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Plague Diary

A 2017-post collection

Saturday, There Go My PLNs

I did have PLNs to go nowhere and do nothing BUT... we need eggs and there's a postal parcel mystery that I need to go to AusPost Norflakes to unriddle. So I have to go place and do thing to get stuff.

BLEH.

The lit agency with the shortest turnaround has decided to not want fantasy or scifi this fortnight. Three guesses which are my favourite fucking genres?

Yeah. I'm bitter this morrow.

Last night was very nice, and I discovered the appeal of... (drumroll) chicken hearts! They're very nice when slow cooked with garlic and oregano. I'm not under orders to get them immediately, but they are a relatively new source of cheap meat.

And no, our cats don't like them. Tried it once. The little criminals sniffed them once and left them alone. So it's also a food that they won't try to steal. Yay.

So a few seconds after I publish this, I am putting on clothes to go do thing at place.

Story happening after I get back.

Friday, PLNs for a Night Out

Adorable's having a bifdy! We're taking the whole fam out for some all-you-can-eat goodness, tonight. As a special bifdy treat, I shall not be asking how she's going with the audio recordings of A Devil's Tale.

Best to not be a pest on someone's birthday.

I am now the proud owner of a tempered glass monitor riser, which I am using as a cat-proof shield over my keyboard. It's a teeny bit short to type while it's over my keys, so I've

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Thursday, Missions to Accomplish

I have to keep an eye on the time so I can take off with adequate minutes to make it to my physio. And from there on a brief expedition for stuff and things.

Very few stuff and things, thank grop. Things I can easily afford even if payday is a smidge tardy. Yay. With even space for a little treato for the trip home.

Huzzah.

I shall be attempting to write today's tale in the time I have left.

Wish me

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Wednesday, Blog Day and Other Things

The car is getting serviced. Yay. It's going to CO$T. Boo. We have the money. Yay. But I also need to be able to hear the doorbell so I can't do any of the social calls on Discord with my fellow writers. Boo.

Win some, lose some.

I hope to get some screencaps with which I hope to settle some discourse over K-Pop Demon Hunters that's been going on.

Other than that, the usual nonsense shall be commencing shortly.

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Tuesday, Patreon and Nonsense

I have recording to do, a video to arrange, the mandatory nonsense, and maybe half a chapter at some point.

I'm in a conference call with another writer's group. They like my nonsense so we're having a good old gasbag.

In betwixt chatting, I shall attempt to create fiction. I'll see how I go with that.

Story happening whenever I can wrangle that thing.

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Monday, Backup Reads, Cyclone Headache, and Work Load

My head hurts, my ankle needs to be chilled every two hours, I posted my video, I have finished another chapter.

I have yet to think of what the living fuck I'm doing with the Archive prompt. I have the All Hallows Read idea to work on.

...I have fanfic ideas rattling in my head and clamouring for release...

And there's the usual shenanigans of the daily offerings.

I have no idea how or when it will all be done, but I

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Sunday, Meatspace Mission

Kaity took the resin printer, last night. She just forgot one little thing. Which is why I am writing this so close to the technically-afternoon.

Because every visit to Adorable on a Sunday also includes a breakfast at the Markets. Which is fun and a little expensive.

Gotta indulge now and then. Keeps the mental energy stable.

Or what passes for stable in my case.

I have the story to do, the video to arrange, and the All Hallows Read to wrangle

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Saturday, Hairdressing and PLNs

We're getting our hair did at last. Yay. I don't know whether or not to get the undercut renewed just yet, but I do know that I have potential to write this year's All Hallows Read.

I might even get the day's tale done before it's time to turn up at the hairdresser's with my lovelies.

I have no idea what's going to stop me bar my own personal inertia.

Updates, if any, after they happen.

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Friday, Big Shopping Day

I have my knees on, I have my ankle brace on, I have a long, long journey to several stops ahead. We're out of all kinds of things and my poor little TARDIS car is going to be PACKED.

And I am going to be exhausted.

My story will be happening sometime this afternoon, because all the shops will be opening shortly.

Meanwhile, check my Peertube for one of the archival ones. Read for you by yours truly.

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Thursday, Easing Off

I woke up at 2AM, this morning, but preferred to browse my phone rather than work on ADT. I might get a paragraph or two in, later today. I might not.

Shopping looms, but I can get away with waiting one more day for that achievement. Which also means I'll have more funds to fuel the foods.

I have a storytime video to arrange for tomorrow, the obligatory offerings, and figuring out what the hell I need to do to improve my

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Wednesday, Mor Bread and a Rant

I have the first loaf of the second batch proofing in the incubator, the ovens warming up for the baking. I am now paranoid as to whether or not I have everything set up for the baking. I'll check that out when I go to ice my ankle again.

Already refined half a chapter - yay. Managed a little bit more of the fanfic I have going on in spite of my efforts to control myself.

I did finally try Fuse and

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Tuesday, Patreon, Copyright and Bread

I have a loaf in the incubator, Wilson warming up for the next batch of bread, and I've learned that LibGen, a database of stolen works used to train AI, contains my book The Amity Incident.

Fun.

Alas, the information of what to do seems to be behind a paywall and I have no idea what to do about it. Some searching has dug up A lead, but I'm not entirely certain it's the right one.

I've done a few paragraphs in

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Monday, Bread and Business

The fam's on our last loaf, so I'm beginning the process of two batches. Yay. I've published the video for today, so all I need fret about is the daily offerings.

Especially since I got half a chapter in at 1AM.

Insomnia for the win? Maybe?

I think I might prep for Wednesday by taking screencaps of the Murderbot Critters(tm) and attempting to do some armchair xenobiology. Maybe including the more obvious xenofauna as well.

It depends how well I feel

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Sunday, Archive Session, Video Production, etc.

The Archive is going through some good stories and I'm in the queue. Yay.

I have a story to read for Peertube, and the video to arrange about that. I have a story to write for the temple of notes. Following that, I am allegedly a free agent.

Last time that happened, I went to bed at 3PM and wrote some fanfic at 8PM. And somehow woke up relatively late.

So... as per usual, I arrived to the Archive stream after my

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Saturday, Signs of Improvement

I took a shower, this morning. So I had to journey to that destination barefoot. I was waylaid by the cats, and by laundry [remembers to put stuff in the dryer...] and I managed all of that back and forth with only minor twinges in my ankle.

I can wear my heavy shoes without ankle aggravation. I can walk around the house without needing my cane.

I started today without icing my ankle, but I'll be icing it regularly, today, from now

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