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ysabetwordsmith

bookclub_dw has posted the poll for choosing the March book.

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ysabetwordsmith

The February Poetry Fishbowl made its $300 goal, so there will be a half-price sale in Not Quite Kansas from Monday 16-Sunday 27. Mark your calendars accordingly, and I hope to see you then!

This series has about half a dozen poems available. Here are a few previously posted poems:

"Cruel Intentions and Difficult Truths"

"The Ramifications of That State of Mind"

"The Conditions of Your Selfhood"

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ysabetwordsmith

This is the freebie for the February

crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by "One Who Falls and Gets Up" by

gs_silva. It also fills the "Helplessness" square in my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the webcomic Alien Romance by

gs_silva.

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javert

Hey everynyan! It's me, Samifer, posting... on Dreamwidth...

I'd really like to get back into the habit of checking my reading page... :') Maybe next week... In the meantime I thought I'd use this post to write down some stuff I'd like to get done soon:

Start working on commission stuff I've been putting off (sketch for one; concept for other)
Make a page for Citrus Con 2026
Crosspost stuff I haven't crossposted to teamflare
I'm like 99.99% sure there was something else I meant to include but now I can't remember it anymore

My hope is that my next post here will be my Official 2026 To-Do List (No Pressure But Still It Would Be Nice To Get That Stuff Done)... Until then, to try to get into the habit of posting art here, I'd like to crosspost my entry for perfworldweek! It's a comic I've had sketched out since December, but I used the ship week as an excuse to finally finish it. I think overall it took me a week-ish to make, which seems fair enough for a six-pages B&W comic with shading and some backgrounds.

I've actually been getting back into making comics FOR REAL since Legends Z-A came out, which is nice. Not all of them have been multiple pages long but I did draw a two-pages one, and I have two other thumbnailed (one is another two-pages one, the other is four-pages) which is more than I can say I've done comics-wise since like. 2022 probably. So, you know! Progress!

Anyway, here's the comic. Putting it under a cut and all of that. Be warned that it contains spoilers for Pokémon Legends Z-A!

( troisième homme )

The comic has also been posted on Blue sky, Tumblr, and even AO3, if you want to check it out there!

Another thing that's on my 2026 agenda already is finally archiving my old French fic on AO3... I've made a pact with a friend who's doing the same thing. I don't know if it's going to help but it's nice to have someone to back you up. We're doing a buddy goal on the app Finch (no idea if anybody else who's subscribed to me here uses it, but it's one of those habit tracking apps... you take care of a little bird... it's not guit-trippy at all which is cool. It's actually helped me build some morning habits, I think???)

That's about all I've got for today... I hope you're doing well, as usual! You should definitely check out what's been made for the ship week, there's some good stuff in there! \o/

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starandrea

Inspired by

marcicat's amazing Muderbot Valentines, I made some Mo Dao Zu Shi Valentines for all my friends and fam ♥ I love you. Thanks for accompanying me and bringing light to every day.

( 2 love notes in the style of MDZS )

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and chilly.

I fed the birds. I've seen a small flock of sparrows. I heard a cardinal singing but didn't see it.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I put out more birdseed and a fresh cake of peanut suet.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I spread a bucket of mulch around the apricot tree.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- It's been drizzling here, just enough to wet things, not enough to leave puddles anywhere I've seen.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

It is now raining enough to leave a few tiny puddles on the patio.

I am done for the night.

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ysabetwordsmith

I came across a reference that

spikedluv has passed away. There are comments under the last post to this effect.

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catness

Today I learned that I've been using my electric guitar incorrectly this whole time! Well, not the WHOLE time, but since mustering the courage to connect Tom's Focusrite Scarlett audio interface to the computer. I needed it for the mic, but there's also input for the instrument cable. But I thought why would I need it if I already have the amplifier?

So, just discovered that with Ableton, I can bypass the amp entirely. When I connect the guitar directly to Focusrite, and run Ableton with the input monitoring, I can use all these FANTASTIC audio effects, like my beloved Hybrid Reverb, which do not exist on my simple amp, and Ableton is so much more user-friendly anyway.

I don't even have to sit in front of the screen, because the cables are long enough to reach the bed ;) But sitting in front of the screen is good for practicing with backing tracks and all kinds of digital tools which I can now use through the same headphones, and without delay.

I hope it will boost up my guitar practice, which has been regrettably neglected lately...

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kossai

would love to have little collection of male dolls - action figures can be part of this too - make pretty dresses , and have little molly doll house setup in display shelves .

of course , need to have display shelves , male dolls , and ability to sew doll clothes for this ... would say at 0.5 for 3 , can sew alright but only by hand :P maybe that should be thrift quest at some point , see if any male dolls to be found .

Current Mood: giggly
Current Music: fairy wings ~ kevin kern

ysabetwordsmith

Low-Earth orbit is just 2.8 days from disaster

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and making dozens of evasive maneuvers every year just to stay safe. A major solar storm could disable navigation and communications, turning that careful dance into chaos. According to new calculations, it may take just days—not decades—for a catastrophic chain reaction to begin, potentially choking off humanity’s access to space for generations.

Solar storms can have various effects and follow an 11-year cycle. We are currently around the maximum, hence the aurora displays over the last year or two.

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ysabetwordsmith

The

crowdfunding Creative Jam is now open with a theme of "Not Giving Up." Come give us prompts, or claim some for your own inspiration!

What I Have Written:

"If You Don't Fall Down" is today's freebie, inspired by "One Who Falls and Gets Up" by

gs_silva.

"Hear a Thousand Stars Singing"
Story Date: Night of Sunday, October 25, 2015
Summary: Fascinated by the idea of becoming a robonaut, Quain takes up stargazing.
28 lines, Buy It Now = $15

"Never Turn Your Back"
Story Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016
Summary: An incident at college leaves Shiv striving to rescue a classmate.
182 lines, Buy It Now = $91

From My Prompts:

"One Who Falls and Gets Up" by

gs_silva
Jon falls while getting out of a car.
(Summary for crossovers/collabs.)

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ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Why have many societies begun to place such a high value on emotions and being emotional?

Everyone has feelings. Feelings can be intense. That makes it a good way to distract people from actions.

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starandrea

It appears I did not manage to journal more often this week, but Marci and I made dumplings last night with some of her work peeps, and we got flowers delivered today because she won a thing. (I don't remember what, but flowers were one of the prize options.)

I made a little succulent planter at a greenhouse (I've always wanted to do a succulent make-n-take, finally my day has come!) and started an iris diamond painting (neither fox nor dragon, but a secret third option). I learned about winter seed sowing, which has a great motto: "If it's not easy, you're not doing it right."

Tonight we watched Star Trek, and I posted my

chenqing_100 drabble. Deadlines are so helpful to me. I still have a couple of days to make our spring couplet.

Tomorrow we will go see some seasonal lights, so it all feels very festive.

ysabetwordsmith

Today I picked out what I wanted from Pinetree Garden Seeds.

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ysabetwordsmith

Our theme this month was "Books and Literacy." I wrote from 1 PM to 12 AM, so about 1 hours, accounting for breaks. I wrote 1 poem on Tuesday plus 10 later in the week.

Participation was up, with 10 comments on LiveJournal and another 29 on Dreamwidth. A total of 15 people sent prompts. You have new prompters

gs_silva,

ionelv, and Laura G to thank for the second freebie.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Books That Bite Back"
"The Evolution of Self-Publishing"
"Libraries from the Ashes"
"A Never Failing Spring"
"No Friend as Loyal"

"The Tranquility and Beauty of the Winter Landscape" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge, March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)

Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from February 3. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include:

janetmiles,

fuzzyred, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 3 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

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kossai

really want to take advantage of world concept here , but also truly fill with things that love and have fun with . spend some time to think out loud over on minecraft tumblr blog , and come up with something that really set excitement .

so , this world is faerie world - faeries dictate paths , faeries can curse and bless and do all sort of things to human ( villager ) inhabitants . roads travel from village to village not by human desires , but faerie ones . humans try but fail to fight this infrastructure , and now must instead wall up villages and place hope in iron .

... but of course humans can still make use of this infrastructure , particularly for trade and service between villages . can not fight this world , just have to try and live through . and so , just like that , new things pop up along roads - cosy inns , delicious food , things to lead these bold travellers off course and right into faerie hands .

and just realise , this would be really great way to incorporate minigames into world - distractions and temptations along road , signs that offer treasure and wealth and power , in exchange for just one little game ... eee ! could make these bright , bold , colourful , or maybe even mysteriously tuck into trees ... really entice those silly humans . ;P

of course , sometimes faeries play games with each other too , so not all games should be roadside . but just so happen that also have ocean with basically no builds and no ideas for what to do - that could be great place to set up games that would not fit into main island !

ah , this world is so much fun to think and build up . need to work on website showcase so badly , but not even sure where to start !

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: autumn breeze ~ faerie solitaire ost

ysabetwordsmith

The following poems from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."

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