9 of 16.
“Vulgar Pony”. Short story. Started.

Editing
“Don’t Choose Astronaut”. Got it under 3000 words, but it makes me sad now.  
“Lucky Kate”. Yeah, I read it and set it aside.
“Selkie Girls are Easy.” Draft three had been underway at the start of the month, and it took me half the month to finish, but finish it I did (draft 3).

Connecting
CZ reading series 12 June had GGK. How could I not go to that?

Circulating
1 out there.
8 rejects for 2013 so far.

Knitting
“Biohazard”. (pullover) Finished. Now if only it was cold enough to wear it.
“Ceremonial Armour”. KF cardigan. No real progress – maybe two rows.
IK Vertex cardigan spring 2013. This was great for knitting in the car.  I’m five inches below the armholes.
Insubordination Socks. In my day job, the branding group sent out guidelines on how to use our new logo. Our favorite page, of course, was the “don’t” page. Using the logo as an all-over pattern was in there, and once I saw that, what else could I do?
Penzance. The picture in my head for this project is SO AWESOME. The yarn is Cascade 220. What can go wrong? I swatched it.
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