What happened in 2020? Well, eliding a bunch of pandemic stuff I could swear about for tens of thousands of words:

1. We had dinner at Midsummer House for our anniversary. We'd never been sure if it was quite worth it for vegetarians, but when we did it was very very very nice.

Also we got ourselves a breadmaker, which has been extremely useful all ( Read more... )

Time for author reveals!

I wrote: Interview with a University Snake Wrangler, expanding Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defence into a student newspaper interview. The comments were very enthusiastic about it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28297368

But that was just a treat, my main story was hase Wasps in the Library for Naomi Novik's ( Read more... )

Cherry Blossom portrait!

I really love how this one turned out, I'm proud of it. The layered leaf effects on the tree look amazing. I like the background too, although I wish I could get it as realistic as the tree with a similar amount of stylisation.

Leather chair

I like the style, I aimed for something I could use for a ( Read more... )

I have been doing drawtober all month, trying to adapt to drawing on a computer instead of paper. It's been a strange journey, some things so much easier, some things a lot harder, but I really enjoyed some of my experiments.

Probably the most convenient place to see them is on facebook: Recent uploads and all my art. You should be able to see them ( Read more... )

How much have other people been socialising in person?

Now I consider it fairly safe, who else wants to come visit on our patio furniture for an hour or so (with optional masks and optional drinks)? You can also comment at https://jack.dreamwidth.org/1126153.html using OpenID.
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What superstitions do you have?

I don't actually believe any supernatural things. I do have a certain amount of habits that could be superstition, like not jinxing an outcome by saying it's certain before it's been confirmed.

And I guess, some habits that just make me feel good, like running a set of tests several times, just to feel the reassurance ( Read more... )

1. The middle act should go in a NEW direction that's exciting and surprising, not be "and then some stuff happens you don't really need to know".

2. The character's concerns should be petty (for a comedy) or weighty (for a drama) but they themselves should take them seriously. The characters don't overreact. That would be forced. The characters ( Read more... )

I met up with some people from work. Outside, on parker's piece, distanced from each other. It was a very normal geek conversation. But I think it was the first time I'd met people purely socially other than close family since March. And the first time I'd used my bike lights. And the first time I'd taken my wallet out since not long after that, ( Read more... )

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Favourite gameWhy are you doing this to me? How am I supposed to choose? Many many board games come in and out of favour. Steamworks. Scythe. Gloomhaven. Dnd? Or roleplaying in general? Or if that's too broad something ( Read more... )