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: January 2024

"Morgan is my name" by Sophie Keech. Office book club selection. It gets exhausting to read about plucky young heroines who are terrible at needlework all the time. I should probably read some Jo Walton. I mean, you can be good at needlework and other things too! I didn't find this book very surprising. The first half was kind of boring, but it got better towards the end. LHC #233: "The Shifter" by Janice Hardy. I read her writing advice website regularly, so I thought I should maybe read an actual book to find out if she was worth it. Oh my, the voice of this book grabbed me immediately. The worldbuilding seemed shady but the voice was solid. It wasn't very subtle, but I might not be the target audience. LHC #234: "Ragnarok: The End of the Gods" by A. S. Byatt. At this point with my library account, I'm just guessing. I know there was something by Byatt there? I suspect there was. I did not know what to make of this book. Strange, but it w

What I read: March 2024

LHC #240: "Vita Nostra" by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko. Translated by Julia Meitov Hersey. All I knew going in was dark academia. This was a neat thing to read after A Deadly Education last month. The students can leave this school at summer and winter break, but maybe they shouldn't. Also, interesting education method, providing Sasha with a CD player and punishing her if she leaves it in the mode where it plays all the tracks in sequence. "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman. When I finished Ragnarok by AS Byatt (last month? January?) I was thinking it might have made more sense if I had any knowledge of the subject matter. The boy had left this lying around, and it was not a tough read. LHC #241: "Science on a mission: How Military funding shaped what we do and don't know about the ocean" by Naomi Oreskes. I deferred this once because it was so long. History of science is challenging for me to read, because of the need to get a grasp on dispr

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