Good times

[clevermanka]

Looks like my laptop's going to be in the shop for a week AT LEAST.

Sooooo I'm gonna be focusing on Extreme Rest with occasional forays into my studio. I'm playing with a sculptural project that may or may not come to anything, but the learning process is always fun. Also checking out some books on writing from my library. If anyone has suggestions, hit me up. Right now I've got Story Genius and A Dash of Style. Preparing to revisit Mary Greer's Tarot for Yourself to see if I get more out of it this time.

Haven't seen anything in the news about a new COVID variant that's highly transmissible, even outdoors. I suspect the lack of news is due to the whole "COVID is over" thing that our governments are highly invested in maintaining. I'll be going back to wearing a mask when socializing outdoors and eliminating all indoor social interactions, even with people who are masked and vaxxed. Looks like another long, lonely winter of isolation coming up for me, made all the worse by Twitter's impending collapse and Tumblr's slow but inevitable demise.

Saw this tweet on Tumblr today (love the cross-contamination) and sharing it everywhere in the hopes of bringing that energy home.

Comments

[mundungus42]

UGH I'm so sorry your laptop will be out of commission for so long! Sending good restorative thougths for your Extreme Rest time.

My favorite writing book is Jeff VanderMeer's Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creativing Imaginative Fiction (there's a new revised version but the original is also stellar). Weirdly, I couldn't get into Bird by Bird, but Stephen King's On Writing is a lot of fun.

[clevermanka]

My library has all those! Thank you!

[goss]

Hope that laptop repair goes smoothly and it makes its way back to you soon!

[clevermanka]

Fingers crossed!

[awanderingcoyote]

I hope the repair goes smoothly!!! Sending lots of good manifesting vibes for that tweet!!! ❤️❤️

[clevermanka]

Much appreciated!

[writedragon]

A couple of book recs on writing/creating: Ursula Le Guin "Steering the Craft" and Austin Kleon "Steal Like an Artist," and Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" if you're feeling stuck creatively.

[clevermanka]

Dang, my library doesn't have the Le Guin but yay for interlibrary loan!

[umadoshi]

Poor laptop! >.< I hope it comes home fully refreshed from its little vacation.

[clevermanka]

A spa retreat 😂

[write_out]

I hope all goes well with the laptop repair and that you have it back before too long.

Here's to a good Extreme Rest! I'm very intrigued by your sculptural project and hope you have fun with that.

Seconding the recommendation for Stephen King's On Writing. It's something I've been meaning to reread for some time now, so thank you for the reminder!

I love that tweet. <3333

[clevermanka]

I have already learned Valuable Things about the sculpture project, most importantly that the mini glue gun I bought is not sufficient and I need to pony up for a full size (and another bag of glue sticks sigh) so things are on hold until I come across another 40% coupon at Michael's.

On Writing is now on hold for me at the library!

[write_out]

Welp, guess you just have to get what you need now and not later! <3333

[clevermanka]

😭😙😙😙 thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[the_lucky_nun]

Hope the laptop repair goes well. Only heard about the new variant from Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter I subscribe to. Stay cautious, and I hope it skips you.

[clevermanka]

Thanks. Here's hoping on both counts!