Food Fest Bingo: Complete
Monday, 30 March 2020 15:28| Berry Picking | The God of Cookery | Bramble |
| Scones | FREE SPACE | Hot Cross Buns |
| The Trip | Spirits | Hummus |
Noncommittal Allbingo Square
Wednesday, 27 July 2016 11:27My ideas for stories lately have been overly abstract and difficult to realize, and also I keep forgetting to keep a notebook on me at all times. As a desperation maneuver I generated a square from ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
allbingo's legendary bingo square generator to try and force the issue using the old "double line" refinement procedure. It's worked for me before, but now I'm trying for original fiction (at least some of it), so the additional narrowing parameter of "what fandom is this right for" won't be on my side.
The square:
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My ideas:
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There are a lot of ideas locked in this card and I'm so glad I generated it. I don't know if I'll manage a strict double row for a bingo, but the goal is to write, and for that I hope it will suffice. Just have to jump the next hurdle, which is the threat of the blank page staring at you from the computer screen. But that's a perennial problem and not going to go away any time soon. I failed to write first thing in the morning today so I don't know if I'll manage any new words, but otherwise I feel like this is shaping up to be a pretty productive writing day. And the morning's not gone yet.
allbingo's legendary bingo square generator to try and force the issue using the old "double line" refinement procedure. It's worked for me before, but now I'm trying for original fiction (at least some of it), so the additional narrowing parameter of "what fandom is this right for" won't be on my side. The square:
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My ideas:
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There are a lot of ideas locked in this card and I'm so glad I generated it. I don't know if I'll manage a strict double row for a bingo, but the goal is to write, and for that I hope it will suffice. Just have to jump the next hurdle, which is the threat of the blank page staring at you from the computer screen. But that's a perennial problem and not going to go away any time soon. I failed to write first thing in the morning today so I don't know if I'll manage any new words, but otherwise I feel like this is shaping up to be a pretty productive writing day. And the morning's not gone yet.
genprompt_bingo just opened their 9th round. It's a great, low-stress bingo challenge with an amazing variation of prompts (conveniently sorted into groups for opt-in/out). Now, I twice signed up for it and never managed to complete a card, but that's just a "me" thing. I heartily recommend this challenge for basically anyone.I Could Never Be Down on Kudos
Sunday, 2 March 2014 14:07You know those memes that go around periodically about posting fanfic and irrationally hoping to get instant feedback? Today I crossposted four ficlets from fic_promptly comments to AO3. Within three hours they all had hits and kudos, and I got a gushing comment on an older fic, too. One of my favorites, in fact (even if some days I can't stand to look at it).
My apartment needs a thorough cleaning but I don't feel like doing it.
I've decided that it's time to give up on doing a blackout forgenprompt_bingo. It was a nice thought, and hypothetically feasible, but I just don't have that kind of attention span right now. I have too many projects running in parallel. Meanwhile my big bang piece has reached the interesting part and now I get to decide how intereting it's going to be.
Lots going on. Family stuff, possible job prospect. Frankly I'd rather keep blogging about fanfic and avoid thinking about it for a couple of hours.
fic_promptly comments to AO3. Within three hours they all had hits and kudos, and I got a gushing comment on an older fic, too. One of my favorites, in fact (even if some days I can't stand to look at it). My apartment needs a thorough cleaning but I don't feel like doing it.
I've decided that it's time to give up on doing a blackout for
genprompt_bingo. It was a nice thought, and hypothetically feasible, but I just don't have that kind of attention span right now. I have too many projects running in parallel. Meanwhile my big bang piece has reached the interesting part and now I get to decide how intereting it's going to be. Lots going on. Family stuff, possible job prospect. Frankly I'd rather keep blogging about fanfic and avoid thinking about it for a couple of hours.
I Have Over-Committed Myself (As Usual)
Tuesday, 18 February 2014 14:42I'm waiting on a post-interview call for a very interesting job, and also spoke to some HR people about new offers. And I sent about six or seven resumes out today. Sadly, I'm 95% certain that Big Company Job won't call back.
Now I'm staring down all the projects I want to do in the winter-to-spring season and smacking my forehead.
What I have to think about is priorities. Putting the stuff I already started at the top of the list is a poor choice. A smarter way to approach would be to set aside drafts that don't have a foreseeable deadline and/or aren't exchange gifts. Meaning, DABB rough draft and Purimgifts top the list, unless I discover that I signed up for something else and forgot about it.
Do I owe you fic? Tell me please, because I won't know otherwise.
Now I'm staring down all the projects I want to do in the winter-to-spring season and smacking my forehead.
- trope_bingo double line (two drafts written, one draft started).
- genprompt_bingo, hopefully a blackout (but I am 3/5 for a column or a row).
- purimgifts which is low stress, but still.
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dragonagebb to the tune of 10K words (draft started, see also trope_bingo).- Am I really going to sign up for rarewomen?
What I have to think about is priorities. Putting the stuff I already started at the top of the list is a poor choice. A smarter way to approach would be to set aside drafts that don't have a foreseeable deadline and/or aren't exchange gifts. Meaning, DABB rough draft and Purimgifts top the list, unless I discover that I signed up for something else and forgot about it.
Do I owe you fic? Tell me please, because I won't know otherwise.
Bingo Card Progress
Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:41| Tension | Retirement | Journeys and Quests: Map of Obelanth | Taxes: How to Win the Throne and Keep It | Another year older: Birthdays |
| Sofas, Cushions and Easy Chairs | Enemies | Manipulation | Memory Related | Mental Health Issues |
| Primary Colours: Cornucopia | Happy Endings | Wild Card | Dragons | Trapped! |
| Victorious: Victory Mix | Corsets, Costumes and Dressing Up | Indomitable | Determined | Opposite Sides of the Track |
| Scars | Sentient Weaponry | The Hermit | Season of Mists (Autumn Colours, Sensations, Activities and Festivals) | Road trip |
Trope Bingo, Round 3
Wednesday, 8 January 2014 19:31| curtainfic | unrequited love / pining | au: royalty / aristocracy / feudal | au: alternate professions | slavefic |
| role reversal | au: apocalypse | reunion | bodyswap | genderswap |
| marriage | au: mundane | FREE ★ SPACE |
trapped in a dream | twenty-four hours to live |
| character in distress | au: supernatural | kidfic | transformations | indecent proposal |
| soul bonding / soulmates | au: romance novel | mind games | road trip | amnesia |
Hmm. Maybe I should take a leaf out of
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owlmoose's book and try a double line.Years in the making, in a way
Wednesday, 8 January 2014 19:02I'm finally reading "the gay elf book". Yes, I know I said I would finish PDS next, but the gay elves were right there on my tablet, and...
In other book news, I really want to buy books but I'm having a temporary cash flow situation. Because my finances and those of my parents are inextricably tangled up together, I need to somehow help my mother with a financial issue, while also covering yearlyproperty tax on my apartment, tuition payments to the open university, and an unusually large electric bill. Winter, you know.
So I am reading gay elves to cheer myself up. And trying to cross-reference my two bingo cards. Which reminds me, I should post my second card for easy reference. The other card is the first thing that comes up when I type my DW URL into Firefox.
In other book news, I really want to buy books but I'm having a temporary cash flow situation. Because my finances and those of my parents are inextricably tangled up together, I need to somehow help my mother with a financial issue, while also covering yearlyproperty tax on my apartment, tuition payments to the open university, and an unusually large electric bill. Winter, you know.
So I am reading gay elves to cheer myself up. And trying to cross-reference my two bingo cards. Which reminds me, I should post my second card for easy reference. The other card is the first thing that comes up when I type my DW URL into Firefox.
Write, Write, Edit, Draw, Mix...
Saturday, 4 January 2014 20:45Steeping myself in creative pursuits is very satisfying and makes my days feel empty. I'm a little anxious about getting too comfortable being unemployed. I do have some avenues to pursue on that front, but the uncertainty is starting to unnerve me. Right now having all this free time is pretty nice, but in the long run I'm going to pay for it.
Probably what will happen is that I will start looking for QA work in Jerusalem (which I am technically overqualified for, but). I'm pretty optimistic about the work itself, because I think going down a step in the hierarchy may end up having various advantages. The trick is to leverage myself, and initiating action is always difficult for me.
On a brighter note, I got atrope_bingo card, so now I'm working on two cards simultaneously. #lifestylechoices
Probably what will happen is that I will start looking for QA work in Jerusalem (which I am technically overqualified for, but). I'm pretty optimistic about the work itself, because I think going down a step in the hierarchy may end up having various advantages. The trick is to leverage myself, and initiating action is always difficult for me.
On a brighter note, I got a
trope_bingo card, so now I'm working on two cards simultaneously. #lifestylechoices
I finally made my trope_bingo amnesty post. It also made me think back to my out-of-date trope checklist.
Part of me itches to have another card. the card framework really helps me focus my thoughts, for some reason. Not like I don't have plenty of WIPs to keep me busy, I have at least three or four right now. Not mentioning my unfinished Twine game and every other project I've left to simmer. But I find it hard to focus.
FFS, I should be able to write like a normal person from now until January, shouldn't I?
Whatever. I'm still pleased with the amount of tropefic I wrote in two months, even if I didn't make a bingo.
Part of me itches to have another card. the card framework really helps me focus my thoughts, for some reason. Not like I don't have plenty of WIPs to keep me busy, I have at least three or four right now. Not mentioning my unfinished Twine game and every other project I've left to simmer. But I find it hard to focus.
FFS, I should be able to write like a normal person from now until January, shouldn't I?
Whatever. I'm still pleased with the amount of tropefic I wrote in two months, even if I didn't make a bingo.
Trope Bingo Amnesty Roundup
Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:24Cut for sanity.
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There's other things I might do. Amnesty is technically until January. The question is, do I want to lay this behind me, or keep at it until the bitter end?
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There's other things I might do. Amnesty is technically until January. The question is, do I want to lay this behind me, or keep at it until the bitter end?