The State of the Ficcery: February 2021
Feb. 28th, 2021 07:11 pmWord Count for February: 35,643
Media: Lagging behind the rest of world, I've discovered podcasts (that I like!).
I binged Season 1 & Season 2 of the Magnus Archives and loved it. Season 3 got a little convoluted for me (I couldn't keep all the threads in my head) and I stopped after a couple of episodes but if you like supernatural/horror, it's great.
I also found In GAD We Trust podcast from The Invisible Event. GAD meaning Golden Age Detective Fiction, which is the era I most like. And I've listened to a couple of episodes and enjoyed the host's discussions in small doses. It's very much a man giving you his opinion on things but he's got a relatively nice voice and he's talking about books I like and he doesn't sound like a total douche most of the time and in small doses, it's good. I don't like some of the voices of his pals so it's not a complete love.
I listened to a podcast of Natalie Haynes doing a comedy routine about Sophocles in her Stand up for the Classics and it was hilarious. I'd like to listen to more of her. She's really funny. One of those fast talkers.
I tried 20 minutes of the French TV series Balthazar but it was too heterosexual for me.
Learning: I am doing an online class by FutureLearn about classic detective fiction. It's good. The first week has been "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which I enjoyed. The next two weeks are The Sign of Four, which I'm not very keen on, but we'll see. Better than Valley of Fear or "The Seven Gables."
Reading: 2 books farther on my All of Agatha Christie quest. 4 books for the bingo which I'll post about tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon Minor and I have a family book club session sponsored by his school about one of the books.
I had a lot of DNF's. Too many to list. I got a 'bundle' of mystery/thrillers from my library and sent back 5 of the 6 at once.
Writing: I finished my werewolf The Old Guard AU, and I did another quick Omegaverse fic for The Old Guard, too. 2 poems, a chocolate wrapper one and a ballad by Inky Quill, my porcupine OC. I'm going back to the exercises in Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled. I did some fics using cards from an Edward Gorey deck called The Unhelpful Doorknob. And celebrated![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
smallhobbit's 1000th work on AO3.
I really don't know what's next in fic. I'm ahead of my word count goals so I could take it easy if I wanted.
Personal: Lots of crafts. 2 puzzles and my puzzle tower is growing due to poor impulse control and very kind friends. I tried some new dishes: cauliflower, baked cabbage, scallops. Trying to get the boys more used to trying new things. The big thing is school is starting for Minisclus the week of March 15 and for Minor the week of March 29. They'll go 2 days a week. So lot's of schedule changes and gathering of supplies. I get a couple weeks reprieve from soccer but that will start, too.
Media: Lagging behind the rest of world, I've discovered podcasts (that I like!).
I binged Season 1 & Season 2 of the Magnus Archives and loved it. Season 3 got a little convoluted for me (I couldn't keep all the threads in my head) and I stopped after a couple of episodes but if you like supernatural/horror, it's great.
I also found In GAD We Trust podcast from The Invisible Event. GAD meaning Golden Age Detective Fiction, which is the era I most like. And I've listened to a couple of episodes and enjoyed the host's discussions in small doses. It's very much a man giving you his opinion on things but he's got a relatively nice voice and he's talking about books I like and he doesn't sound like a total douche most of the time and in small doses, it's good. I don't like some of the voices of his pals so it's not a complete love.
I listened to a podcast of Natalie Haynes doing a comedy routine about Sophocles in her Stand up for the Classics and it was hilarious. I'd like to listen to more of her. She's really funny. One of those fast talkers.
I tried 20 minutes of the French TV series Balthazar but it was too heterosexual for me.
Learning: I am doing an online class by FutureLearn about classic detective fiction. It's good. The first week has been "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which I enjoyed. The next two weeks are The Sign of Four, which I'm not very keen on, but we'll see. Better than Valley of Fear or "The Seven Gables."
Reading: 2 books farther on my All of Agatha Christie quest. 4 books for the bingo which I'll post about tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon Minor and I have a family book club session sponsored by his school about one of the books.
I had a lot of DNF's. Too many to list. I got a 'bundle' of mystery/thrillers from my library and sent back 5 of the 6 at once.
Writing: I finished my werewolf The Old Guard AU, and I did another quick Omegaverse fic for The Old Guard, too. 2 poems, a chocolate wrapper one and a ballad by Inky Quill, my porcupine OC. I'm going back to the exercises in Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled. I did some fics using cards from an Edward Gorey deck called The Unhelpful Doorknob. And celebrated
smallhobbit's 1000th work on AO3.I really don't know what's next in fic. I'm ahead of my word count goals so I could take it easy if I wanted.
Personal: Lots of crafts. 2 puzzles and my puzzle tower is growing due to poor impulse control and very kind friends. I tried some new dishes: cauliflower, baked cabbage, scallops. Trying to get the boys more used to trying new things. The big thing is school is starting for Minisclus the week of March 15 and for Minor the week of March 29. They'll go 2 days a week. So lot's of schedule changes and gathering of supplies. I get a couple weeks reprieve from soccer but that will start, too.