The Wordsmith's Forge

1st

• 12:04 am Happy New Year! - 1 comment
• 03:44 am 2017 Goals in Review
• 03:57 am Goals for 2018 LJ
• 04:12 am My Crowdfunding Activities in 2018
• 04:32 am My Crowdfunding Activities in 2018 LJ
• 12:46 pm Snowflake Challenge Day 1: "Why Are You Participating?"
• 01:34 pm Monday Update 1-1-18
• 02:52 pm Cats Who Have Made Poor Life Decisions - 1 comment
• 02:54 pm Nonstandard Risk Assessment
• 04:05 pm 6 Painting Techniques That Don’t Involve a Paintbrush
• 04:07 pm How Much Is an Artist's Penis Worth?
• 04:36 pm Rose & Bay Awards
• 06:17 pm Apocalypse Bingo Card 1-1-18
• 11:58 pm Map of Nonmonogamy - 3 comments

2nd

• 12:28 am Mysteries of Art History
• 11:42 am Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 2: "Favorite Memories"
• 12:30 pm Poetry Fishbowl Open! - 19 comments
• 05:12 pm Poem: "Mysterious and Impermanent" - 6 comments
• 05:40 pm Poem: In a Hidden Realm

3rd

• 04:49 am Hard Things
• 02:20 pm Trope Bingo Card 1-3-18
• 02:38 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 3: "Fanwork Recommendations"
• 05:50 pm Poem: "two little girls"
• 05:55 pm Poem: "seat of the moon tree"
• 06:08 pm Iceland Passes Equal Pay - 1 comment
• 06:55 pm Poem: "The Best Type of Intimacy"
• 09:04 pm Hoof Study

4th

• 02:42 am See a Pronking Llama - 1 comment
• 03:10 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 4: "Wishlist"
• 05:31 pm Poem: "Of Portals and Magic Potions"

5th

• 05:19 am Muscle Robots
• 02:21 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 5: "Resources"

6th

• 06:00 am Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - 1 comment
• 12:14 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 6: "Feedback"
• 10:03 pm Sponsored Poetry
• 11:13 pm Today's Adventures

7th

• 04:04 am How Smart People Talk About Themselves - 3 comments
• 01:25 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 7: "Love Meme" - 2 comments
• 03:50 pm Hawk - 3 comments
• 05:20 pm Buddha's Hand Citrus Shortbread Cookies
• 07:28 pm Recipe: "Enlightened Chicken"
• 08:22 pm Poem: "Blue Smoke and Mirrors"
• 10:20 pm Poem: "Imps of the Marginalia"
• 10:52 pm Poem: "Crimson Inscriptions"

8th

• 12:34 am Poem: "Strength and Power" - 9 comments
• 02:41 am Poem: "BLUSH"
• 03:00 am Poem: "Winter Evening"
• 03:17 am Poem: "In a Green Cathedral"
• 03:34 am Poem: "Unicorn Sign"
• 12:56 pm New verses in "Strength and Power"
• 12:59 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 8: "Favorite Piece of Canon"
• 01:22 pm Monday Update 1-8-18
• 06:01 pm Call for Themes - 1 comment
• 09:40 pm Poem: "The Inconvenient Princess" - 2 comments
• 11:18 pm Magpie Monday

9th

• 12:46 pm Article in Pidgin
• 01:29 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 9: "My Fanworks"
• 04:00 pm Continue and Persist - 1 comment
• 04:17 pm How to Write Genderfic - 2 comments
• 05:30 pm Trans Superheroes

10th

• 02:07 pm Good News
• 02:41 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 10: "Tropes"
• 10:56 pm Candied Buddha's Hand
• 11:15 pm Review: Milk Chocolate Cinnamon Crisp

11th

• 07:07 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 11: "Life-Changing Book"
• 07:29 pm Today's Adventures - 5 comments

12th

• 08:38 pm Buddha's Hand Citrus Shortbread Cookies

13th

• 01:20 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 13: "Goals" - 1 comment
• 10:25 pm Review: Koh-i-Noor - 1 comment

14th

• 02:45 am Ancient Board Games
• 02:50 am Solving Poverty
• 03:09 am Smothering the Ocean
• 04:52 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 14: "Create Your Own Challenge"
• 05:54 pm Transformative Works Policy
• 10:29 pm Today's Adventures
• 11:27 pm Free Epic Poll

15th

• 02:11 pm Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 15: "Love Letter"
• 02:54 pm Poetry Themes Poll
• 03:14 pm Monday Update 1-15-18
• 04:44 pm Bird Personalities
• 04:50 pm Half-Price Sale in Feathered Nests

16th

• 12:47 am Review: Green & Black's Organic Milk Chocolate
• 02:54 am Read "A Care-ful Conversation"
• 04:12 am Kindness Boomerang
• 02:07 pm Dominance at Birdfeeders
• 02:30 pm Impossible Royal Flush
• 05:06 pm Birdfeeding
• 08:04 pm Poem: "Where You Begin to Heal" - 11 comments
• 10:05 pm Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Early 2018
• 11:01 pm Squash Fail

17th

• 12:15 am Cuddle Party
• 04:26 am Musicals in Fanfic and Canon
• 03:05 pm Poem: "The Determination of Tulips" - 2 comments
• 05:09 pm McDonald's Goes Green
• 07:46 pm Moment of Silence: John Young
• 10:08 pm Read “We Will Not Be Charmed Into Compliance” - 2 comments

18th

• 06:05 am Kazakh Writing - 2 comments
• 12:52 pm The Importance of Replication
• 11:50 pm Asteroid Approach

19th

• 04:18 am Gene Roddenberry's View of the Future - 1 comment
• 04:20 am DIY Generics - 4 comments
• 05:04 pm Titan Has a Sea Level
• 05:41 pm Poem: "A Lot More Respect for a Bird"
• 06:16 pm Poem: "Where We Can Go As We Are"
• 08:32 pm Poem: "The Purest Love"
• 09:30 pm Poem: "No Yesterdays on the Road"

20th

• 01:59 am Crowdfunding Creative Jam
• 02:52 am Poem: "Unicorns Are Yellow"
• 07:29 pm Review: Trader Joe's Lacey's Cookies
• 09:56 pm Bee Music

21st

• 01:16 pm Puppy Play Park
• 01:20 pm Flowing Dresses
• 01:23 pm Round Animals
• 04:16 pm Review: Trader Joe's Milk Chocolate Truffle
• 04:20 pm Teddy Bear Dogs
• 04:25 pm Hedgehog Pictures
• 05:29 pm Municipal Art
• 06:16 pm Animal Love
• 06:20 pm Genderbent Ads
• 09:12 pm How to Be More Creative
• 10:41 pm Poem: "Creating a Community Around Food"

22nd

• 03:34 am Diversity in Fantasy - 1 comment
• 04:19 am Using Constructed Languages in Literature - 4 comments
• 03:21 pm Monday Update 1-22-18
• 11:58 pm Review: Guittard Soleil d'Automne Dark Milk Chocolate

23rd

• 12:54 am Women Writers - 1 comment
• 06:13 pm Prairie News
• 11:05 pm Moment of Silence: Ursula Le Guin

24th

• 01:27 am Demifiction: "BiblioThecla: Romance for Worldly Women" - 2 comments
• 01:24 pm Hard Things
• 09:16 pm The Rope Trick
• 09:17 pm Listen to Omnia - 1 comment
• 11:06 pm Cloning Advances
• 11:23 pm Total Lunar Eclipse - 1 comment

25th

• 03:54 am Self-Repairing Concrete
• 03:57 am Budgeting for Health
• 09:27 am Family Obligations

28th

• 03:07 pm I'm Back
• 10:15 pm Review: Trader Joe's Mini Milk Chocolate Bars
• 10:29 pm Weekend Highlights

29th

• 11:02 am Monday Update 1-29-18
• 11:49 am Unsold Poems for the January 2, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl
• 10:03 pm Poem: "The Dragon and the Manticore" - 4 comments

30th

• 12:20 pm Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, February 6 - 1 comment
• 11:31 pm Poem: "Hearing Hoofbeats"

31st

• 02:04 am Valentines Bingo Cards 1-31-18
• 12:06 pm Good News
• 12:16 pm Rose & Bay Awards
• 03:12 pm Poetry Fishbowl Report for January 2, 2018