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In which, hobbies are discussed.

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what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

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Currently having a day where it took me several, long minutes to remember the word crock pot. The next chapter of the best laid schemes might be late due to my currently only kind of working brain. I'd probably post the wrong chapter at this point.

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“I LOVE that game!” (watched a letsplay and commentary about it)

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I absolutely love the imagery that "blorping" invokes too. Like I can absolutely picutre the way that bag is moving in space because of that singular word choice.

Reading Fugitive Telemetry and I can't stop laughing at murderbot "blorping" to the rescue then tripping into the cargo container. it can't have one heroic entrance? Murderbot to the rescue with only the most humiliating undignified of methods

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Chapter Nine!

I feel like the secondary title of this fic is "boding with your local murderbot through media" at this point.

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So so true. I always get asked if I want help or entertainment. The answer is pretty much always entertainment.

no for real like sit over there and drink your little beverage and stay tf out of the way let me cook

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Last chapter of the best laid schemes has been written!

Now onto editing....

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Happy World Sjögren's Day to everyone who deals with this stupid disease and everyone who supports someone who does.

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Chapter Eight!

Sand. Just lots and lots of sand. And lightning.

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Chapter seven is up.

Murderbot is claimed by a tiny fauna.

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Finished writing chapter 14 today. (Okay started abd finished it today. Lots of writing happened around here today.) It might be my favorite chapter. ..

But they really important thing is that that means I only have 1 more chapter to write and I'm done.

Until I start the sequel. (It's not outlined yet but I have some ideas...)

Or one-shots from other perspectives

So if you got a scene or whatever you want to see from someone else's perspective, let me know. No promises but I'll try

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Chapter Six! A week late but here.

Murderbot plans an argument.

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it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?

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Enough about favorite books. What’s a book you read and absolutely hated? The book you’ve got a bone to pick with.

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Wait. You all don't yell at cooking shows like this?