Two Months In

[smallhobbit]

How am I getting on with the goals I set myself a couple of months ago?

Goal No 1 - Write all the things

Wordage wise I'm a little behind my aim for this year - so far only 69,500 words so a further 6,500 needed to bring me to the 75,000 I'm aiming for by the end of June, doable if I make an effort to write something more than drabbles.

Last month I wrote quite a lot for hp_may_madness  including Snape & Harry's Unexpected Adventure.  And this month I'm signed up for HD_BirthdayBash. It's the first fandom I've written in where I'm not invested in the characters, but it gives me an opportunity to explore a slightly different way of writing.

I took part in Exchange of Interest, a Person of Interest exchange.  Not one I shall repeat - I ended up having to moderate comments (which I don't generally do for anonymous exchanges).  It counts towards my goal of writing all the things, but that's as far as it will go.  I'm doing the Not Prime Time again - an exchange I normally enjoy.  I've also signed up for Fic_Corner, so I shall see how that goes.

On a positive note, someone found my Much/Guy (BBC Robin Hood) fics and has left kudos on a lot of them.


Goal No 2 - Continue with the art and craft work



The cross stitch is progressing well.  I need to do some more artwork - maybe this weekend.  Although I shall count the sketches I did of the Monet exhibition as part of my artwork.


Goal No 3 - Do something new each month

The something new this month will be my new job - lots to learn of course.  And today we went to visit Scrubditch Care Farm, which was a great trip out - and they had lots of cake.  So far most of my time has been spent in induction, next week I'll be starting to do things for myself.  I'll be writing more at the end of the month.

Comments

[corvidology]

I'm so sorry to read that you had a bad time with the Exchange of Interest.

It's really sad because I feel the fandom has always been very generous and welcoming on AO3 with comments or just scrolling by if it doesn't suit them. I wonder if some of the people who were cross about how it was set up decided to troll a few people.

I'd really been hoping to write some treats for it but time got away from me.

[smallhobbit]

It was one of those things.

It wasn't trolling as such, but more what I'd call 'Tumblr' behaviour, where the commenter decided to recommend all sorts of their own fics to the person who I was writing for, but not leaving any comment on my fic. I left the comment up for 24 hours and then deleted it, and they then left another (moderated comment) apologising and then explaining in great detail why they'd done it.

I saw on your blog you'd hoped to write some treats - I can see why you didn't manage it, sorry you're having to deal with so much at the moment. I did get a lovely treat, which was perfect for me.

[corvidology]

Ah, unfortunately I have seen that before and I really don't mind conversations being struck up in my comments but it's rude if they don't even comment on your story in the process.

One of the things I found very odd about the POI fandom is how many of its fans hadn't been involved in a fandom before. On the coms there was a lot of explaining how fandom works and rehashing of old chestnuts like "eeeeew, why would you write icky slash?"

I'm glad you did get two gifts at least. :D

[smallhobbit]

I don't mind if it's a conversation I can join in and it began with the commenter asking what the original prompt was, which was fine. What I objected to was the promotion of their own fics and the takeover of the thread.

[corvidology]

I didn't think you'd mind if it was a conversation. We used to have several wonderful conversations in the comments on stories in Life on Mars. As said, I'm in complete agreement about this sort of behaviour being unacceptable.