In Process -- October 2015

First Draft

"Trepanneria and Scrimshawerie". Short story, not particularly satisfying, done.
"Labyrinth Moon". Short story, much more satisfying. Done.

Editing

I a little bit fell off the wagon with editing this month, and days went by where I didn't do anything except maybe crosswords and sudoku, mostly because I was so close to done with Lucky Kate that it needed some space. Eventually I dealt with this by typing some things up.
"Food Insecurity". typed this up and took out crap.
Something I noticed typing this is I really can't tell which pages were here to write and which were easy. so that's good.
Unfortunately while entering thechanges, I got stuck when I came across a spot where I needed to finish writing a scene I had somehow abandoned on the first draft.
"Lucky Kate". At the end of the month I was able to convince myself to go through it. Really, one more draft of this and done this time for sure.

Connecting

Circulating

Knitting

Rust Damask Jacket (Takle & Kolstadt). Almost finished first ball of dark rust. That was my goal for the month, and I've failed.
Gift Item #2. Finished.
Gift Item #3. Half done.
Gift Item #4. 80% done.
St. Anthony. This was finished back in... June maybe? I knew I wasn't going to wear it because I hated the neckline. Now I've come up with a plan, so before starting any other gift items, I will finish it again. It's maybe a weekend's work, which is less than I thought. I'm just going to have to live with the too long sleeves. And I decided I like the body the way it is.

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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