Considering the unmitigated BULLSHIT of the last couple of days, I am taking things easy while I still have the chance.
Got a starter for the next chapter of ADT down, so there's something.
No PLNs beyond getting the story done and playing games.
Let's get going on the former at least.
Well, kind'a sorta. The blockage is clear enough for the sinks to drain, though there's still bubbling coming up. I'm running sinks full of hot water down that thing on the daily in an effort to sluice any remaining blockage away.
Next sinkload is going to have some dish soap added just before I pull the plugs. Perhaps it can loosen a little more blockage.
Tried to get hold of the sleep study people. I even waited until the text said the
Read more »Well, we managed to fix the toilet for slightly less than forty dollarydoos. Meanwhile, the hose, connectors, and bits to fix the kitchen sink are up to roughly two hundred dollarydoos even though we have to go back for a couple more parts.
It shouldn't cost more than twenty extra bucks and my own brief humilliation.
Note for future beans: Measure always. Don't assume that everything's standard and will automagically fit.
I have already mocked myself to the Promptcast crew, so take
Read more »Yesterday was a public holiday, so it's today that I'm going on the Leyland's Tour. With Mayhem in tow because need advice on hardware.
I've already posted the Patreon offerings. I'll be working on the Promptcast thing before I set off on the daily tale.
So expect the normal nonsense closer to the evening.
Locking in, now.
Read more »It's a public holiday, so most of my PLNs are up in the air. Gotta see the quack about getting a sleep study done so that promises to be fun. Of a sort.
All to find out if I'm getting enough oxygen while I sleep.
I'm pretty sure I am getting enough oxygen, but eliminating the causes for the issue is what we're trying to do here.
In an hour and change, I shall be taking off to the doctor to deliver
Read more »The Promptcast will be on air shortly, I'm baking the last of my bread in the midst.
The story shall happen sometime after that, but I have written a farewell to the Archive that I'll air in the next backup read.
I fully expect to get kicked off the server.
It'll hurt, but that's what clean breaks do.
And that's only slightly better than watching the Archive die of self-made starvation in the middle of a metaphorical food warehouse.
Or a slow
Read more »Good news: I can potentially fix my plumbing issues myself.
Bad news: I need to get more shit from Bunnings.
With "on top of the groceries" added, I'm looking at a tight week.
Draft2Digital, in their infinite wisdom, have chosen to add fees and charges to their services. So I shall be migrating all my nonsense to Barnes and Noble self-publishing services. As soon as I figure out how to do that.
It's looking like that's my only option to sell my
Read more »I have bread on. I have A means to unfuck the kitchen drainage on my only. Well. On my only plus Mayhem plus an online Redneck.
There's also a telehealth shrink appointment at a later hour.
...and B'Nar got rejected within 24 hours of pitching.
...yay...
I get to pitch it again tomorrow.
And I have to announce here, and later Patreon, that I am no longer participating in the Archive.
Long story short, the group has had negative growth since its
Read more »I have a submission ready to go to the Promptcast, it just needs a last pass to identify all the vocabulary words that need pronunciation guides. Then I go colour-code the singing and send that noise offski.
I have a character who singsongs to avoid stuttering, so giving a cue to the cold reader is helpful.
Good news: I am in the lead for the Promptcast wordcount tally.
Bad news: For all of the five minutes it takes for my "rival" to
I am so close to tagging the leader in the Promptcast wordcount total. If I try really hard, I can be the leader for the glorious two minutes it takes for Zia to overtake me by 80K+
We have fun over there.
I'm focussing on the Promptcast thing this morning, then getting on with the other nonsense.
Nonsense that includes:
I have barely made a start with the Promptcast story for this week, and then only because the starting sentence is part of the prompt. I have Patrons to gift things to, and only a few little things to gift.
Including last week's Promptcast entry. That might have to be the way of things going forward. Given how long it takes me to do a thing for the Promptcast.
I somehow managed to fuck up both my shoulders this morning. I have
Read more »I got another shopping trip in my schedule today, and a little extra running-around money from Beloved.
It's up in the air as to whether that money will be spent on fuel or equipment. Both are needed. It depends on where I stop first and what's needed most.
Story shall be happening after I get back from that thing. And I shall make a concerted effort to write the Promptcast thing before the day turns.
Wish me luck because I am already
Read more »I woke up at 2 in the morning to the sound of wildly running water. The toilet tank won't stop filling and flowing, and I can't fathom why the hell it's doing that.
Two hours later, I still have no clue.
When I went out to search for tools, I had to feed the cats. Alas, the kitchen sink was under the supervision of Mayhem, who had put stuff down the drain that needed time to operate.
Since Mayhem was in a
Read more »I am helping edit a mentee's writing for the Promptcast. Said mentee is not a native English speaker and has not yet internalised a lot of the rules I keep giving them.
And this one looks like it was a bit rushed.
Whee fun.
But if that's all that goes agley today, I shall count myself lucky.
And the Promptcast is starting the author interviews. And I am a mod.
Story whenever.
Read more »I can hope that I will have enough of my shit together to get the story out today and have enough time to just mess around and have some chill time.
Maybe.
But first, I must focus. Which is always an issue when chatting with other writers.
Why chat with other writers?
I need socialisation. It's that simple. I need to talk shop with like-minded gremlins and my writers' groups fit that bill.
Working on today's tale.
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