Ookla

Anybody else ever wish you had an extra set of hands? I've been playing Irish pennywhistle a lot lately, and my biggest frustration is that I can't enjoy playing it while I simultaneously work on other things! 

I'll be honest, the 17th Shard is basically the first experience with social media I've had outside of YouTube. In the two years since I joined, I've somehow gotten 18 "followers" on here, which is extremely gratifying, so thank you all, because at least to me, that seems like a lot of you! I just have one question for you guys, because I don't understand some of the finer points of Internet culture and I'm really curious: Why? What are you seeing in me and the way I post that made y'all want to follow me? Or, a different-but-comparable question, how do you guys figure out if you want to follow a Sharder in general?

It seems it's Ookla season! (I still don't know the exact dates for that; oh, well.)

The deed has been done--I dip-dyed the ends of my hair this morning, and I'm super pleased with the result!

It's a little hard to see in dimmer lighting, but in the sun it really pops!

I've reached 20,000 words on my new writing project! I've got to say, 20K words in under a week as original writing (rather than as part of a revision) probably breaks a record for me.  Plus, working on this project has clarified a lot of things for my official work in process! *Raises imaginary glass* Here's a toast to further writing success in the near future! Hopefully y'all who also write will hit a stride soon, too!

I've hit a writing stride and am now over 10,000 words into a new project!

Hopefully I don't stall halfway through, because this novella is proving to be super fun!

I am not a natural-born artist, but I have drawn a thing! It was meant to be a dragon, but it has a striking resemblance to a horse, too, particularly with the collar I added. 

LTUE loot! A suuuper sweet, handmade, leatherbound dragon journal, a Viking-style hairpin/cloakpin (intended for the former, but I'm using it for the latter), and an awesome sword-shaped hair-stick! I'm so excited to use them!