In Process -- June 2018

Daily efforts
Bonechill (that horror novel): I stopped working on this because I don’t know where it’s going, and I worked on WWS edits instead.
That huge pile of notes: still making notes

Accomplishments
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 10 to OWW.

Connecting
Critted 6
Got back 4

Subs
1

Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Finished all the knitting and sewed the danglers in, sewed on clasps. Blocking was a strange challenge.
Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). This needs to be finished by November. The sleeves are done. Started the month with 3 inches of back. Now I have 6. The finishing will be brutal!
FI Corset belt. To use up some sock yarn, and make some of my elastic-waist pants more wearable. And to see if I’ll wear it. Sometimes I covet things I won’t wear, and this might get me in the habit of wearing some other things I have around… anyway, I made a swatch and started knitting with black and midnight blue, which is tough to work on. The first inch looks good, though.
Socks. Started one.

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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