In process, January 2019

Morning

This month my writing was somewhat infused by the things I was reading.
Persephone: Cat burglar and heist stuff, and pandemic stuff. Migratory patterns of Canada geese? Farsi for Beginners?
WWS Chapter 13: reading some poetry made me at least think about how I use language a little more. Also worked quite a lot on chapter 14. It would be cool if I could get to maybe a chapter per month this year… Or even more! If I could finish the wretched thing!

Night
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted Chapter 13.

Connecting
Critted 6
Got back 2

On Submission: 1

Knitting
Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). At the start of the month I had the right shoulder, the collar, and a lot of finishing to do. The finishing is making a huge difference in some of the pieces. This actually was a good portable project, the first time it’s been portable! I carried a sleeve and a crochet needle to band practice! This will be done soon, and I can't wait.
FI Corset belt. Still 1.5 inches done. Ignored.
Drachen (knitty Fall 2018). Worked on this while being a passenger, and while reading the internet. I had 8 inches of the body before, now I have 11.

Made bias tape (why do I love this?) to make a tank out of a turtleneck since I hate turtlenecks.

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.

In progress: August 2024

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still n eed to take up comments and revise. Persephone (probably not its real name): Continued to think thoughts. Short Stories: After posting that short story from last month onto the workshop, I picked one of those short stories I'd started and forced a plot onto it. Critted 5 Got back 4 Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0 Knitting Cathar (self). Started month with two inches done above the armholes. Listening to audiobooks, I finished the fair isle portion, cut the steeks, and set up and knit the neckline. Just the endless finishing now. Blushing Cloud (Knitty S/S24). Started the month with (still) three inches of back done. Socks take priority. Elbrus socks (Knitty first fall 2024). Finished. Elbrus socks II . Started the first. Pole shorts (Joan McGowan-Michael). I knitted these several years ago, but the...

Moraine

So a couple of days I thought I was done with this short story, and I wrote the last line of the story. I even dated it (that's how I can tell it's over). It was a little long, at 6600 words (I was aiming for 5000). But then I was walking to work, and I thought, "My, that was a lame ending. My endings are all crap." So yesterday morning, I scribbled out the date and wrote a bit more. And this morning I wrote a bit more again, and I dated it and called it done. And still, that ending seemed lame. So a few minutes later, in the last paragraph, I scratched out "the Oak Ridges Moraine" and wrote in "that stupid moraine". Much better. Now I can move on. But in the meantime, I was doing a little research about the Moraine, and I discovered that EGTourGuide lives on it. Only by one or two hundred feet, but I thought it was funny. Good for you, EGTourGuide, with all those excellent plants growing on that substandard soil, where in the olden days (you kno...

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