In Process -- May 2020

Wind/Water/Salt
Chapter 23: based on feedback, most of this chapter got deleted, and the rest is part of Chapter 26 now.
Chapter 25: Last month I deleted it. This month I put back half and rewrote half the dialog so the characters were working at cross-purposes to each other. Then I posted it with Chapter 28, because they go together. Maybe I only need one? And if that's the case, it's this one.
Chapter 27: Finished and posted.
Chapter 28: Finished and posted.
Chapter 29: Edit, edit, edit.
Chapter 30: Edit.
Chapter 31: Edit.

Persephone (probably not its real name)
I spent some time with my timeline and fit the B-plot into the A-plot. It worked better than you'd expect. I added about 4000 words.

Short Story
Wrote a flash for a contest but it came out too long so I think I'll polish it and send it elsewhere.

Connecting
Critted 8
Got back 4

Subs

Knitting
Candlemas by Jean Moss. I started the month on the gussets, wondering if I would have enough yarn. I had enough yarn. Finished.
Soxx #1. Finished. My socks are getting uglier and uglier.
Soxx #24.5 (1). Finished.
Soxx #24.5 (2). One sock finished.

(Explanation) In the book, 24 & 25 go together and between them use two skeins of yarn. I'm taking part of each pattern and using different yarn in each so that's why 24.5.

Open Road (Knitty Winter 2019): Lower front and back done. I added 7" to the bottom because I like things to cover my butt.

I also worked on my sashiko sampler and bought the stuff to sew the neck on that tunic.

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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