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Participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Fretting over your Yuletide assignment or some other fic exchange? Is your Muse wibbling over the prospect of actually producing words? Come and join ushobwri for our annual November Social (NoSo)! If you were ever a member of wrisomifu ("Write Something, Miserable Fuck!") in past years, before that comm closed, you know exactly what NoSo is about: a group of fellow writers checking in daily to talk about progress, to support each other, to admire, encourage, and talk about all the things that makes us tick as writers. Whether you're a MiFu/NoSo veteran or have never joined a writer's comm before, we heartily invite you to come join us now! The more the merrier - all writers, whether your goal for November is 3000 words a day or 30, are welcome.

Any questions? Just ask me! :-D

And if you don't currently have a writing project but want some inspiration, here are some comms recommended by the ever-amazing brumeier:

mini_wrimo can help make sure you get some writing in every day, with a 100 word daily minimum and daily check-ins. Sign-ups end on October 30th, so don’t wait!

fan_flashworks is a multi-fandom community that offers up a new themed challenge every ten days or thereabouts. You can fill the prompts with fic, art, macramé…whatever gets your creative juices flowing. Bonus: you can earn achievement badges!

comment_fic has daily prompts based on a different theme each day, Monday through Friday, with a free-for-all on Saturdays. No fills are too big or too small! (Spoiler: I will be hosting the week of October 23rd.)

fic_promptly also has daily prompts based on a different theme each day. New themes are put up Monday through Thursday, with a free-for-all on Fridays. You can leave prompts, fill prompts, or throw caution to the wind and do both!

story_works has the Stargate Atlantis A Day in the Life Challenge running until November 12th. No minimum word requirements! They also have multi-fandom challenges throughout the year, so join the community now. You don’t want to miss anything good!

whatif_au runs a multifandom monthly AU challenge. There are no deadlines or minimum requirements, just people who love AUs sharing fic and art and anything else they want to! Discussion posts go up every Saturday related to that month’s topic. (Spoiler: November will be a Magic AU, as voted by members.)

I hope all of you in CA will remain safe. <3

Let's see: destructive fires, massive earthquakes, devastating hurricanes, mass shootings, trash talking with nuclear-weapon-wielding despots ... did I miss anything? >_<

Fairly nondescript weekend, although I did kick my legs out from under myself on Saturday at tkd class, trying to do a kick that my PA tkd school didn't like so I'd never done it until 2 weeks ago. Landed flat on my back, essentially unhurt, but I had minor whiplash pain in my neck Sun-Mon. MiniPlu volunteered at a color run (where they throw colored chalk at you as you pass by) - she did this last year and had a great time, but this year they stuck her and her friend on bounce-house-minding duty, instead of chalk duty. The region where the race was has a reputation for rich brats and, sure enough, MiniPlu came home in a towering rage at the horrible children she'd had to deal with for several hours, while their moms stood around, noses in phones, and did nothing. Our church had their first-ever doggie-themed picnic/bbq thing - low-key and casual, but it was nice to take Jade on a field trip, so to speak, and the animals were all blessed by our priest. (We told Jade this means we expect her to be positively angelic from now on.)

Also on Saturday, I was pulled over by a cop and politely informed that my car was ( out of registration )

Otherwise, yes, weekend was fine. Ran a bunch of errands, kids and I got our flu shots, slogged through exhaustion yesterday (Mon) morning - I was awake from 7:40a-9a, went back to bed in lieu of running, got up again at 10:30a, dragged my feet until finally going to the kitchen to make caramel for the apple pie I'd baked the night before, and pumpkin chocolate-chip bread to take to school today. And only around 12:15p did I finally get around to the treadmill.

Will and I seem to be taking turns being mopey and depressed. I suppose it's better than both struggling at the same time, but it means not a lot of joy going around, you know?

So here, have a smile: how to put peanut butter on bread in five easy steps, none of which involve just using a knife. :P

Yuletide assignments are out! I am cautiously optimistic about my assignment. It definitely bears a lot of further thought, but I really hope I can have fun with it. Anyone else on my flist participating in Yuletide this year?

Speaking of fandoms, here's the rest of the 'shipping meme, gacked from thesmallhobbit: ( Would you ship them in a box? Would you ship them with a fox? )

And, as usual, I need to go fall on my face now.