Monthly Archives: January 2021

eBay Sales: 2 boxed sets of books, 3 doll outfits

#MilWordy Update: 110,225 words (4,158 words/day to complete)

Sent 2 stories out for reading. One as a final look over, one as a first beta. And I finished up the final edits to another story. That’s still only 1 completed. But that’s better than zero.

It was a relatively busy eBay day.

But I had an appointment cancelled for tomorrow, given that 2-5 inches of snow is presumably a blizzard in this state, which means I’ll have the day to finish listing some more items and packing up the last of the ones to go. And I will be able to finish the edits on another story. It’s currently a reasonable story, but it needs more details to make it really feel right. It works fine as a comment!fic type of thing, but not a proper story. I should be able to finish it sharpish tomorrow.

• Goal: Finish 2 books & 12 short stories — 1 short story complete.
• Goal: Keep a journal, even if it’s only one line per day — Done pretty well on this actually.
• Goal: Take a photo every day and make myself a book at the end of the year. — I’m a few days behind on this
• Goal: Complete MilWordy. — Progress, but I’ve not hit goal for the day
• Goal: Blog every day. — haha. Nope! I think I’m getting better?

eBay Sales: 3 back issues of a magazine, pair of sneakers

#MilWordy Update: 109,979 words (4,159 words/day to complete)

Today was simply a day. I don’t feel that I’ve accomplished much of anything.

I did end up sweeping around my desk because I dropped 2/3 of a bowl of popcorn. I was … salty about it.

Working my budget and suspending/cancelling subscriptions that I’m not using. I still had the DVD Netflix teir, so I dropped that because I have been holding the same three DVDs for months. I paused subscriptions that could be paused and cancelled one. (but I know that I can resubscribe without losing any of my information, so that’s good.)

I have a short story open that just needs a tiny touch to finish it up, so I’m going to count that one as done today because my plan is to pop over to finish it as soon as I get done publishing this. I also have one to send out for beta reading. That’s not *finished*, but it’s a step in the right direction.

• Goal: Finish 2 books & 12 short stories — 1 short story complete.
• Goal: Keep a journal, even if it’s only one line per day — Done pretty well on this actually.
• Goal: Take a photo every day and make myself a book at the end of the year. — I’m a few days behind on this
• Goal: Complete MilWordy. — Progress, but I’ve not hit goal for the day
• Goal: Blog every day. — haha. Nope! I think I’m getting better?

eBay Sales: paper ephemera for scrapbooking

#MilWordy Update: 109,117 words (4,124 words/day to complete)

I started working on a digitization project recently. I’ve been typing in poems and such which have been sitting, static and unyeilding in my file folders. Let me tell you that the nineties were not necessarily a good time for me. At least by the contents of the poetry folder I’ve found. It’s not that it’s bad poetry necessarily. It’s not that it’s good either. Let’s be honest, it’s not my usual format for writing. I also found an article on propaganda in Nazi Germany that I’ve been transcribing. And I am now getting interested in doing some additional research on the topic and fleshing it out a bit more.

So, that might end up in Medium or something at some point. (Yes, I am looking at doing some entries on Medium if anyone’s interested in that. I’ll even blog about my experiences on using the site.) It needs a lot of polishing and I need to resurrect all of the umlauts that didn’t get put into the document because I was using an old Smith Corona word processor. It sounded like a machine gun as it typed and my roommate’s reaction was mostly “is it over yet?” Especially when I was busy printing out the third copy of my senior honor’s thesis.

• Goal: Finish 2 books & 12 short stories — NOT YET
• Goal: Keep a journal, even if it’s only one line per day — Done pretty well on this actually.
• Goal: Take a photo every day and make myself a book at the end of the year. — I’m a few days behind on this
• Goal: Complete MilWordy. — Progress, but I’ve not hit goal for the day
• Goal: Blog every day. — haha. Nope! Two days in a row now though.

eBay Sales: pressure cooker, waterglobe, knife sharpener

#MilWordy Update: 108,785 words (4,107 words/day to complete)

I have been catching up on the pile of ‘zines that I have. So far, I have found 1 that I liked. I have consumed a bunch of bullshit poetry. And I have developed a nostalgia for an era of zines that I barely remember. One that smells of mimeograph ink and smeared slightly. I was never a punk, but I have always enjoyed the aesthetic. And I do remember the days when you had to go out of your way to find zines and get ahold of them. I remember buying from black and white catalogs that had been through too many Xerox machines. And I am disconcerted by new zines that have fresh, good quality printing on fresh, good paper. And there’s no reason to be upset about something that just barely existed in my memory, but it’s like a niggling little toothache. Like I have missed something important.

And zines are an all-age game, but normally it feels like it’s just the young who do such things. Zines were the tumblr and livejournal of my youth. But I was not part of that world then. I was too focussed on doing the things I thought mattered, like getting A’s in school and going to college. And part of me wonders now if I want to try to recapture that weird magic and make my own zines.

What would I put into it? Flash fiction, I think. Shorter than 100 words. Maybe 25 words stories. And simply drawn covers.

Or maybe I’d invent some animals and make a small diary of a “naturalist” researching them. That could be fun.

Or maybe I’d create a DIY documentary of the renovation of my dollhouse. That could be several issues. The problems of getting it stripped, painting it, finding the right moulding. All of the little episodes. Hmm…. I’m suspiciously pleased with this plan.

And yes, I would count all of those words.

• Goal: Finish 2 books & 12 short stories — NOT YET
• Goal: Keep a journal, even if it’s only one line per day — Done pretty well on this actually.
• Goal: Take a photo every day and make myself a book at the end of the year. — I’m a few days behind on this
• Goal: Complete MilWordy. — Progress, but I’ve not hit goal for the day
• Goal: Blog every day. — haha. Nope! But I didn’t procrastinate about it today, so there’s that.

eBay Sales: tinker toys, napkin rings, figurine, heart monitor

#MilWordy Update: 108,585 words (4,052 words/day to complete)

Quiet weekend. Quiet week generally. Actually got a haircut the day before my birthday and it was very odd to be out of the house. I tried out ordering groceries and have been pleasantly surprised by it. It’s also allowed me to properly plan meals.

• Goal: Finish 2 books & 12 short stories — NOT YET
• Goal: Keep a journal, even if it’s only one line per day — Done pretty well on this actually.
• Goal: Take a photo every day and make myself a book at the end of the year. — I’m a few days behind on this
• Goal: Complete MilWordy. — Progress, but I’ve not hit goal for the day
• Goal: Blog every day. — haha. Nope! But I didn’t procrastinate about it today, so there’s that.