Just Create - Civil Rights Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

I'm back working on 1290.

I've been doing daily pages this week, using a psychotherapy book to ungunk my brain.

[mistressofmuses]

May the ungunking go well!

[cornerofmadness]

good luck

[nondenomifan]

Good mental health to you! It is a very difficult time to have a gunky brain.

[soc_puppet]

The new mood themes I made are finally live site-wide! Aaaahhhhh, I'm so happy I got to contribute to Dreamwidth 🥰

[matsushima]

That's amazing!! I love the little ratties, they're so cute!

[mistressofmuses]

The rats are SO cute!

[cornerofmadness]

that is super cool, congrats

[nondenomifan]

Yay for you! I wish I could figure out how to get mood themes to work.

[zenigotchas]

Good luck everyone, I don't have the energy to directly root but just know I see you.

I was productive. I worked more on this chicken practice drawing I had taken a big break from. I did so much work on my comic book, I think it's better now, the plot makes a bit more sense, the characters are a bit more realized and everyone has their own motivation. Oh and the action scenes happen a lot faster without being as a breakneck pace. Not winning an Eisner, but it's mine and that's all that matters.

Otherwise I mostly worked with productivity tools and scheduling and learned a little bit about developing better media literacy!

I also made some time to play more DS Cute and am gonna try to get in some comic reading today (more Sonic The Comic!)

Edit: I also listened to a new metal album and that's always fun

[mistressofmuses]

Congrats on the comic progress!

[cornerofmadness]

congrats on the comic progression

[nondenomifan]

Congratulations on all the productivity! It's always great to make progress on a plot and to feel it starting to tie itself in a neat little bow. Good for you for developing on your skills, too!

[readera]

I roasted a whole chicken and then shredded the meat. We will freeze most of it for later. Also I took the skin, plus some I had saved in the freezer to make schmaltz.

My dog is sick so I made him some chicken rice porridge. I used the chicken wings to make the stock & the meat in it. He's a pomeranian so that was enough

[matsushima]

I hope your doggo gets better soon. I bet he really appreciated the homemade meal.

[soc_puppet]

Lucky doggo 👀 Hope it helps him feel better!

[mistressofmuses]

I hope the pup is feeling better! My dog had a bout of not feeling well last week, too.

[cornerofmadness]

Hope your dog is feeling better

[matsushima]

tenminutesaday has really been the kick in the pants I've needed to get writing. I don't necessarily do the prompt every day but I'd say I do more often than not. I definitely recommend it for a friendly, low-stakes writing community!

I really, really want to show off world of the untold story, my OCs small web revival mini site! I've been working a lot on that page + writing fic for my characters this week!! (I almost said "working hard" but it's not hard work, it's just for fun… and I'm really enjoying it! I've been in a "writing sucks and I hate it" slump for a long time so I'm really excited to find joy in it again.)

[mistressofmuses]

Long-term slumps suuuuck. I'm so glad you're finding joy in it again!

[grayestofghosts]

I've finally finished the knitting on a black sweater vest I've been making for a while.

The novel I've been working on the first draft of for like a year and a half is finally at the "write notes on what needs to be in the ending and let it rest" stage. Which is... whew. End of an era.

I need to get moving on my Gideon the Ninth reread with notes. I had contemplated if I wanted to post the notes somewhere but... I don't know.

I got stuff for thyme and lavender scones with lemon icing this weekend. It's supposed to be super cold so getting the oven working will be a good idea I think!

[mistressofmuses]

All of the above sound great! Congrats on the knitting! Coming to the end of a draft always brings up a lot of mixed feelings for me - it's exciting, but also kind of bittersweet after so much time and effort. And those scones sound delicious.

[dragonjournal]

/cries in packing

My room is almost packed. My son's room is packed. The books in the living room are packed. There's so much more to pack! I'm so tired. I haven't packed today. And yet, I'm panicking. I'm panicking to the point that I've frozen myself. Now, to go eat.

[soc_puppet]

You can do it! I believe in you! Get some food in you and then reassess, and hopefully that'll help jump-start your brain a little.

[cornerofmadness]

back working on pulling my sabbatical research together and I need to finish a horror short

[mistressofmuses]

Good luck!

[biteshelter]

I have a few things in progress, but I decided to focus on wrapping up one meta and one fanfic. I'm new to meta essays and haven't written much fanfic before, so I'm learning a lot. It's been fun so far. My goal now is to not overwhelm myself by trying to do too much.

[mistressofmuses]

That is a very good goal - it's so easy to get overwhelmed by a ton of projects, so focusing on just a couple at a time is a great plan!

[mistressofmuses]

The last couple days were a break brought on by just being too damn tired after work, but last week in general was surprisingly productive for writing, so I'm happy about that!

I've also been reading a lot more since the new year, and am trying to keep that energy up!

Right now I'm trying to decide on whether I want to participate in an art event for next month. It's "NaMoPaiMo" - National Model Painting Month - dedicated to painting a model equine in the month of February. (Very niche? Yes!) I've done it several years in the past, and I'd like to do it again... but I'm afraid of losing my writing and reading momentum if I pivot to focus on something else for a month.

[cornerofmadness]

the model painting sounds like fun. I have some friends who might be interested in that

[nondenomifan]

1. I'm working on strengthening the muscles of my lower back and my legs after they got so little use during COVID-19 quarantine.
2. I'm also working on finishing my brother's loom-knit hat for his birthday. (It was supposed to be his Christmas present, but now he has to wait to February.)
3. I'm working on becoming more active in my LGBTQIA+ affirming church.
4. I'm working on getting back to writing and making icons.
5. I'm working on a lot of prayer and meditation to get me through the next 4 years.