"The Sort-of-Do-It-Myself-Dreadful-Affair" journal is the home of vysila and is now friends only. Sorry ( Read more... )

February is always a difficult month for me. The days are still short and the weather is usually dreary and cold. The shortest month of the year never feels short enough to me! I was glad I had the 101 project to keep me busy.

The current political situation and war sure didn’t help either.

( Let's see what kind of progress I made in Month Seven, shall we? )

In February I read three more Wheel of Time novels by Robert Jordan. I am completely immersed in this sprawling fantasy universe.

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Yeah, I figured since I have spent much of this year so far reading the Wheel of Time series, I figured I might as well track it via the Book Bingo. Yesterday I finished book 4 in the series, The Shadow Rising, which is one whopper of a book. It was also an amazing and excellent read. So much happened in this book, just non-stop action and so many ( Read more... )

Y is for:

You’ll Freeze Out There by catbeans

A 2017 pre-slash Han/Luke story: 2,277 words

How could I resist a Star Wars story written by someone calling herself catbeans? Plus the title matches current weather and what better way to handle the storms than by warming up with comforting fanfic ( Read more... )

M is for -

Misunderstood by arlathahn

A 2018 gen Luke and Leia story: 7,839 words
AO3 story summary: Leia Organa doesn't get Luke Skywalker ( Read more... )

I've seen the Fanfic Bingo card challenge popping up around my friends list and I decided it was time to join in. I'm doing Star Wars instead of MFU, though. Most of the fics (if not all) will be Han/Luke slash, because this is me.

26 fanfics in an entire year? Uh, yeah, totally doable.


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January was a month for renewing and reviewing goals and progress. I’ve had to adjust a couple of goals because they just weren’t working and I hadn’t committed to them the way I’d hoped.

( My list, my rules, right? ;-) )

December was a difficult month for me. I’d like to say I ended the year on a high, productive note, but that would not be true. I struggled a lot and my progress suffered as a result. A combination of my usual doldrums in the winter months and an emotional ricochet from the autumnal cancer scare. Still, all was not lost, not by any means.

( Let's see how I did with my goals in December, shall we? )

Song Title: I Love Being Here With You
Artist: Peggy Lee
Length: 2 minutes, 44 seconds ( Read more... )