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catherineldf) wrote2025-11-03 09:28 pm
catherineldf) wrote2025-11-03 09:28 pm
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And back again!
I kept starting posts, then getting too busy/distracted to finish them so here goes for an update:
- I did not get the job I had a second interview for. I do not currently have any prospects for another IT gig at present. This is not...great from a financial standpoint. I am not in dire straits, but I would also prefer to avoid sailing into them in the not very distant future. Ways to help, if you are inclined and able, while I sort myself out: Ko-fi (posting once a week - there are also things in the shop); Patreon (I post a couple of times a month); or the ever popular hire me for things like editing, writing, teaching etc, and/or buy a book or two from Queen of Swords Press.
- In fact, speaking of Queen of Swords, we are WisCon's first Vendor of the Month! Subscribe to the newsletter to get the sales code and when you use it on our website, you get a discount and we do a matching donation to WisCon. How cool is that?
- What else is going on? I finished vetting 27 state arts board grants. For organizations. It was a lot. But some cool projects coming up and I look forward to seeing how they turn out.
- I started my data analytics certification course the first. Having some issues getting the instructor to respond when there are problems (I can't get into the Zoom for university reasons) so hopefully we'll get that sorted this week. Otherwise, learning how to do some new things in Excel with data and it's pretty interesting.
- Doing an ungodly number of events. Last week, I did a pop-up on Sunday, a reading in Anoka on Tuesday and a book fair at a brewery in Fridley on Sunday. Friday, I go set up for the Twin Cities Book Festival for Saturday, then do a reading at DreamHaven on Wednesday, then a Queer Writes events on Sunday, then a three day marathon of Fables & Flames, the romantasy con. I "only" have 2 events for December so far so probably picking up more. Why? Well, it's likely to be my income soon, but only if I can get it to pick up quite a bit.
- Writing! I'm doing writing sprints with Broad Universe once or twice a week and it's helping get me back on track.
- Going to art things with friends. So far, that's included a mural tour of Lake Street, Dia de los Muertos on Lake Street, a performance about the Fox Sisters and spiritualism, Lizzie Borden: A Punk Rock Musical, a play about the creation of Shakespeare's First Folio and sundry other things I'm forgetting about.
- I went to the Careerforce meeting I was supposed to go to and now I need to follow up.
- A metric ton of meet ups and trainings of various kinds - I finally finished the developmental editing certification that I've been working on sporadically for a while!
- Cooking things from scratch like applesauce and borscht.
- Went to a small No Kings event with some neighbors.
- Winterizing the house, cleaning things out, embarking on the deep clean I haven't managed to get to for years now.
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