Write Every day 2026: January, Day 20
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:21 pmWhat I didn't do during my lunch break: write /o\
(And then the entire afternoon was non-stop meetings until smoke came out of my ears.)
Today's writing
A little more than an alibi sentence, but not much more.
WED Question of the Day
I find ...
shorter fic easier to write than longer fic
11 (61.1%)
longer fic easier to write than shorter fic
4 (22.2%)
something else (see comments)
3 (16.7%)
I mostly write ...
drabbles and ficlets (<1k)
2 (11.8%)
short fic (1-3k)
5 (29.4%)
medium length fic (3-6k)
4 (23.5%)
longer fic (6-10k)
4 (23.5%)
long fic (10-20k)
0 (0.0%)
very long fic (20-50k)
0 (0.0%)
epic fic (>50k)
2 (11.8%)
I often write ...
drabbles and ficlets (<1k)
9 (56.2%)
short fic (1-3k)
12 (75.0%)
medium length fic (3-6k)
8 (50.0%)
longer fic (6-10k)
7 (43.8%)
long fic (10-20k)
3 (18.8%)
very long fic (20-50k)
1 (6.2%)
epic fic (>50k)
3 (18.8%)
Tally
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Love Eternal Receives February Steam Launch Date
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:49 pmson of Smith post
Jan. 20th, 2026 01:37 pmAlien vs. Captain America #3 Preview: Fury Unleashed
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:27 pmPrepare for Transformers Galaxy Version 09 Darkest Hour from Blokees
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:23 pmRoguelike Deckbuilder Insider Trading Launches This February
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:15 pmWill Trent S04E03: "Studio 4B" Clip: Betty's on Undercover Dog Duty
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:14 pmBlokees New Transformers Defender Version 06 Brutal Fang Has Arrived
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:51 pm28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Excl.: Ralph Fiennes, Chi Lewis-Parry
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:47 pmThe Rookie S08E03 "The Red Place": Harper & Lopez's Shocking Discovery
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:42 pmProdigal Son Watch Party Video: Tom Payne Talks S01E02: "Annihilator"
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:37 pmKaiju No. 8 Anime Series Weapons Set for Collectible Replicas
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:23 pmWonder Man Episode Titles Poster, New Image Gallery Released
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:07 pmScrubs: Zach Braff & Donald Faison Introduce Show's Newest Faces
Jan. 20th, 2026 01:37 pmKaya TP Vol. 5 Preview: Robots, Rebels, and Family Feuds
Jan. 20th, 2026 01:26 pmLore Olympus: Rachel Smythe Webtoon Set for Prime Video Animated Adapt
Jan. 20th, 2026 01:07 pmDoctor Who: Tennant, Smith & Eccleston Stories Set for Target Novels
Jan. 20th, 2026 12:37 pmThree Random drive bys
Jan. 20th, 2026 10:46 am2. You know how when people die and you go through their stuff and find random bits of change? Well, I'm not dead yet, but I just went into the fabulous storage area to find paper clips and discovered $98.76 in change and a spare mail key!! On the down side, sorry, bro. On the up side, my storage area shelves are now my happy place.
3. Daniel - the very best of our maintenance guys - just came in to check my dishwasher door situation. He thinks he might have to replace the door. He did not take it off but took pix and went to find a part. He left his cart outside my door so I'm thinking this will happen soon.
Personalised bingo card offer
Jan. 20th, 2026 06:16 pmAnyway, thought of something fannish and fun I could do if anyone wanted it - I made a personalised bingo card for
... if anyone else would find a custom-made bingo card (for writing/creating prompts) fun/useful/inspiring, comment here and I will have a go at making you one!
(I'll use the Bingo Generator, so it's very easy, and if I fail and include some rubbish prompts, a new card without such prompts can magically be re-generated with no trouble. Will do any size from 2x2 to 5x5.)
So just comment here if you'd like one & say what size card you'd prefer. You can also point me to/away from any fandoms/prompt types etc if you'd like, but no need. (If I'm really stuck for some reason, I'll just ask you for some pointers!)
Catan – On the Road Announced For Spring 2026 Release
Jan. 20th, 2026 12:12 pmI wrote a Silksong drabble and got Silksong gifts
Jan. 20th, 2026 06:41 pmBut I did write a post-canon Silksong drabble I'm quite proud of:
Silk Snare for
post-canon Lace(&Hornet) drabble
Summary: Much Silk was needed to see her sustained.
Notes: One of my favorite fannish drabbles I've written, I think it works very well.
I got pretty icons under my tree: some Hornet icons by
And I also got two other Silksong gifts recently:
Sunlight Dyed by
stained glass art
Summary: Hornet from Silksong, depicted in stained glass
So pretty! The lights and the colors and the shapes!
reprieve by
1k, Hornet & Shakra gen
Summary: Hornet, a conversation, and a musing.
Aaah the Hornet feelings <3
VisionQuest, WandaVision, Agatha All Along: Winderbaum on Common Theme
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:37 amSpider-Man and Wolverine #9 Preview: Arachno-Claws Out
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:26 amTV Tuesday: Well, I Didn't Know That
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:42 am
Do you watch educational TV shows or documentaries? What makes these shows watchable or interesting to you? Are there particular ones that spoke to you?
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Jan. 20th, 2026 12:34 pmThere has been a lot of activity in the basement over the last few days. My son in law decided to move his piano away from the part of the basement where I sleep, but his chosen spot (and really the only other place in the house as it's currently set up where there is room for a piano) was just a tiny bit too narrow for the piano. He worked out that if he took the quarter round molding off the parts of the wall on each side of the space the piano would just fit, so he did that this morning but then discovered that the one convenient power point is behind a large shoe rack that's right beside the piano, and there isn't enough clearance to insert a power cable (making the power point very not-convenient). There are at least three double power points in the part of the basement where I sleep, but only the one at the other end where the piano now is, because it's set up as a storage area. There is, however, a power point halfway along the hallway between the two areas, so I'm thinking my son in law will have to run a long extension cord from there to the piano.
While he was thinking about the piano placement, he and my daughter also decided that maybe they could reposition the corner couch that's near my bed, and put it over where the piano used to be. Unfortunately they didn't ask my opinion first (I was upstairs doing something else while this was going on) and when I saw the new layout I didn't really like it, so they ended up moving the couch back.
Book reaction: Beggars and Choosers (Nancy Kress)
Jan. 20th, 2026 10:52 amYesterday, I finished reading Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress, the sequel to Beggars in Spain. I enjoyed this book and found it engaging enough that the problems I had with Beggars in Spain no longer bother me.
As I noted in my reaction to Beggars in Spain, given the power of the other genetic modifications on the Sleepless, the lack of a need to sleep seems almost like an afterthought. Apparently Kress realized this as well, because in this book, humanity is divided into four groups (listed here in decreasing order of genetic modification):
- Super-sleepless (AKA Supers)
- Sleepless
- Donkeys
- Livers[^1]
The Sleepless are pretty much written out of the story — most of them are in prison by this point, and the ones who aren't are pretty much helpless to affect the course of the story. The Sleepless are still necessary to the overall arc of the story, though, as without them there would be no Super-sleepless.
I think the problems that I still have with both this book and with Beggars in Spain come down to them being the first two parts of a trilogy where the parts are pretty much inseparable[^2]. Looking back from Beggars and Choosers, Beggars in Spain becomes sort of a prologue ("I told you that story so I can tell you this one..."). I don't really feel like it would be possible to tell the story of Beggars and Choosers without having told Beggars in Spain first — there's simply too much to try to squeeze it all into early chapters and/or memories. At the same time, Beggars and Choosers suffers from "second book of a trilogy" disease: it doesn't end so much as just stops.
Also, I'd like to remind/inform you: I keep a list of links to the monthly logs of books that I read at this sticky post, and the monthly logs contain links to the reactions I've written. If you see a book title without a link, it means I haven't written a reaction to that book, but if you'd like to hear what I thought about it, leave a comment and I'll write a reaction!
[^1] I think "Livers" in this context is rather an awkward word — my mind immediately went to the organ, but instead it's formed from the very "to live."
[^2] It seems like there ought to be one word for "three stories told in three consecutive books which share the same world and characters" and another word for "one story split into three books because of the limitations of bookbinding and/or the nature of the publishing industry," instead of using "trilogy" for both.
Return to Sesame Street with NECA and Their New Ultimate Big Bird
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:21 amDungeons & Dragons Launches Several Fortnite Creative Islands
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:14 amNetflix Taps Alan's Universe Creator to Develop New K-Pop Series
Jan. 20th, 2026 11:07 amStanley "Artgerm" Lau Having To Prove He's Not A.I.
Jan. 20th, 2026 10:57 amNot so fast there, fatty
Jan. 20th, 2026 08:27 amI was looking forward to Wednesday. Now I'm hoping I get the shit in my lifetime. Sigh.
Oh well. This is one sure way of avoiding nasty side effects.
I can just now see the work of loud landscapers of yesterday and they did a fabulous job! Everything looks so tidy. Soon they will be planting the flowers they put in every year. 'They' are the resident volunteers.
Today is housecleaning day, Tomorrow is Food & Beverage meeting day, Thursday is volleyball?, Friday is Closet Day.
Yesterday I was looking up shit on the internet. Every search was investigated by AI and it was driving me nuts. I just wanted the URL of this one company. I did not want its history! I just wanted to know this one thing, I did not want a Ted Talk! Then... I remembered. A while back I was so proud of myself when I engineered my default search tool to be AI! ha. That was a short love affair. I switched it to Google and calm came over the waters. Now I get AI only when I want it. Thankyou, me
Jim Across The Hall has now taken to throwing his garbage into the plastic milk carton that is specifically for glass wine bottles (we do way more trash separation here than is necessary but that's another rant). He's been having trash issues for a while. Bonny went in a couple of weeks ago and showed him what not to do. It did not stick. I do not want to be scraping tomato slices off the floor and the first time Joan slips on one, it ain't going to be pretty.
So I sent an email to the person who manages the carers who come see to him twice a day. She got right back to me and said she would let the carers know to make sure he's not taking out his own trash. She got back to me so fast, that it made me think she was glad to have more evidence that he cannot live in the independent living community any more. His career told me yesterday that he now goes to bed at 4 right after the second carer leaves for the day. I am grateful every day that at least he gets dressed before he comes out.
The door at the end of my hall goes right into Assisted Living which goes right into the Nursing and Memory Care wings. It's also a short cut down to the main lobby/dining rooms/etc. They put a note on that door yesterday that they had a confirmed case of RSV and precautions now required. Happily, I do not have to go through that door but, sometimes, Jim takes that route. I hope his carers steer him clear of it.
Well, I'll be damned. Reddit was wrong! Or, more accurately, my mileage varied. I just got a text from NovoCare with a FedEx tracking number! No delivery date but it's FedEx Overnight Service. So... looks like my Wegovy will be here tomorrow.

Buffy: Carpenter, Marsters Discuss Which OG Characters Should Return
Jan. 20th, 2026 10:37 amA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Screencaps
Jan. 20th, 2026 06:35 pmI've decided to cap A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms as well. The first episode caps 1.01 The Hedge Knight are up now!
Glimmet Debuts In Pokémon GO During Into the Depths Event
Jan. 20th, 2026 10:12 amHenry Lewis of "Goes Wrong" Launches The Robber's Grave at Toy Fair
Jan. 20th, 2026 09:58 amThe Spy Who Loved Me - chapters 14 and 15
Jan. 20th, 2026 04:07 pmComment: The line ‘all women love semi-rape’ left me speechless. Also, again Bond hasn't bothered to check the status of the bodies in the car ... which he admits was an error, but such a rookie one for somebody as experienced as he is!
Chapter 15: ( Read more... )
Comment: Mostly under a cut, other than the observation that Bond is pretty open with being a 'secret' agent - not very secret at all! ( Read more... )
And that's the end of this one! What's next?
