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Apr. 23rd, 2023 06:32 pmSo, I got all excited about Dreamwidth and set everything up and read some post and then... lost steam. I'm still excited, but my energy dropped to the point where I haven't really created anything in a while because I just cannot summon the focus and enthusiasm at the same time.
But what I have seen of Dreamwidth seems really cool and takes me back to the LJ days, so I have promised myself that I will get the hang of this.
While I have not had the energy for creation recently, there have been two unusual bright spots: I picked up my French horn to play for the first time in over a year, and I've been reading constantly. I forget how much I love playing horn when I don't have a regular reason to practice, but over the next few months I want to get back into the swing of things and maybe do some chamber music. As for reading, my partner suggested a reread and then rewatch of The Hunger Games, which sent me down a rabbit hole of nostalgic YA. Additionally, I've been having thoughts about how to write some crow!John McShep fic, so I of course had to reread Tamora Pierce's Trickster's Choice, which meant I had to read all the Tortall books leading up to there, and now I have to read everything else by her again and also while I'm at it apparently I'm going to hop over and reread a bunch of Garth Nix and then today my eye was caught by some Naomi Novik, so I might have to reread all of her books too.
All this to say: I have been distracted and will continue to be distracted, but this seems like a cool place to talk about things (and post fic and fic recs), and I'm looking forward to figuring it out.
But what I have seen of Dreamwidth seems really cool and takes me back to the LJ days, so I have promised myself that I will get the hang of this.
While I have not had the energy for creation recently, there have been two unusual bright spots: I picked up my French horn to play for the first time in over a year, and I've been reading constantly. I forget how much I love playing horn when I don't have a regular reason to practice, but over the next few months I want to get back into the swing of things and maybe do some chamber music. As for reading, my partner suggested a reread and then rewatch of The Hunger Games, which sent me down a rabbit hole of nostalgic YA. Additionally, I've been having thoughts about how to write some crow!John McShep fic, so I of course had to reread Tamora Pierce's Trickster's Choice, which meant I had to read all the Tortall books leading up to there, and now I have to read everything else by her again and also while I'm at it apparently I'm going to hop over and reread a bunch of Garth Nix and then today my eye was caught by some Naomi Novik, so I might have to reread all of her books too.
All this to say: I have been distracted and will continue to be distracted, but this seems like a cool place to talk about things (and post fic and fic recs), and I'm looking forward to figuring it out.
