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cnovels community, so I figured maybe I should actually make a post once in a while.
What have I been doing recently?
Bookbinding: I participated in a cnovel bookbinding exchange, where participants made hand-bound copies of novels. Wanting a copy of MDZS that I could hold in my hands was what inspired me to learn bookbinding in the first place, but I set that project on the back burner once it was licensed (although I have made personal copies of a couple of other translations). For this one, I bound the first four arcs of Evil As Humans in the style of 1980s horror paperbacks, which was a fun design prompt that got me to brush off my neglected drawing/painting skills as well as learn a new binding style.
Games: I started playing Flight Rising (because my daughter started playing it) and re-started playing Pokemon GO (because all the kids are very into Pokemon right now). I'd be happy to friend people in either game!
Shows: husband and I were watching Nirvana in Fire, but we've stopped after one of the episodes near the end was pretty triggering for him re. chronic illness stuff. I've read the book so I don't feel like I've been left hanging, but I'd like to get back to it and finish eventually (husband wants to, too, but he's not ready yet).
Reading: aside from what I've mentioned in the cnovels comm, I recently read the Last Binding trilogy by Freya Marske, which did a lot of things I enjoyed but ultimately kind of let me down, I think mostly because it was more interested in the ships and I was more interested in the big magic worldbuilding. The magic stuff culminated in (highlight for spoilers)*the whole of England's magic system being rewritten to change from hereditary bloodline magic, to something theoretically accessible to everyone--something I have been hoping to see since my HP fandom days--and yet it felt almost like an afterthought.*
4yo is in preschool five days a week this year and I've been trying to put some more time into the wfh data training site I've been doing work for, but there hasn't been a lot of work available lately. I picked up another bookbinding commission which, if you go by hourly rate, is a worse deal, but otoh, it is going to be beautiful.
cnovels community, so I figured maybe I should actually make a post once in a while.What have I been doing recently?
Bookbinding: I participated in a cnovel bookbinding exchange, where participants made hand-bound copies of novels. Wanting a copy of MDZS that I could hold in my hands was what inspired me to learn bookbinding in the first place, but I set that project on the back burner once it was licensed (although I have made personal copies of a couple of other translations). For this one, I bound the first four arcs of Evil As Humans in the style of 1980s horror paperbacks, which was a fun design prompt that got me to brush off my neglected drawing/painting skills as well as learn a new binding style.
Games: I started playing Flight Rising (because my daughter started playing it) and re-started playing Pokemon GO (because all the kids are very into Pokemon right now). I'd be happy to friend people in either game!
Shows: husband and I were watching Nirvana in Fire, but we've stopped after one of the episodes near the end was pretty triggering for him re. chronic illness stuff. I've read the book so I don't feel like I've been left hanging, but I'd like to get back to it and finish eventually (husband wants to, too, but he's not ready yet).
Reading: aside from what I've mentioned in the cnovels comm, I recently read the Last Binding trilogy by Freya Marske, which did a lot of things I enjoyed but ultimately kind of let me down, I think mostly because it was more interested in the ships and I was more interested in the big magic worldbuilding. The magic stuff culminated in (highlight for spoilers)*the whole of England's magic system being rewritten to change from hereditary bloodline magic, to something theoretically accessible to everyone--something I have been hoping to see since my HP fandom days--and yet it felt almost like an afterthought.*
4yo is in preschool five days a week this year and I've been trying to put some more time into the wfh data training site I've been doing work for, but there hasn't been a lot of work available lately. I picked up another bookbinding commission which, if you go by hourly rate, is a worse deal, but otoh, it is going to be beautiful.
