Just Create - Pinwheel edition

[dianec42]

Hello all! It's the weekend again.

What are you working on? What's holding you back? What do you need support with?

Remember to encourage the other posters.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

*eyes a row of their fandom_empire bingo prompts* I have had the outline for this 5+1 (well, 4+1+1) fic for like a week and a half now, where are my words?

[dianec42]

Oh no! That sounds super frustrating.

If you're seeking advice, I can steal some from my friend who's been helping her teenager -

Is there someone you can dictate words to, and they'll write them down?
Failing that, can you throw some really terrible words into a text box yourself?

Editing is easy. But you can't edit it if it's not there!

If you're not seeking advice, then feel free to ignore the above. :D

Good luck! I hope your muse calls you back soon.

[facethestrange]

I hope words work for you again very soon! *cheers you on* :)

[cornerofmadness]

good luck with it

[dianec42]

I am still flailing along with beginner quilting blocks. The Singer book "Quilting by Machine" (1990 edition, so I've been hauling it around for HOW LONG?!) is really a great intro. Yesterday I spent several hours just making a bunch of half square triangles (also called "triangle-squares"). Which looks on paper like it should take an experienced quilter about 15 minutes. No matter! Part of the reason I am doing this is as a pastime; meaning, literally, to pass the time.

The HSTs came out a variety of sizes and deviations from squareness. Today I sewed some of them together to make a couple of mini-pinwheel blocks. I can already see how to do this more efficiently than the steps in the book (lol). The first block came out better than the second. After accidentally making the second block a mirror image of the first, I have declared tiredness and called it a day.

Work-adjacent stress is eating my brain. I need to exercise more regularly - I know that will help both my mental and physical coordination as well as my mood. Unfortunately it is hard to get started when the coordination and mood aren't already there.

It is gloriously sunny and warm in my corner of New England. So at least I'm getting some vitamin D.

Edited to add: If I'm having a day where I can't even do KenKen puzzles without screwing them up, what makes me think I can succeed at quilting? I hope all this practice is good for me anyway.

[dragonjournal]

Quilting is an awesome skill to acquire and I applaud you for trying to learn!

[facethestrange]

Good luck with your learning process, and I think messing up can be part of the fun! :)

[pumpernickelprescott]

New to the group and also DreamWidth as a whole and just wanted to say hi!

Also, when you talk about exercising more regularly is there a particular type of exercise you enjoy doing? It can be basically impossible to keep up with a routine if you don't enjoy it, so I'm just wondering if maybe it's the kind of exercise. Obviously there's weightlifting (which is super broad already, there's like a million different exercises there) but have you tried yoga, dancing, martial arts or swimming to get your movement in? Any classes in those areas would be great to try out I think!

[dianec42]

Hi to you too! Welcome to DW.

Re: exercise, I've been working out at home. I have a few good go-to routines with resistance bands and a few free weights, and I was exercising 2 or 3 times a week pretty regularly...

Then I moved cross country. :D Every part of my routine has been shaken up. Honestly I only found the box with my workout clothes like a week and a half ago.

So TL;dr I have some exercises I like, it's just the routine that's hard to re-establish.

Someday if Covid is ever over in my head, I might go do yoga classes or lift actual weights at the Y or something. But right now I've got enough other stuff going on without that added adventure. Someday!

[pumpernickelprescott]

Ahh, ok. Yea moving always messes up routines, I'll have to move soon too so I'm dreading that. After you get everything sorted I'm sure you'll be able to get back into the groove though!

[cornerofmadness]

hope the work stress lets up some

[dragonjournal]

Where are my words? I can't write, I can't edit, I can't crochet. I'm literally stuck in place vibrating with the want to do all these things. and yet.... NADA.

Edited to add: How come finding a beta for original fic is so damned hard? I've done everything short of paying people (and one, was paid in fic) to read my story (50k) and give me feedback. I've offered my services, I've begged. Nothing. Is this the reason I can't write?

[dianec42]

That sounds so frustrating! Good luck.

[facethestrange]

Aw, that sucks :( I hope that your muse comes back to you really soon AND that someone will want to beta your story! ♡

[silvercat17]

What sort of feedback do you want? I've betaed before and be willing to do it again.

[cornerofmadness]

It's so hard. I find it rough too trying to find beta readers

[cornerofmadness]

I need to meet 2 writing deadlines and ready my stuff for steam camp and somehow do this when I have a steampunk con this coming weekend

[dianec42]

Go you! You can do it!

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[facethestrange]

Have fun at the con! :D *cheers you on to do all the things before*

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[analogbasilisk]

I've mildly given up on my June project. I'm working on a couple of AUs (that are also clusters of bingo square fills). Should be working on other longer WIPs.

Honestly, I'm just not quite in the mood of writing anything but I have the bingo deadlines pushing me to keep writing.

[facethestrange]

Ooof, good luck, and I hope writing is fun for you again! :)

[facethestrange]

Two of my exchange works got revealed last night and this morning: Julia Wicker (The Magicians) fanvid (heed the content warnings, especially if you're not familiar with the canon) and Miral Paris (Star Trek: Voyager) fanart. :) Other than that, I'm about half an hour away from finishing my intoabar assignment. :D

[dianec42]

Go you! That's a lot. :)

[cornerofmadness]

very cool (I've been enjoying your art)

[silvercat17]

I didn't sleep well Saturday night so lazed about and went to the Corona RenFaire on Sunday (which was awesome - it has a permanent location so it really felt like walking around a village). But that apparently used up ALL my energy.

[cornerofmadness]

glad you had fun at the faire

[tubaroe]

Hey everyone! I'm new here (and to DW, I guess)

Right now I'm working up the courage to get started on Kinktober prompts to get back in the groove of writing.

Or just write in general, there are a few other communities I'm in that have semiregular prompts and I want to join but life is being a pain in the ass recently >.

[dianec42]

Good luck! I hope life gives you a little room to focus. :)