Write Every Day: Day 10

May. 10th, 2026 02:50 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
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Intro/FAQ


My check-in: Put the auction story on a back burner for now, because I probably need a long convo hammering it through with someone before I can go farther. Instead got down a couple of sentences of a drabble for my other auction recipient. (She says I can use multiple works toward her fill. I am not, however, planning on making the all drabbles, because there will need to be seventy of them…)


Day 10: [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 9: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 8: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

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salt over my skin.

May. 10th, 2026 02:23 pm
goodbyebird: Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers flying. (C ∞ punch a hole in the sky)
[personal profile] goodbyebird
+ 🗣️ New Aldous Harding album. I repeat: new Aldous Harding album.

+ Retreated to my bedroom for a quiet space to finally get a post out. Brough my holiday incense leftovers and now everything smells amazing. There's just nothing else that smells this good to me.

+ Finally did one voluntary social call since coming home. Met my good friend K, the one I didn't get around to last free trip. It's always such a lovely time. Miracles of miracles, it was actually sunny and warm that day. (we've had two full days with white on the ground. This morning greeted me with a hail storm. ~MAY~)

We may be meeting up next week so I can finally see her new house. There's a bunch of springy lambs visible from her window!

+ Friend J got a new Guinea pig and is sending me all sorts of cute pictures and videos 🥰

+ Redid the pin badge banner on my bedroom door, for more springy vibes. Wish I had more floral pins, but I feel nicely covered when it comes to work and life vibes. )

+ The online store with the biggest selection of tarot decks and books announced they were shutting down, so whups there goes another shopping spree. I really did want to put a whole lot more time into my new decks first, but that's how it goes. I'll finally have my hands on the supremely queer and joyful Supernova Tarot though!! Absolute delight in a box, cannot wait.As well as Kate Forsyth's Plant Oracle. I'm just really craving florals and animals lately. But mostly it was new books, including a year long work book. So that'll be interesting to tackle. Structure would do me good.

+ I've officially sent in my resignation at work. Wish I could roll around in relief, but of course all I'm feeling is overwhelmed and stressed about having to find something new. Still better than the toxic soup I was drowning in.

Turned to my tarot for a small soothing work reading.

a 3 card spread: 8 of air and death on top, foundation the hermit.


Ah yes, 8 of Swords, my second in line stalker card. Confronting inner barriers, awareness of self-limiting beliefs, a shift of perspective for potential liberation. And Death, the end of one phase and the beginning of another. Embracing inevitable changes. As the foundation I pulled The Hierophant: spiritual wisdom, tradition, embodying guidance and mentorship.

The next couple of days I did three one card pulls, and well, let's just say [it's the same picture dot jpeg].

ace of stone from Yukika Tarot , peppermint from Dirt Gems, the silence from Dreamscape Oracle.


small
a seed already has the energy to begin
and then takes time in the dark underground,
supported and nourished by the soil, the matrix.
to have a foundation, to root.




Peppermint can dispel the mental chatter that prevents us from being present. They can allow our minds to be cool and clear. Peppermint offers perspective on how we see ourselves and how we engage with the world, showing us a way through the many layers of selves around which we build stories.

Peppermint is an excellent ally for transition.




No amount of clarity or visualization is possible without distancing oneself from the noise of the world. It can be challenging to take ourselves out of the flood of distractions we deal with minute by minute.

Seek out a place of stillness to hear what you need; time to meditate.


All in all a clear message. To honor it, after I'm done here I'll be brewing myself a cup of peppermint tea and tidying a bit, followed by a bath using a small Aromatgerapy Associates bottle I know contains peppermint. Then hop in bed with the window open to feel the breeze and do a body scan meditation (extremely likely to be followed by a nap heh). Bonus, this matches up perfectly with the exercise for my current Embodied Ecosystems Tarot task.

+ Now, you'd think I was done playing with my cards? lol nope. I just recently received The Intuitive Goddess Tarot, and decided to do their seven card chakra spread. Sparing you all my card blather. )

+ We're still open for offerings and requests at 3W4DW Tarot Reading, for anybody who's been thinking about joining in.

+ If you've ever wanted to give paid time a try on Dreamwidth, or would just like to top up your account, please do put your name in the hat. Multiple donors have signed on, we'd just like you to get something nice while supporting Dreamwidth ❤️

+ Tonight I'll play some more with the Star Wars Icon Pass It On. Stop by and drop some images for us to play with and make some shiny icons ✨

Write Every Day: Day 9

May. 9th, 2026 04:09 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: 500 words or so -- hard to tell, as I deleted some bits and rewrote them. Still waiting to have the revelation about what I'm doing with this section. But, as my revelations normally come through writing it out, I am continuing to plug away at it and see what materializes.


Day 9: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 8: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 7: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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Star Wars Icon Praise

May. 9th, 2026 01:20 pm
goodbyebird: Star Wars: Leia kisses Luke's cheek. (SW kiss)
[personal profile] goodbyebird
Very belated SW icons recs/praise for May 4th, but hey, SO MANY PRETTIES. You should take a look, trust. )

Some of these iconners and their pages are lost to the sands of time, but many are still right here on Dreamwidth, and there's loads more icons to choose from. Very much recommend stopping by their communities and digging through their posts, and remember: if you snag an icon, let them know ❤️

Btw the Star Wars Icon Pass It On will run throughout the weekend, come join in! icons for all your space faves :D

Write Every Day: Day 8

May. 8th, 2026 05:03 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: 800 words. I forgot that the problem with writing a cast of seven is that… I have seven characters to keep track of. Oof.


Day 8: [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 7: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 6: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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grammarwoman: Heated Rivalry book cover (HR - book cover)
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Title: Maids of (dis)Honor
Author: [personal profile] grammarwoman
Fandom/Characters: Heated Rivalry, Rose Landry/Svetlana Vetrova
Rating: Mature
Word length: ~2000
Content Notes: Mild spoiler for "The Long Game", uses TV characters

Author's Notes: Did the world need another Rose/Sveta wedding hookup fic? According to my brain...yes. Yes it did. Also, it has been 13 (holyshit) years since I last posted fic. Heated Rivalry, look what you've done to me!

Read it here, or at the AO3!

Maids of (dis)Honor

Read more... )

Write Every Day: Day 7

May. 7th, 2026 05:18 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: 750 words, in which I introduce the requested characters. Murky waters ahead; I might have to consult with the Shower Fairy or the Dishes Fairy to determine what happens now that I have everyone in the same place.


Day 7: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 6: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 5: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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Write Every Day: Day 6

May. 6th, 2026 04:48 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: I added 2k to the new fic since last we spoke! Apparently now that the groundbreaking ceremony is over, I decided to bring in a backhoe.


Day 6: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 5: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 4: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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Write Every Day: Day 5

May. 5th, 2026 06:07 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: Broke ground on the new fic to the tune of 650 words. This post went up later than planned because I kept getting distracted by the arithmetic of pounds, shillings, and pence. (And guineas. And crowns. And…)


Day 5: [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 4: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 3: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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This cup is empty

May. 5th, 2026 01:40 pm
grammarwoman: (Default)
[personal profile] grammarwoman
Is this Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria or someone (including me) actually being an awful friend? Let’s ask our limbic system!

Because already being on a stupid emotional hair trigger before (probably? plans are still in flux) flying across the country to attend a funeral is going to go so well.

What I wouldn’t give to be able to rent a robot body for the next week. I’ve had it up to here with being made of squishy meat.
heresluck: (book)
[personal profile] heresluck
Via [personal profile] sdwolfpup.

We Have Enough Dead Friends

Come over. The doors are open,
my flat’s a mess and
so is my heart
but the doors are always open.
Come over. I will make soup,
probably from frozen but
the important thing is
we will both eat.

You don’t have to be dying,
but if you are,
or you feel like you are,
or if living’s been hard,
call me, and I will show up.
It doesn’t have to be that bad,
it doesn’t have to be bad at all,
but if it is, please call.

Do you want me to do the groceries?
Do you want me to mop the floors?
Do you need to be held;
you don’t have to be dying to be held.
If you want me to be there, I want to.

I’m on the bathroom floor again,
and breathing is hard,
and eating’s been hard, and sleeping,
the world is a laden thing
rolling around on my chest lately.
Just being alive is heavy tonight,
but we have enough dead friends.
Come over.


— Lena Oleanderson
from Tending

Write Every Day: Day 4

May. 4th, 2026 04:58 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: 400 words on the h/c. Which looks like it won't be a satisfactory auction fill, but nevermind, I'll write it for my own pleasure, just more slowly. Brainstormed another possibility for the fill instead, but have not yet broke ground on it.


Day 4: [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 3: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 2: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 1: [personal profile] badly_knitted,[personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme


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On this day in 1891

May. 4th, 2026 04:42 pm
sanguinity: (death valley sky)
[personal profile] sanguinity
In memory of a beloved mathematician and astronomer, whose name has been dragged through the mud for these last one hundred and thirty five years...


Professor Moriarty: A Great but Forgotten Astronomer

James Moriarty (?-1891) was one of the greatest of the many astronomer-mathematicians who flourished in the nineteenth century, however among the general public his scientific accomplishments are forgotten. Mention his name and most people will think of the dark rumours about his personal life and the lurid circumstances of his death.

May the 4th be with you, etcetera.

May. 4th, 2026 03:15 pm
goodbyebird: Star Wars: Luke is looking at you. (SW my #1 boi)
[personal profile] goodbyebird
It's May 4th, how about an impromptu icon pass it on?

+ Reply to a comment that has an image with the icon made from that image plus a new image for the next person to work with.
+ You can also start your own comment thread, supplying your own starter image.
+ Only one starter thread per person, but you can answer as many image prompts as you want (you leave an image yourself every time you post an icon).
+ It doesn't matter if someone else has already made an icon for an image, make your own, let's create a sprawling comments section of pretties! (want to icon an image you supplied? Once again, go for it!)
+ All Star Wars canon welcome, be it movies, shows, comics, games.
+ We'll keep it going for a week, until end of Sunday May 10th.

You can find various images here.
I'll post the first image in the comments below to get us going ♥

Write Every Day: Day 3

May. 3rd, 2026 02:56 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: Wrote back to my second-high bidder about possible directions to take their story; wrote back to one of the creators who's writing for me about things that I think are delicious in a story; added 250 words of prime grade-A hurt/comfort angst to yesterday's story.

Day 3: [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 2: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 1: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme


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Write Every Day: Day 2

May. 2nd, 2026 05:31 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ


My check-in: Still haven't sent the email off to my auction winner because I got too caught up in seeing if one of the stories I proposed has legs. (So far: about 700 words worth of legs!)


Day 2: [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 1: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme


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grammarwoman: Heated Rivalry book cover (HR - book cover)
[personal profile] grammarwoman
"I wish I knew you
Before it felt like a sin"

-"Sinner", The Last Dinner Party

Ilya might have some regrets...about not kissing that cute Canadian boy right away.

Watch here or at AO3!

Felt like a sin )

I had forgotten how much fun it is to fall headfirst into a new fandom, and be able to crank out a vid in a couple of weeks without wanting to toss my laptop off a tall building. Bless this new machine!

Write Every Day: Day 1

May. 1st, 2026 06:32 pm
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ



Tally for April 16-30 is now updated; please check to make sure I have it correct!


My check-in: Rabbit rabbit! I dunno, y'all. I'm between projects and struggling to find things I even want to add an alibi sentence to. No writing yet today, but after I post I'm going to look for something iddyful to play with and see if that helps. Further bulletins as events warrant.

ETA: sat down and wrote a long email brainstorming story ideas to one of my charity auction winners. Shocker, but it turns out that writing down my ideas greases my imagination more than just trying to randomly think up some ideas. (I say "shocker": I've known for a while that a lot of my writing problems solves themselves in the writing of them, not by sitting around trying to think my way out of them!)


Day 1: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity


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Books read in April

May. 1st, 2026 07:07 am
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Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The second book in The Final Architecture series, the character work is great. But for a book focusing on the unknowable, it felt like there was far to much time spent on trying to describe muddle explanations that fail to illuminate them at all.

Raised Embroidery: A Practical Guide to Decorative Needlework by Barbara and Roy Hirst
As an embroiderer who used to do medieval reenactment, I was familiar with stumpwork, a technique that added raised figures to an piece. The Hirsts take these tools and apply them to contemporary work. This gives me some great ideas for a piece I've been planning of an astronaut floating against a background of deep black velvet.

The Doctor Who Cookbook by Gary Downie
I picked this up on a whim at a dealer's table at Gallifrey One this year. Published in 1985, early in the sixth Doctor's era, Downie gathered recipes from Doctors, companions, crew, recurring actors, and many of the crew. Humorous commentary and funny drawings are great additions.

The Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
This is a post-apocalyptic sf book from 1997. It's set on the cusp of New Years Eve 1999 on an alternate timeline where man made climate manipulation coincided with a massive solar flare to cause catastrophic changes to the atmosphere and ozone layer. The book follows two characters: a middle-aged man tackling his worsening AIDS and the failures of his family's fortunes and prestigious literary magazine and a teenager from a Christian cult on the verge of becoming a rock star as the structure of society unravels around them.
sanguinity: (writing - semicolon)
[personal profile] sanguinity
Intro/FAQ
Days 1-15


In May we will be right here, at least to start with! I'll continue hosting May 1-15, and [personal profile] dswdiane will host us from May 16-31. I'll announce again when we're ready to gang over there. In the meanwhile, I'll start a fresh tally for May, and (once people have checked in) update this post to be the final tally for April.


My check-in: No writing yet. Will update later if events warrant. Alibi editing.


Day 30: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 29: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 28: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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