In Process -- October 2016

1st draft
Continued Season 11 Writing Excuses exercises. This month included writing the same story twice, which was interesting, and an outline that I really like.

Editing

“Labyrinth Moon”. Oh my god the “he said” “you said” !!! I can’t believe I almost thought this was done back in June.

“Volcano”. Gender-swapped the main characters, which gave me a chance to totally refresh my interest in the story, if nothing else.

OWW seems to be interfering with my editing time. I suspected this would happen...

Connecting

Critted 7

Got back 4

Circulating
1

Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Still on that sleeve, last month I had one pattern rep done. This month I did nothing. I think one of the rules I need to make is I have to finish both sleeves of this before I buy more yarn.

Mont St. Martin gift socks. I’d done the cuffs in September. Finished. Due to the current yarn diet, these are made from yarn I had around the house, so I’m a little insecure about them.

Gift (other thing). This was half-done in September, knit actually from a pattern I got published in a magazine quite a few years ago. Finished.

Gift (other other thing). Started…

Duck Baby booties. This turned into a nightmare. I’ve done these before and they came out fine. I was using random sock yarn leftover from whatever and the needles specified in the pattern, and I knit one bootie and thought, “this is kind of large, maybe I made a mistake somewhere.” So I knit the second one looking for where I might have gone wrong, and did the knitted-on Icord and everything and it came out just as big as the first one. So I went looking for the smallest needles I own, and I started again. The first one came out perfect, of course. Apparently gauge matters.

I also finished sewing a pair of shorts I started at least a year ago. Pathetic.

What I read: September 2025

LHC #295: "The Last to Leave the Room" by Caitlin Starling. Audiobook. Workplace horror? Loved it. "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Hard copy, for office Data Ethics book club. The stories about Sheryl Sandberg really made me like my boss better. LHC #296: "The Fated Sky" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. This got moved up the list because Ed had read book 1 in the series and got the rest out of the library. Loved it. He's got the next one in the series upstairs, I suppose I'll read it when he's done. LHC #297: "Bluegrass: A History" by Neil V. Rosenberg. Hard copy. No idea why it was on my list, I don't care that much about bluegrass. Nevertheless, the second half was interesting. I guess the first half was necessary, as it described in great length the way people came and went in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys band, and also how technology and social pressures affect how music is made and performed. LHC #298: ...

What I read -- October 2025

"The Moomins and the Great Flood" by Tove Jansson. eBook. I read this because Marissa Lingen loves them. It was fine? This was the first one in the series and the only one available online; maybe the later ones are better. Maybe they're better if you read them as a child. "The Relentless Moon" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. Read it because Ed had the whole series out of the library. It took a long time to get going, and sometimes I find MRK exhausting. Her white main characters all seem oddly aware of the Black experience. "The Martian Contingency" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. Read it because Ed had the whole series out of the library. I don't often read subsequent books in a series in quick succession, and my reaction to this one is a lot of why: I found Alma's voice too similar to Nicole's -- sure, Nicole obsessed about food much more, but they both went on and on about "must support black guy in management" an...

In progress - January 2026

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Nothing Persephone (probably not its real name): NOthing Vinterlys: Worked on Chapter 2 some more. Critted 4 Got back 1 Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0 Knitting Georgia (Norah Gaughan). Started the month with one sleeve and half a front to go. Finished. Love this sweater. Aberlady (AS Celtic Collection). Did a few rows while listening to podcasts. Summer in Tokyo (Isager): Started. I was looking at the pictures and the charts, and the pattern as written is not what is in the pictures! So odd. I am going to finish up two cones of yarn with this project! Pretty exciting. I hope I don't run out of light blue. I was working along on it, and if you go and look at the sweater, it's knit bottom-up, and I was at the part where I only had two colors, about 5" maybe. And I was thinking, "wow, this is pretty ugly! Maybe I should stop...

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