✍️ Writing

CW: tarot talk is enclosed in {{..}} moustaches, if you'd rather skip over that kind of woo. I honestly don't blame you. :p

I still haven't really hit my stride, this year, although I'm at least out of the deep rutt of doing nothing which is a huge relief. I continue to have some success with pantsing. And also, inspired by chatting with another member of this club, I've drafted a list of "rules" for the fanfic/bromance/short story I'm working on.

While I don't have it as bad as some people I know, I believe I haven't been immune to the dampening effect of the late Winter months. Maybe I already mentioned this, but {{February was my Moon month of my year spread, which is like kind of a major major arcana for creative weirdos who like playing with superstition (but not really--don't worry), but it sure didn't feel like a numinous/weird/creative/magical month, so}} while I was hoping to really lean into the Winter to get my creativity popping off, it's actually just been OK. I think I've got to stop blaming the seasons, the weather, {{and cards}} for my spirits haha, and just... I dunno, either accept it, or try to do something about it. Maybe both??

For next month I'm going to try to write 1000 words. It might not sound like a lot, but it's more than I got done in February, so I'd be happy if I landed anywhere near this target!

Hi, I think I made okay progress this month. I kept up edits on the TTRPG campaign, mostly just spit-and polish stuff at the moment. I also did some work on our community worldbuilding wiki. I added two new pages - one on rough mounding and one on landfill mining. I also added a bunch of new links and examples to the existing pages.

I'm currently working on a page on phytoremediation (really a consolidated page for three related fields - removing contaminants from places using plants or fungus or bacteria), which is a massive topic and also a quite new field of study which I feel is a little harder than average to get a grip on as a layman (I've been doing my best to make sense of the options for my region for the last couple years of working on this campaign).

Unfortunately putting together a full collection of all known/potential phytoremediation species, the contaminants they help with, their ranges and invasive status really isn't looking very doable with my work/life schedule (or maybe ever, that might honestly be worthy of its own academic research project!)

So I'm holding it down to basic facts about how phytoremediation works, different types, lists of contaminants, and where they come from etc. plus the steps I follow to narrow down which plant/fungus/bacteria fits and how to find useful tidbits for a scene without going insane from all the options and considerations.

If anyone knows anyone in that field, I'd love to run what I've got past them and ask them some questions

I've done lots of writing these past two months. Its all for my job, so not particularly creative. I also am taking some classes and it have sucked up alot of my free time.

I think for this upcomming month my goal is to get back into dream journaling. Its always been a good source of inspiration for me, and is a good way to stay in the habit of writing even when I don't have lots of time to create more long form peices.

These last few months have been pretty much a wash in the writing department. We've just had too much on our plates to be able to maintain much sustained focus. Bunch of family health stuff that can be all-consuming, a lasting weather disaster, etc.

But I've been at least noting and outlining ideas and edits as they occur to me. Fingers crossed for a less complicated spring.

Here's to 20 writing club update 🍻 and here's to 20 more ! 🍻

As I've mentioned a few days ago, I'm in a rut. I'm brute forcing my way out of it, for now. I'll keep y'all posted if anything changes.

"What a year, huh?" "Captain, it's March"

...I've been swamped in university essays so I completely missed last month's WC!! 😭

I'm slowly getting back in creative-mode-brain, and I did so with a quick not-so-solar-but-very-punk flash fiction. I'm planning to use this month to edit Kanteletar's Section B before getting on to sketching Section C. I've watched a documentary on Gemeana's copper mine, and I might write some hard-solarpunk story on the restoration of the valley's ecosystem.

If all works out, it's the last time I'm wasting my wordcount on dubious-utility academic essays!