Just Create - Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Week 1

[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

I'm a bit pooped, so here's just some bare links about 3 weeks for Dreamwidth:
https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org/
https://crowdfunding.dreamwidth.org/989213.html

Comments

[grayestofghosts]

I've finally finished and published a zine. It's called GET OFF YOUR PHONE and GET ON YOUR COMPUTER and is about old web/blog stuff and can be found here.

I've gotten back to working on my website. With all the fuss about what's going on at Tumblr I've restarted posting some meta there, though now I'm back to the Project of Compiling The Links, which is good, but also not my original intention.

I am at the point of my novel where I really need to reread to understand where I'm going and now I'm tempted to just start rewriting because it really needs rewriting. Aside from this I need to get to knitting for my cosplay because the convention is in like two months at this point and I barely have the vest done, so I really need to get going if I want it done in time.

[winterfirelight]

Congrats on the zine! It's super cute, I love it!! I'm all for a slower, more intentional internet experience - do you mind if I print a few of these to share?

Having started rewriting a novel from scratch myself, I totally get you on that - sometimes it's just gotta happen. Good luck!

[grayestofghosts]

You can print out a few to share! I'm just going to ask you not mass distribute or sell them.

I agree, the Internet should be slower, and things should stay where you put them. The lack of object permanence on the web is its own issue, a major one. Maybe I should make a zine about it... haha.

I'm doing my best on the rewrite. Good luck with yours!

[winterfirelight]

Oh yes, definitely not mass distributing or selling, just thinking of giving a couple to friends! Thank you!

[dividedbyblue]

I checked out your zine, it’s fun and cool! I also remember the early days of the internet. (late 90’s, early 2000’s for me) I didn’t make a website of my own, but I had artwork posted on an old fantasy art site called Elfwood, and I was constantly reading fan sites of the shows I watched. Fun times!

[grayestofghosts]

I wish there were more fansites and shrines and stuff, it's really obnoxious how much fandom is just social media these days.

[dividedbyblue]

Yes, I wish it were like that too. The fandom in which I'm currently most active is mainly on Twitter. (and Wattpad for fanfiction, not many of those fans use AO3 anymore either)

In solo boardgaming I still sometimes see people making blogs or websites to log their playing sessions or write reviews for games. That is always fun to encounter.

[silvercat17]

I miss the fansites. It's easier to run across things, but then they disappear.

[florianschild]

I got a copy of your zine! I really love it. Honestly, super inspiring. I'm a total 90s kid so the idea of zines is pretty much still the height of cool-ness as far as I'm concerned.