#projectidgaf — Public Fediverse posts

Was so busy cramming on #projectIDGAF that I didn't reconcile February's credit card statement.

Did February's and March's today.

I should have done it in February, because dang, that job suuucks.

Was so busy cramming on #projectIDGAF that I didn't reconcile February's credit card statement.

Did February's and March's today.

I should have done it in February, because dang, that job suuucks.

Just got word back from my first alpha reader on #projectIDGAF.

Despite the weird POV shifts I pull, and the bizarre techniques I used, the book works and is enjoyable.

So much for THIS attempt to crash and burn... :flan_disappointed:

Just got word back from my first alpha reader on #projectIDGAF.

Despite the weird POV shifts I pull, and the bizarre techniques I used, the book works and is enjoyable.

So much for THIS attempt to crash and burn... :flan_disappointed:

#projectIDGAF IS DONE.

Well, okay, just a first draft, but still.

My notes say that I started writing this on 23 August 2024. How the hell can I spend 213 days #writing a 58k-word novel?

Oh. Right. Covid brain. Never mind. #writing

#projectIDGAF IS DONE.

Well, okay, just a first draft, but still.

My notes say that I started writing this on 23 August 2024. How the hell can I spend 213 days #writing a 58k-word novel?

Oh. Right. Covid brain. Never mind. #writing

I have 1.25 scenes left to write on #projectIDGAF. I can normally write four scenes a day. Tomorrow morning, I run to the store for vegetables and then I get to write all day. Call it six hours of #writing time.

Will I be able to finish this book tomorrow?

I have 1.25 scenes left to write on #projectIDGAF. I can normally write four scenes a day. Tomorrow morning, I run to the store for vegetables and then I get to write all day. Call it six hours of #writing time.

Will I be able to finish this book tomorrow?

Pushing to finish #projectIDGAF today, but sooo tired...

"Stuffing a Wells Fargo full of C4? That's not a job duty, that's a fringe benefit." #writing

Pushing to finish #projectIDGAF today, but sooo tired...

"Stuffing a Wells Fargo full of C4? That's not a job duty, that's a fringe benefit." #writing

My whims always come back to bite me.

I thought it would amuse me to create a fortune file of footnotes from my books. I have a about ~600 footnotes in the damn thing.

But now #projectIDGAF has footnotes. It's a novel.

Do I add those in?

My whims always come back to bite me.

I thought it would amuse me to create a fortune file of footnotes from my books. I have a about ~600 footnotes in the damn thing.

But now #projectIDGAF has footnotes. It's a novel.

Do I add those in?

'“Hormones” was the accepted excuse of the age, along with “boys will be boys” and “liberals.”'

#writing #projectIDGAF #footnote

'“Hormones” was the accepted excuse of the age, along with “boys will be boys” and “liberals.”'

#writing #projectIDGAF #footnote

@dianaprobst :flan_XD: no, but #projectIDGAF is nearly done and the tension of being aaaalmost finished wakes me up.

@dianaprobst :flan_XD: no, but #projectIDGAF is nearly done and the tension of being aaaalmost finished wakes me up.

"We endure a world dominated by barbaric monsters, like aging and bacteria and billionaires."

2500 words on #projectIDGAF tonight. Seriously hoping to finish tomorrow, although the ending is receding like Xeno designed the damn thing. #writing

"We endure a world dominated by barbaric monsters, like aging and bacteria and billionaires."

2500 words on #projectIDGAF tonight. Seriously hoping to finish tomorrow, although the ending is receding like Xeno designed the damn thing. #writing

2000 words on #projectIDGAF tonight, and I loathe every one of them. #writing

Some nights are like that.

2000 words on #projectIDGAF tonight, and I loathe every one of them. #writing

Some nights are like that.

Today's plan: laundry, Looney Runes, and finish #projectIDGAF

So I better go offline and get to work. Do save the world while I'm out, if you'd be so kind?

Today's plan: laundry, Looney Runes, and finish #projectIDGAF

So I better go offline and get to work. Do save the world while I'm out, if you'd be so kind?

My popular request (two people): the #projectIDGAF soundtrack.

I do not recommend listening to this, but you asked.

-Skinny Puppy, Assimilate (R-23 mix)
-Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cities In Dust
-John Fogerty, The Old Man Down The Road
-Dead Kennedys, Police Truck
-Current 93, Only Shadows of Hooks (excerpt)
-Front Line Assembly, Iceolate
-Prince, Starfish and Coffee
-Uk Subs or The Specials, Rat Race
-Blue Oyster Cult, E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
-B-52s, Dance This Mess Around
-Pink Floyd, Sheep
-Marillion, White Russian
-Fad Gadget, Swallow It
-Ministry, So What?
-Nitzer Ebb, Join In The Chant
-Cat Rapes Dog, God Guns and Gasoline
-The Clash, Police On My Back
-KMFDM, Rip The System
-The Cure, Just Like Heaven
-Throbbing Gristle, The World Is A War Film
-David Bowie, Running Gun Blues
-Nine Inch Nails, Down In It
-Laura Branigan, Self Control
-Einstuerzende Neubauten, Tanz Debil
-Legendary Pink Dots, Clockwise
-Coil, The Golden Section
-Chris & Cosey, Silent Cry
-Depeche Mode, But Not Tonight

My popular request (two people): the #projectIDGAF soundtrack.

I do not recommend listening to this, but you asked.

-Skinny Puppy, Assimilate (R-23 mix)
-Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cities In Dust
-John Fogerty, The Old Man Down The Road
-Dead Kennedys, Police Truck
-Current 93, Only Shadows of Hooks (excerpt)
-Front Line Assembly, Iceolate
-Prince, Starfish and Coffee
-Uk Subs or The Specials, Rat Race
-Blue Oyster Cult, E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
-B-52s, Dance This Mess Around
-Pink Floyd, Sheep
-Marillion, White Russian
-Fad Gadget, Swallow It
-Ministry, So What?
-Nitzer Ebb, Join In The Chant
-Cat Rapes Dog, God Guns and Gasoline
-The Clash, Police On My Back
-KMFDM, Rip The System
-The Cure, Just Like Heaven
-Throbbing Gristle, The World Is A War Film
-David Bowie, Running Gun Blues
-Nine Inch Nails, Down In It
-Laura Branigan, Self Control
-Einstuerzende Neubauten, Tanz Debil
-Legendary Pink Dots, Clockwise
-Coil, The Golden Section
-Chris & Cosey, Silent Cry
-Depeche Mode, But Not Tonight

This week's #60secondsofWIP is out: "Creep As Chad," from the trailing end of #projectIDGAF.

https://mwl.io/archives/24006

I can see the end from here. Only a handful of chapters remain!

This week's #60secondsofWIP is out: "Creep As Chad," from the trailing end of #projectIDGAF.

https://mwl.io/archives/24006

I can see the end from here. Only a handful of chapters remain!

3000 words on #projectIDGAF today. Low by 2019 standards: pretty good by the pandemic era.

3000 words on #projectIDGAF today. Low by 2019 standards: pretty good by the pandemic era.

Finished "Swallow It," on to "So What?" #projectIDGAF #writing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cTaoohLtY

Gonna do another round, see if I can finish this chapter and start tomorrow with "Join In The Chant" before the BSDCan meetings.

Finished "Swallow It," on to "So What?" #projectIDGAF #writing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cTaoohLtY

Gonna do another round, see if I can finish this chapter and start tomorrow with "Join In The Chant" before the BSDCan meetings.

1500 words on #projectIDGAF in two hours. Break's over, laundry swapped, time for another run at it. #writing

Looking back from today, medical care in 1989 seems like one step up from leeches.

Also, this book needs a bigger pyrotechnics budget.

1500 words on #projectIDGAF in two hours. Break's over, laundry swapped, time for another run at it. #writing

Looking back from today, medical care in 1989 seems like one step up from leeches.

Also, this book needs a bigger pyrotechnics budget.

okay, that's the social media break over. Time to get back to #writing.

I finished "White Russian," now on to "Swallow It." #projectIDGAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3OMx8T0i0

okay, that's the social media break over. Time to get back to #writing.

I finished "White Russian," now on to "Swallow It." #projectIDGAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3OMx8T0i0

today's #60secondsofWIP is out: Parentally Mandated Assholes, from #projectIDGAF.

at https://mwl.io/archives/23989 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.

today's #60secondsofWIP is out: Parentally Mandated Assholes, from #projectIDGAF.

at https://mwl.io/archives/23989 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.

Tomorrow's #60SecondsOfWIP is recorded: "Parentally Mandated Assholes" from #projectIDGAF.

Yes, I got it done early. I am all over things! Mostly because I have an 11AM meeting, and don't want to get myself in flow state only to interrupt it.

I feel I should also warn @Tubsta that his last name has been seized and redistributed. Because I absolutely steal names from social media. I used to use phone books, but they don't exist any more. I also picked at random from the obituary pages, but neither print newspapers nor obituaries are really a thing today. So it's social media.

Tomorrow's #60SecondsOfWIP is recorded: "Parentally Mandated Assholes" from #projectIDGAF.

Yes, I got it done early. I am all over things! Mostly because I have an 11AM meeting, and don't want to get myself in flow state only to interrupt it.

I feel I should also warn @Tubsta that his last name has been seized and redistributed. Because I absolutely steal names from social media. I used to use phone books, but they don't exist any more. I also picked at random from the obituary pages, but neither print newspapers nor obituaries are really a thing today. So it's social media.

1400 words on #projectIDGAF. #writing :flan_writing:

Starting to pick up speed and endurance after the end-of-2024 drought. :flan_dance:

1400 words on #projectIDGAF. #writing :flan_writing:

Starting to pick up speed and endurance after the end-of-2024 drought. :flan_dance:

Tomorrow's #60secondsofWIP is recorded and scheduled: "The Wrong Kind of Clever." A tiny slice of #projectIDGAF.

Tomorrow's #60secondsofWIP is recorded and scheduled: "The Wrong Kind of Clever." A tiny slice of #projectIDGAF.

Finished "Clocked In." Proceeding to "E.T.I." #projectIDGAF

I still want to replace Black Flag's Clocked In. Punk is for performing, not for listening. (Before the youngsters complain: being in the pit is 100% performing, and some of us carried the pit in our heart for decades. But I'm too old now.)

If you know a decent 70s-80s track about "work sucks, it's all bullshit," throw it at me. Biased towards alt, goth, industrial, but some trad stuff has seeped in already.

Finished "Clocked In." Proceeding to "E.T.I." #projectIDGAF

I still want to replace Black Flag's Clocked In. Punk is for performing, not for listening. (Before the youngsters complain: being in the pit is 100% performing, and some of us carried the pit in our heart for decades. But I'm too old now.)

If you know a decent 70s-80s track about "work sucks, it's all bullshit," throw it at me. Biased towards alt, goth, industrial, but some trad stuff has seeped in already.

Today's #60secondsofWIP is out: Freedom Costs Five Cents a Can. A little snippet of #projectIDGAF .

https://mwl.io/archives/23975 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.

Today's #60secondsofWIP is out: Freedom Costs Five Cents a Can. A little snippet of #projectIDGAF .

https://mwl.io/archives/23975 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.

oh, wow. #projectIDGAF has a Richard Tucholka nod?

I have hit peak cult 80s.

(Not an insult. I am peak cult 20s.)

oh, wow. #projectIDGAF has a Richard Tucholka nod?

I have hit peak cult 80s.

(Not an insult. I am peak cult 20s.)

Going offline to make some #projectIDGAF

I recently stumbled across a discussion on the importance of opening lines, and it's infected my critical voice.

"A sky flared silver-blue around a scrawny yellow sun." -- perfectly acceptable opening, move on! #writing

Going offline to make some #projectIDGAF

I recently stumbled across a discussion on the importance of opening lines, and it's infected my critical voice.

"A sky flared silver-blue around a scrawny yellow sun." -- perfectly acceptable opening, move on! #writing

Today: grinding on #n4sa2e, a bit of #projectIDGAF.

TCP/IP is where the #sysadmin meets the network team. That's why I'm writing the new edition of "Networking for System Administrators." I would appreciate your support.

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/n4sa2e-sponsor/

Today: grinding on #n4sa2e, a bit of #projectIDGAF.

TCP/IP is where the #sysadmin meets the network team. That's why I'm writing the new edition of "Networking for System Administrators." I would appreciate your support.

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/n4sa2e-sponsor/

so, where did I leave off on #projectIDGAF ?

"If Lance had ever been told that there was a specific, widely-used word for putting aside your own fiercest desire in favor of someone else’s happiness, he would have had a better grip on his life. His dad had felt exactly the same about his wife and Lance, but he couldn’t pass on words he had never heard."

Oh. Yeah. Slighly Younger Me left THAT for me to follow. What a dick.

so, where did I leave off on #projectIDGAF ?

"If Lance had ever been told that there was a specific, widely-used word for putting aside your own fiercest desire in favor of someone else’s happiness, he would have had a better grip on his life. His dad had felt exactly the same about his wife and Lance, but he couldn’t pass on words he had never heard."

Oh. Yeah. Slighly Younger Me left THAT for me to follow. What a dick.

Finished the "Iceolate" chapter, on to "Starfish and Coffee." #projectIDGAF

Yes, the book has a bipolar soundtrack.

Finished the "Iceolate" chapter, on to "Starfish and Coffee." #projectIDGAF

Yes, the book has a bipolar soundtrack.

The bit I want to read for tomorrow's #60SecondsOfWIP... might actually need a trigger warning?

It's from #projectIDGAF on dating in the 80s, and cultural perceptions thereof. It's honest. I'm not being sarcastic in the least, that's how it really was.

So, yeah. It needs a warning. Because jfc, that was some messed-up shit. Better than the 50s, but still.

The bit I want to read for tomorrow's #60SecondsOfWIP... might actually need a trigger warning?

It's from #projectIDGAF on dating in the 80s, and cultural perceptions thereof. It's honest. I'm not being sarcastic in the least, that's how it really was.

So, yeah. It needs a warning. Because jfc, that was some messed-up shit. Better than the 50s, but still.

1700 words on #projectIDGAF in 3 hours. A chapter that the story needs but leaves me feeling like a creepy old guy.

Now to make some #n4sa2e.

1700 words on #projectIDGAF in 3 hours. A chapter that the story needs but leaves me feeling like a creepy old guy.

Now to make some #n4sa2e.