Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Jul 15, 2024 19:53:40 GMT -5
Welp, I jinxed myself. ![Ju;y banner](https://i.postimg.cc/htJBXbTD/July-2024.png) Writing:
Finish Book 1 edit Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class I FINISHED THE BOOK. Of course, there's still five more weeks of the critique marathon, so I'll still make changes, but my initial revision is DONE. Only like two years after I started, ahahahaha.
I'm giving myself a slight break on that (but not really, cuz I've got to get things up for the marathon today) and will start submission stuff later this week.
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Way Station, 3 more) (2/5) I'm most of the way through Way Station. Will probably finish tonight or tomorrow.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book Did I work on the trip book? No. I did pick up a new book from the library. Less instructional than I hoped, so my choices have not been stellar on this front.
Video Games: Evan's Remains, A Short Hike, Witchy Life Story No games. Oops.
It was just me and my youngest all week while my eldest and spouse were at Scout camp, and I had grand plans of being super productive, but mostly I just hyperfixated on fanfiction. Ah well. On we go!
I'll probably miss next week's update. My eldest and spouse had such a great time that when I got an email with a coupon, I signed the youngest and I up for Scout camp for next week.
|
|
Slaying dragons
Years Old
Other / Decline to State
IS OFFLINE
1,025 POSTS & 1,118 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by galactic-pirates on Jul 21, 2024 4:26:42 GMT -5
Well done on finishing the book!!!! That's huge! *throws confetti* I hope you have a good time at camp!
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Jul 24, 2024 23:05:20 GMT -5
Camp was fun! I almost got stuck in a crevice. ![Ju;y banner](https://i.postimg.cc/htJBXbTD/July-2024.png) Writing:
Finish Book 1 edit Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Nothing story related this past week, aside from doing critique marathon.
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Way Station, 3 more) (4/5) Halfway through The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Also in the middle of four other books, because I have a problem.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book Started another page in the trip journal, halfway through library book
Video Games: Evan's Remains, A Short Hike, Witchy Life Story Finished A Short Hike. It got better though some spots were still very frustrating, control-wise. End took me a million tries to get. Marked as done, though I could have messed around for a while longer.
Not terribly productive, but best we can manage around all the rest of the crap going on. I just need to get past Aug 4, and then the kids go back to school (!!!) and routine will return.
|
|
Slaying dragons
Years Old
Other / Decline to State
IS OFFLINE
1,025 POSTS & 1,118 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by galactic-pirates on Jul 28, 2024 10:25:25 GMT -5
A crevice? Glad you got out again! And glad it was fun. Well done for doing stuff and you were also away!!! Like wow for doing anything. Good luck for the rest of the month!
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Aug 1, 2024 17:46:55 GMT -5
OMG, August. That's essentially fall. Writing:
Finish Book 1 edit Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Still just doing the critique marathon. Ah well!
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Way Station, 3 more) (4/5) I read like seven books. But did not finish The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book Mostly just working through library book.
Video Games:
Evan's Remains, A Short Hike, Witchy Life Story Evan's Remains ripped out my heart and chewed on it for a bit.
Not great, goal wise, but hey! I did get through all my games.
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Aug 1, 2024 17:53:24 GMT -5
School starts in less than a week! Writing: Finish critique marathon Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Write 4 short stories
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, You are a Badass, Arsenic and Adobo, 2 more)
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections) Finish library book Start new library book (I ordered it months and months ago and it just showed up)
Video Games: StarCrossed, The Secret of Monkey Island, Luftrausers Fix Twitch account?
|
|
Slaying dragons
Years Old
Other / Decline to State
IS OFFLINE
1,025 POSTS & 1,118 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by galactic-pirates on Aug 4, 2024 10:00:27 GMT -5
Good luck with everything!
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Aug 7, 2024 16:55:42 GMT -5
School started today! Fingers crossed that I can get back into a good routine. The kids are going to different schools this year so we'll have to figure new things out. ![August banner](https://i.postimg.cc/26KfSF3R/Copy-of-July-2024.png) Writing: Finish critique marathon Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Write 4 short stories A fat lot of nothing happening on this front, though I am on top of the critique marathon. I made a document for the short stories. Wheeeee, go me.
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, You are a Badass, Arsenic and Adobo, 2 more) Have been reading. Have not finished anything. Also read a lot of fanfic which is fine except I tend to hyperfixate.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book
Start new library book (I ordered it months and months ago and it just showed up) You'll notice none of the big projects are getting done in any category. I am also done with the new library book too, though.
Video Games: StarCrossed, The Secret of Monkey Island, Luftrausers
Fix Twitch account? I hadn't played Luftrausers since 2014, hahahaha. It's one of those games where you unlock more powerful bits for your aircraft over time (like that penguin flight game) and I decided it wasn't worth it to me to grind for hours, so I moved it to the Tried but Eh category.
Twitch was surprisingly easy to fix, probably shouldn't have sat on that for like two years.
Not great progress this week. Fingers crossed that I figure out my new routine ASAP.
|
|
Slaying dragons
Years Old
Other / Decline to State
IS OFFLINE
1,025 POSTS & 1,118 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by galactic-pirates on Aug 11, 2024 5:45:08 GMT -5
Being out of routine is hard. I hope it settles down soon. Good luck next week! *waves pom-poms*
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Aug 16, 2024 16:14:04 GMT -5
New routine has yet to be found. The kids are at different schools (my oldest started middle school) that start at different times, so I've lost the time between work and picking them up to do things. Very sad. ![August banner](https://i.postimg.cc/26KfSF3R/Copy-of-July-2024.png) Writing: Finish critique marathon Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Write 4 short stories Second to last week on critique marathon. Outlined two short stories (1 of which is fanfic and perhaps my longest outline ever, but writing it down also kind of got it out of my system, so we'll have to see on that one). Haven't started the submission stuff because the critique feedback on the end of the book here has been pretty harsh.
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, You are a Badass, Arsenic and Adobo, 2 more) (1/2) Still reading fanfic. Hyperfixations are no joke, yo. Also read The Book of Bill.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book
Start new library book (I ordered it months and months ago and it just showed up) Welp.
Video Games: StarCrossed, The Secret of Monkey Island, Luftrausers
Fix Twitch account? No games this week, what free time I've found has been spent procrastinating my editing.
Not my finest. Very sleep deprived. Shall do better next week.
|
|
Slaying dragons
Years Old
Other / Decline to State
IS OFFLINE
1,025 POSTS & 1,118 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by galactic-pirates on Aug 18, 2024 8:08:06 GMT -5
Awww I hope you can get some rest. Fatigue is no joke, the brain fog is unreal. Take care of yourself. I'm sure it'll shake out when you have been at the new routine for a few weeks *hugs*
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Sept 2, 2024 15:43:49 GMT -5
Well, August wasn't great, but on we blindly stumble. ![August banner](https://i.postimg.cc/26KfSF3R/Copy-of-July-2024.png) Writing:
Finish critique marathon Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Write 4 short stories Welp.
Reading: 5 books (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, You are a Badass, Arsenic and Adobo, 2 more) (1/2) I'm about halfway through You are a Badass. I should remember that nonfiction (especially self-helpy nonfic) tends to take me a while to get through. I also completely lost track of how many books I read but I think I'm generally good for the month.
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections)
Finish library book
Start new library book (I ordered it months and months ago and it just showed up) I...thought about it.
Video Games:
StarCrossed, The Secret of Monkey Island, Luftrausers
Fix Twitch account? I tried out StarCrossed but found the controls very difficult (you control two people at once, or possibly you're supposed to play with someone else, but either way it wasn't working for me) which is too bad because the story looked like it might be okay. I played a little bit of Secret of Monkey Island too but didn't get terribly far. The animation on top of the original pixels wasn't bothering me as much this time through as it has on previous play throughs.
I think I've figured out my routine. Also, my oldest is playing D&D after schools on Tuesdays now, which gives me time between work and picking children up, huzzah!
|
|
Easily Distracted
Years Old
IS OFFLINE
1,439 POSTS & 895 LIKES
Epic
|
Post by Kandybar on Sept 2, 2024 15:50:59 GMT -5
*chants* Autumn autumn autumn autumn Except it's still like 90 degrees, boo Writing: Research how to write a query letter Create Book 1 query Create Book 1 summary Create list of agents to query Start new SkillShare class Outline 4 short stories
Reading: 5 books (You are a Badass, The Near Witch, Again but Better, 2 more)
Art: Work on trip journal (finish all lineart and reflections) Pick out and start new library book Mapping Challenge
Video Games: The Secret of Monkey Island, Aquamarine, The Button Witch I kickstarted both Aquamarine and the Button Witch so I should probably play them at some point.
Wish me luck on focusing! I'm banning myself from Ao3 for at least two weeks, which I hope will help break my hyperfixation and free up some time.
|
|