Brief 2023 Thoughts

Happy New Year! May 2024 be a good year for us all!

2023 was a bit of a mixed year for me. Some good things happened. I got to go to the UK and visit with friends I hadn’t seen in years and years! Which was definitely the highlight of my year! I've also really enjoyed studying Classical Chinese with more structure because of my tutor.

On the other hand my health was not great. I had covid and couldn't do anything for weeks and weeks, and my hands were generally not good. I also feel like I took family members to endless medical appointments, and I hope there will be a bit less of that this year.

I’m working on some longer year in review posts, one about writing and one about media, that I will hopefully post soon.

Snowflake Challenge 3: Wish list

This year I've actually been taking part in the Snowflake Challenge but most over on Mastodon. But I started writing up this wish list and it got a bit long so I'm posting it here.

My sign up for fandomtrees covers most of the fanworks I'd like to receive

Other than that:

I would love to receive fanart or graphics for any of my fic, not just the ones in fandoms I requested for fandom trees!

I want more people to watch The Long Ballad and yell at me about their feelings

I would love some sources (in English) about the material culture of the First Turkic Khaganate. I've found basically nothing and it would be really helpful for the fic I'm writing!

I want advice on which stories in the Taiping Guangji I should try reading with my Classical Chinese tutor

I'd like more time and energy and less hand pain so I can write more