Fandom Snowflake Challenge 2016: Day 9

[hoursgoneby]

Oh, man, we're past the halfway point already? :(

Day 09

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

• Get at least 2 more fanworks done than I did last year. I miss being creative.


• Get some original fiction written. I actually did fairly well on that last year, coming in around 40k words in NaNo. The world isn't as developed as I'd like and the plot wasn't strong enough to hold an actual book together, but hey! 40k is nothing to sneeze at.


• Learn to knit socks. I have a sock started, I just got distracted with dice bags. :P They're so easy! Plus, if I can knit socks I can knit stockings and I'd really like a pair or three of pretty, lacy, stockings.


• Find a job. Easier said than done in a province with an unemployment rate hovering around 9%.


• Meet or exceed my Goodreads 2016 challenge. Well on my way so far, but it's early days.


• Get back into scale model building. We've got a workroom and an air booth set up, I really don't have any excuses!


• Be better about commenting. just_ann_now linked me to this post on commenting and it made me feel much less nervous about leaving short comments. It's also got suggestions for things you can leave, which is great if you're like me and you go 'but what do I sayyyy!' before losing your nerve and clicking away, vowing to come back - really! Kudos are lovely to get too, mind, but sometimes I want to leave words.

Comments

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I'm also trying to write more original work, hence the 52 stories in 52 weeks goal. ;-)

I'm part of a writing group that meets Thursday nights. At our last meeting, instead of writing, one of us was knitting socks! They, or the one she finished that evening, came out really nice. I was impressed but I don't know how to knit at all. I learned a bit of crocheting when I was a kid but don't recall it now.

I'm also job hunting. I'm trying for a school bus driver position. I have everything in and am waiting to hear back.

Good luck!

[hours-gone-by.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with your 52-in-52 goal!

I envy you! I'm way too shy to join a writing group. (Toss something out on the internet for complete strangers? Sure! Sit among a group of people IRL...not so much.) Knitting is pretty easy to get into, especially now that there are tutorials everywhere. But socks: they have all these phrases like 'toe up' and 'toe down' and 'turning the heel' that probably make sense once you know how to do it, but...yeah. Crochet patterns just look like physics problems to me.

Good luck in your job hunt!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

We started the group off of a NaNoWriMo meet-up. We mostly chat, maybe get a little writing in. ;-)

Crochet patterns just look like physics problems to me. *laughs* I just did what my Grandma showed me.

[ylg.livejournal.com]

I wish I were able to knit socks! If only I had a bit more time to start knitting again... Good luck to you!

[hours-gone-by.livejournal.com]

Thank you!