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Hello hello, and welcome to our now 13th (XIIIth) writing club update. My dictionary explains that the meaning of "thirteen" is:

One more than twelve.

Truly words to live by. Shuffling around my books for a more inspirational bit of numerology, I find the chapter in Mervyn Peake's "Titus Groan" book, wherein we're introduced to the outsider "Keda" who is to be a wet-nurse for the titular prince of Gormenghast. I'm not sure how that relates to what we're doing here, but it's a pretty weird, and cool, book.

Speaking of weird and cool...!

As always, all are extremely welcome to participate in the writing club, regardless of whether they're in the list above.

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[–] Clockwork@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

FINALLY some sun popped out, so I did my best to enjoy it. I still wrote plenty, and by following my usual template:

Done this month:

  • Kanteletar's first section is almost done (17k words, draft, 🇮🇹)
  • Translated a "quick fic" (1k words from a random prompt) that didn't quite make the cut for our collective's magazine
  • Wrote a quick fic on an orbital city in year ~2350 of my setting
  • Wrote a small "analysis" of state-of-the-art solarpunk hieroglyphs (can share/explain upon request)

To be done in August:

  • Translate Kanteletar's first section to English
  • Sketch that Meteorina story (setting is post-Campi-Flegrei detonation, where rebuilding communities ask for help to whale communities in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
  • I'm not editing that fantasy until the editor(s) contact me with comments xD

I'm starting fulltime courses in September, so August is the last month of unintentional vacation I got. Will try to make the best out of it.

[–] ellie@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

Wow, sounds like you were incredibly productive! Congratz!

[–] hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hope your last month of break goes well. It sounds like you've been making the most of your time off :)

[–] Clockwork@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you! Part of me is kind of self-sabotaging though, because I already know I'll beat myself up if in two months I won't be able to match how much I'm writing now 😅

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wrote a small “analysis” of state-of-the-art solarpunk hieroglyphs

Uhhh this sounds cool as hell?? What is that?

[–] Clockwork@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So basically hieroglyphs are like "supertropes", stuff that when you see it, you can immediately tell which genre you're reading/watching. After I translated the SSL (check June Writing Update) I got curious and tracked which were the most common ones and which ones were, let's say, missing:

Here's the link if you want to read about it!

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago

Excellent article. A real call to action to step up the quality of our conversations in the solarpunk aesthetic.

I wasn't familiar with the vast cultural significance of the Calabash. That was really cool to learn about.