Bloody creative mind.
I seem to have latched onto the idea of fabric embellishment for my AIDS Lifecycle costumes. So many possibilities! I could do a crazy-quilt, embroider with ribbon, bead, use multicolored yarns…I could dye my own fabrics, make a fused fabric from silk or angelina sparklies, explore shibori, try kumihomo again…
…You’ll note that none of these have anything to do with writing. I should never have gone to that fiber festival!
Well, I’ve ordered some 4″ squares from a quilting shop, and some silk swatches from an online store. I am sternly trying to resist the urge to order some on-sale burnout silk velvet, silk jacquards, etc.–I have GOT to write this proposal!
Bloody creative mind.
(To answer Cat’s question: the spindle I just bought is a Bosworth Maxi, which is nonetheless extremely light and extremely fast. Spins as fast as I can draft a lightweight yarn…I *really* like the Bosworths. The only thing nicer than a Bosworth is a Golding spindle…if you can find one and if you can afford it. I have a mini Golding spindle and absolutely love it.)
I have now completed my draft sample chapter and shipped it off to both my writing coach and the kind folks at River Walk Journal. I’m having a lot of trouble with the proposal, mostly because I can’t offer stats on how many million people are going to read it, but I’m doing the best I can. I’ve definitely decided to take Larsen’s book as a guideline rather than something to take literally–I’m going to use his structure but not worry about the bits I can’t fill in. I imagine my writing coach will correct me if I absolutely need a section…that’s what I’m paying him for. (And he’s helped over 200 people get their books published, so I suspect he knows something about the topic.)
I *will* finish this stupid thing. Someday.
