Writing, skating, music, swords, and other fun stuff

Since the Sunday check-in I've:

- Written 1017 words
- Attended my monthly writer's group meeting
- Skated on the Rideau Canal for the first time ever (Dow's Lake to Lansdowne and back)
- Bought new guitar strings and a guitar humidifier
- Restrung my 3/4 acoustic guitar (I need a lot more practice at this)
- Practiced Iaido
- Practiced Guitar (I'm convinced we're learning The House of the Rising Sun)
- Completed a technical manual at work that's been in the works for over a year (I hate technical writing and was very busy with more critical things)
- Ran my dishwasher
- Started collecting things for my 2015 Comiccon costume
- Watched some episodes of Castle

Today I got a sweet leather backpack that is big enough to carry my laptop for $10 at a thrift store. I learned in previous years at Comiccon that it's good to have a backpack to carry things as I usually buy stuff and I like to take notes at the panels.

I wrote the ending of my book today. I think I'm getting close to being done my first draft though I'm only at 58,142 words currently. I do have a battle left to write. I also wrote a new starting chapter as I'm reading the book Hooked by Les Edgerton and it's inspiring me to take a slight change of direction.

I had a great day today.

Ciao,
R~

The Gauntlet That Was October

I had a lot of things happen in October. I watched Frankenstein in the cemetery with friends. I had tea with a friend. I started a new sport: curling. This is really fun and I'm enjoying the level of activity it provides and all the strategic elements. I'll do a separate post on it soon. Unfortunately, soon after my first game, I came down with Covid and so did the friend who I had tea with, so I think we both caught it at the place we went to. That wasn't fun. I already posted about that. I was fortunate to be free of it in time to attend Can-Con where I took in lots of panels, saw some of the wonderful writer community, bought many new books, and volunteered to help out in the rooms. The following weekend, I went to the livestream for Danielle Allard's new album release, followed by the in person release. As part of this, she has a 6 video series that releases every Sunday on her YouTube at 1:15 PM EDT. Video number 2, Falling Into Place, is one that I feel fortunate ...

Frisky Friday - Maple Syrup Porn

[caption id="attachment_10523" align="alignright" width="300"] Image created using Bitmoji[/caption] While delving into some Canadian film history this week, I learned that there is a thing called Maple Syrup Porn. I laughed when I read the term. I thought, "Is our adult film industry really called Maple Syrup Porn?" It's not. Some is Canadian, but it mostly refers to getting around censorship of sex. It was not only common in Quebec due to religion, but several places in the US. You can read more about it here . If you're looking to heat things up this weekend, consider a sweet old film from the early days of the sexual revolution. Maybe even drizzle a little syrup on your partner ;) Guid cheerio the nou, R~

2024 - Week 5

It was still January for most of this week, a.k.a. The Neverending Month. Then it became February! Each month, I do pull a card from my Music Oracles deck. Last month was Bob Marley. February's card is Nina Simone. A piano playing rebel & multiple genre legend will hopefully make for a phenomenal month ahead. I still haven't done a goals post for 2024. January was a lot. My goals for this year are: - Complete Sparker and query agents. - Complete The Curse of... and submit it to a screenplay contest. - Complete the declutter of Tiny Condo. - Blog at least once per week. - Cross train for curling and softball. - Learn piano. - Self-care with crafts, reading, gaming, and sports. I've tweaked my schedule to make this happen. I'd also like a partner, but I feel weird about setting it as a goal.

Rae Roy

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