Camp Nano

[st_aurafina]

Camp NaNo starts in a week and a day - I'm thinking of running a cabin. Would anyone be interested? (and by 'running a cabin' I mean, I'll get it started, and I'll probably throw some sprints in the little chat box they give you, but other than that, I make no promises on content.)

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I read something somewhere about not using asterixes to separate paragraphs because screen readers read them aloud as 'asterix asterix asterix'. (I'm trying to find the link, but I can't!! Argh!) A better way, apparently, is to use [hr] (only with < and >), so I'm giving that a try. It makes a line! There may be a little overuse as I get the hang of when and where I want to use it.

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Heh.

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Recs
I missed Reccing Thursday this week, but these are so good:

- White Flag by runawaynun (Vid, The Expanse, Teen)
The women of The Expanse. SO GOOD. (Quite violent? Show level violent, which is quite violent.) Spoilers for S3 presumably but I haven't seen S3 yet and I live to tell the tale.

- A Bullet is a Kiss by tristesses, (James Bond/MCU, Bond/Natasha, Explicit)
It's tagged 'sexy spy shenanigans' but it's got lots of feelings, too. The kind of spy story where they pick out bullets and suture their own wounds before they get down to the sexy stuff.

- 1,023 Days on Earth by cosmic_llin, (ST: TNG, Guinan, Gen)
Don't you love it when you come across a fic and comment on it, only to discover you've commented on it already? This is an older fic but so good: a prequel to Time's Arrow, with Guinan finding her way to independence.

- Gator-Proof Fence by burglebezzlement, (The Good Place, Jason, Gen)
Just an amazing Jason voice in this fic, as well as the way that Jason gets everything wrong and right at the same time.

- in the interests of intragalactic cooperation by anonymous (Original, General)
Alix Campbell is not particularly pleased to be on the list of staff for Earth's very first appearance at the Galactic Council.
From Fandom 5K. These tags, though: Worldbuilding, Outer Space, Bureaucracy, rich pricks in need of a guillotine

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Linkspam:
- sunshine_challenge is gearing up for July. It's the (northern hemisphere) summer version of the snowflake_challenge.
The sunshine_challenge is about celebrating fandom itself and the awesome people in it. One way we can do that is by interacting with each other. Every time you visit the journal of a fellow participant and comment on what they're sharing, you are helping to create this community. Fandom is about love: love of books and writers, movies and actors, music and musicians, comics and their creators, etc., but it's also about being with and appreciating other fans, and letting them know they matter. We all could use a little sunshine in our lives. ♥

- seasonofkink has Sign-up for 2019 Season of Kink!. Sign up, get a card, do the kinky bingo thing.

- from Discord, Hollywood, Clothing (Modern and Historical), and Time-frame Specific Research Links by donutsweeper
Starts off referencing period costumes in film, but actually is a huge collection of historical resources, on lots of things.

- Good Omens Prompt Meme
I haven't talked much about Good Omens (I haven't finished the series yet because SO. MANY. FEELINGS.) This might be useful to people who need it now, though.

- Also possibly of interest, Good Omens Discord servers
Is it weird that I keep reading this as 'good Good Omens Discord servers'? (Disclaimer: I don't actually know if they are good.)

- via rydra_wong, Secret Rivers - Discover the secrets of London's historic waterways at our new major exhibition - now open.
If you're in the UK and you're a Rivers of London fan, this might be of interest. I am not in the UK and it is of interest, bleh

- Very brief, and you've probably seen it already, but: Picard Trailer.

Also, Michael Chabon is showrunner for the Picard series, apparently? That's going to be interesting and maybe awesome: ‘Star Trek’: Michael Chabon’s Won a Pulitzer, But Writing For Capt. Picard Turned Him Into a Fanboy
(This is a terrible title, but the article is interesting. I didn't realise he wrote the Discovery short, Calypso. That actually makes a lot of sense.)

- Government officials in Pakistan forget to turn off cat filter during Facebook Live press conference
I keep having to do a reality check on myself to make sure this really happened. (I'm mostly on a news embargo for my mental health right now, but this one snuck through, because kitty ears.)

- via spikedluv, Rosamund Pike to Star in Amazon's Wheel of Time Series Adaptation
I'm not a Wheel of Time fan, but I'll watch the hell out of this. And you know, any epic fantasy series that a network chooses to stripmine as the next Game of Thrones, so I can have beautiful people on my screen doing ~fantasy things. I am shallow as fuck and I'm not ashamed.

Comments

[heartonsnow]

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heh

[st_aurafina]

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Heh!

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[schneefink]

"rich pricks in need of a guillotine" is an excellent tag ^^

[st_aurafina]

It is a super tag!! And very fitting.

[alasse_irena]

A cabin? I've totally forgotten how they work, but sounds good, I'm in!

[st_aurafina]

The cabins are pretty basic - just a place to put your word count and check how everyone else is going, plus a little chat box thingy. I'll let you know when I've got it set up!

[inkstone]

I'd be up for joining a Camp NaNo cabin!

[st_aurafina]

Super! I'll make a post when I've got it set up. Yay!

[colls]

'White Flag' is such a phenomenal vid!

And the Good Omens links are welcome - thank you!

[st_aurafina]

Oh, it was you that linked it!! Thank you so much - yes, it's wonderful and I've rewatched it a few times now.

[auroracloud]

I've been thinking about doing Camp Nano, because I'm anyway thinking of just making myself start the novel in the beginning of July, research be in whichever phase it is by then. Or at least during the first week of July. So joining some collective effort to get words done might help me. I've never done the camp before, just regular NaNo, so I've no experience of how the cabin thing works, but there's a first time for everything.

Also, the government officials with cat faces are so precious.

[st_aurafina]

Camp NaNo is pretty relaxed - you can set your goal at anything you like. I usually go for 30K, but I've been hitting that pretty easily so maybe I'll go a little higher this time.

The cabin is just a meeting point where you can input your word count and see how everyone else is going. There's a little text-based chat thing, but it's fairly primitive and laid back.

I'll let you know when the cabin is up and you can make a decision!

[adafrog]

*waves*

[st_aurafina]

*hugs*

[china_shop]

I read something somewhere about not using asterixes to separate paragraphs because screen readers read them aloud as 'asterix asterix asterix'.

Of course they do! *facepalm*

I'll try to stop doing that in fic, then. (I'm pretty sure you can put "width=50%" or whatever value you like, if you want it to not be such an emphatic break. *tests*

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Yep.)

That Jason fic was adorable! <3

[st_aurafina]

Oooh! I like the little line.

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I saw you can also change the thickness??

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Wait, that's just a box. Hm.

[out_there]

Oooh. I liked Wheel of Time as a teen - I might keep an eye out for the series, although I don't know if it will actually be good.

[st_aurafina]

I didn't have a strong opinion either way on it but I'd definitely watch a series. (Especially with Rosamund Pike because she's so beautiful omg.)

[tinny]

You're not the first to rec me thie Expanse vid today, and it's totally worth it. (Also, I haven't seen S3 either but have probably already forgotten again who shot whom when because there were so many. Oops. :))

Going to watch your other vid recs now, too.

The bad thing about Wheel of Time is that the relationships were so boring. They were telegraphed and neatly paired off from the start, and ugh. I did love the magic and the worldbuilding, though. That might be interesting to see as a tv show, indeed.

[st_aurafina]

The Expanse vid is so good! I have watched it quite a few times now. It's made me bring Season 3 a little further forward so I can watch it - I had forgotten how much I love these characters!

The bad thing about Wheel of Time is that the relationships were so boring.
Yeah, I didn't find it very engaging? I know people are passionate about it, so I don't want to harsh their squee but it really didn't work for me. Then again, adapting for TV often means the work gets a good edit, and maybe that will change the way the story unfolds? Either way, I'm sure it will be pretty.

[corvidology]

Thanks for the info about screen readers.

If I don't use chapters, I've always signaled breaks in time with more white space which is no help whatsoever to people reading fic on a Kindle as it compresses it. So, lines it is. :D

[st_aurafina]

You're welcome! I am learning to love lines.