I should enjoy my day off while I have one; they'll be in short supply until tax day

Things done so far today:

1. Boiled some eggs.

2. Took out trash and recycling.

3. Valiantly restrained myself from killing yet another tiny clementine tree through overwatering. (My impulse when seeing leaves shrivel up and drop is to think, "It must be thirsty!" but apparently with citrus trees, what they're actually saying with that action is "My roots are drowning!" I thought I'd let it dry out enough after planting to give it a drink a few days ago, but apparently not. Well, no more water until at least MLK day, I suppose.)

4. Scheduled a blood donation appointment for later this month.

5. Got all my January commitments onto my kitchen wall calendar, which is where I do my scheduling, and while there may be one or two tight turnarounds, everything seems to be workable.

Now I am going to take my daily walk, after which my tasks are, in order: A) lunch, B) weekly grocery run, C) write something, D) dinner, E) read something, F) change linens, and G) go to bed at a reasonable hour.

Snowflake Challenge, Day 3

snowflake_challenge Day 3: Pimp your favorite communities, fests or challenges!

I feel like everybody knows about Yuletide and the concept of remix challenges, yeah? So I will talk about some smaller ones!

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First, there is the Narnia Fic Exchange, aka narniaexchange, run by the inimitable snacky and aurilly. This is a small single-fandom exchange run annually in the late summer/early fall, which does exactly what it says on the tin. The quality of fanworks is quite high and people are generous with feedback. I have been participating since 2011 and it is one of the highlights of my fannish year. :D

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I also enjoy wipbigbang, though I don't participate every year. I feel like their profile blurb explains their purpose better than I could, so I will just quote it here:

Got a rough draft of that fanfic you started writing but then real life made you abandon it? Is it just sitting around in a folder, gathering dust and making you feel guilty every time you glance at the file or think about that pairing? Do you want an opportunity to sit down and finish it like your greatest enemy in Mortal Kombat?

You've come to the right place!

Greetings. We are the WIP Big Bang and our goal is to take the stories we've already started and to finish them by [date subject to change]. We are an all-fandoms-welcome exchange and will have artist claims and everything. It's like a real Big Bang, with a twist. You only need at least 500 words of a story you've already written prior to signing up and the goal isn't a word count* but to finish the thing.

So, are you ready to defeat that WIP?

(*to make it worthwhile for our artists, we do request that stories do end up being over 7500 words!)

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And third is the Three Sentence Ficathon! This is a concept more than a fixed challenge; I have participated in iterations hosted by caramelsilver over on LJ, and by rthstewart here on Dreamwidth, at varying times of the year. The basic idea is like any prompt meme -- people leave prompts (signed or anonymous) and other people fill them -- but the fills can only be three sentences long. It's extremely multi-fandom and open to original fic as well. And if you run over the three-sentence limit? Oh well, stories do that sometimes. ;)

This is a very friendly and low-pressure event. It's also a great way to dabble in fandoms you enjoy but aren't necessarily comfortable enough with to write a full-length story.

I believe rthstewart plans to host another Three Sentence Ficathon iteration starting February 1st, so keep an eye out and come have fun!