raspberryhunter

Snowflake challenge Day 5: Stretch yourself a little and try something new.

I'm going to do this, I think, gonna write a fic for this challenge in a new fandom, but it's third on my list of Stuff To Do fic-wise, so... look for it in March or so :)

Snowflake challenge Day 6: In your own space, pimp three comms or challenges and explain why you love them.

I have to mention

not_primetime, a fic exchange for those fandoms that are too big for yuletide. Because now there's no need to be sad because your fandom just outgrew yuletide! SIGN UP HERE!

Also:

choralmusic and

rarelitfic are awesome communities that I think need more love! Also

nestra, in doing this challenge, linked me to

treknovelfest which SO AWESOME, How much for just the planet fic, so totally cool!

Snowflake challenge Day 7: In your own space, share something non-fannish about yourself. I'm going to punt on this a bit, because I can't find my pics, but in real life, I really love shiny things, mostly precision cut gemstones, which is my big vice. I used to be pretty good at wire wrapping (I wish I could find my pics, gah), though I haven't done it in a while, and I've taken classes at the local community college on jewelry-making (soldering, sawing, polishing, etc. - am very bad at this, don't have the perfectionist tendencies to excel, but I LOVE IT SO MUCH), lost wax casting (am really bad at this and didn't like it that much, even though most people like it) and enamelling (it's okay, but didn't like it nearly as much as soldering). And I've done just a bit of chain maille, which I find oddly soothing. I haven't done any of this since my kid was born, but I'd like to get back to it someday...

Anyway, have a link to precision-cut gemstone shiny porn! (Not at all porn, safe for work, but that's what we call it on the shiny board I frequent because of the drooling and poor judgment exhibited by us when we see things like this. :) )

Snowflake challenge Day 8: In your own space, talk about setting yourself a fannish goal. Umm... I want to become a better writer. I've been working on it, and I have some pretty clear ideas of where I need to improve. I don't know if that counts? Oh! Also I need to do one of those permission to create transformative works thingies.

Snowflake challenge Day 9: In your own space, create a fanwork. I'm going to flat-out skip this one, because it usually takes me a while to craft something that I'm happy with (except for rants, but I've already got my plate full with Les Mis rants on my book-journal), and I've already got several things I'm working on.