poet @poetfox@scalie.club

#introductions
Hi! I'm poet! I'm an old (at heart if not reality) writer transwoman who runs a library and teaches writing classes and then uses all her skills to write very good queer stories involving 1) dragons, 2) moms, or 3) older butches, often all three at the same time!

For the past forever, I've been writing Dragon Moms, a serial story about queer moms having adventures and family problems! http://www.dragonmoms.com

You can find my other stories and novels here: http://www.poetfox.com

Lichess.org has a little space to keep notes on games you're playing, especially long term.
But I just keep opening it up at the start of each game, typing "Chess" in there, and then never looking at it again.
I'm very cool and good at taking notes.

Finally got some correspondence games going with my husband and friends, and it rules. Chess: it's good.

*reads a review of Let's Go Eevee*
Oh no, it sounds like I actually do need to get this. Hm...
I'll be good and wait, though. Not like I'm going to have any trouble finding a copy when I need a new game to play.

Convinced husband to play a game of chess with me.
He is so much better than me, geez. But besides like two catastrophic play mistakes, I felt like I did fairly well? I had some good pins there for the midgame, at least.
I mean, I was still crushed, but! Some decent moves...!
Gotta keep working at this...

Thing that is pointlessly entertaining me today: shocking the treadmill with static electricity and seeing the "heartrate" of the static shock.

Immediately requesting embarrassing manga at my new job's library so that my new co-workers know my shame without delay.

Our Dog, Mr. Q, is a little mixed pup, but we're pretty sure he's a big part Schipperke. My husband has recently learned this means "Little Captain."
So of course we're now calling Q "Captain" all the time. It's just natural.

Partner: Oh, I'm going to swing by that convention where all the BanG Dream! people will be.
Me: *spends an hour researching what merch will be there and what to ask vir to get for me*

Software I legit want:
Gacha Maker, a program where I can set up a virtual Gacha of characters and just... create little stories you unlock with pulls. Say, a free pull every day or something.
That sounds fun to play with.

Was going to start a Slay the Spire run before class to calm down and focus, but I guess the most recent update made all my screen settings not work and now I can't get the dang thing to run in a window effectively? Very frustrating times.

Oh well, I'll figure it out.

Started watching this because I ILLed a few volumes of the manga, and they were very cute. The show does them justice.
Maybe I'm just whatever, but it's so refreshing to see a show like this about adults? It feels like an actual discussion of adult relationships instead of "these high schoolers are soooooo geeky, you like that right?" Like, they're into all that kind of stuff, but it feels very much like who they are, that their life has grown up around these hobbies. I like that.

I keep logging in every day to get the little bonuses and dang, I want to dig back in... but Dragon Quest...
Once I get Murkmire from the daily bonuses, though, I'm going to have to make myself go back in, finish Clockwork City, and then get to the dang swamp...!

I'm still really enjoying my extremely slow playthrough of Dragon Quest XI. It's so very chill, and I like all the characters. I'm like almost 20 hours in, so who knows how long I have to go. I hope I can start speeding up my playing sometime soon.

That said, people who care more about DQ than me keep saying this is a weak entry, which makes me want to go back and play VIII, which I missed. Maybe I will? Though I dunno about getting it on 3DS... Hm.

I finally played a route of this game... it's very simple and cute and written by someone who cares. So that's nice! I'm not sure how badly I need to play the other routes, though it's nice it has them. It's for sure worth the admission cost of "free" so maybe give it a try sometime when you want a little short experience.

I've gotten back in the writing groove, at least a little! I finished a short story and sent it off to my first readers. (Uh, if you want to join the ranks and help me with feedback, let me know? No worries no pressure.) It felt good to finish something in the writing space. Recovery mentally took a lot longer than physically, I suppose, but I'm back! Going to slowly finish other projects and then start on getting a buffer for Momentum...

Hi, it's me. I've been busy and all over the place, so please allow me to do some updates. Apologies in advance for a bunch of posts in a row!

I've almost finished a short story! I'm writing!

But I'm right at the end and my brain is too tired to write the last couple paragraphs, which is very frustrating. I would like it to be done.

Oh well, I'll get there.

Well, I was late getting to this event, but it was cute, and I got the most important reward: this extremely good outfit for my soulbound girlfriend.

TFW it's time to start prepping a dish for your good friends.