SCA 50 Challenge
Feb. 22nd, 2008 03:08 pmSo, there's something called the A&S 50 challenge out now, to celebrate the SCA turning 50 in a few years. The idea is to do 50 of one type of thing, or 50 different things, or creating everything that a given persona would have, including knowledge of one's country/time period/culture. Lady Kathleen asked on the Bergental list if some of us wanted to form a team to write 50 poems by May 1, 2015. I think she and one of the other folks will be creating most of them, but it sounds like an interesting project, so we now have a small group started. I don't write a lot of poetry, but I'm sure I can write a few between now and then. As to themes, types of poetry, and so on, that's all yet to be discussed.
Used to write stories as well, but I don't think I could manage more than one or two by then. Although it can be interesting coming up with the premises for them - sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, epic journeys, surviving disasters, all that sort of thing.
Much easier reading than writing them, of course! Current read is The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. A bit on the dark side at the moment; perhaps I should read more Gene Logsdon, and definitely less of the news and stuff on climate change. Fictional scenarios based on that stuff rarely goes well...
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Had to cancel choir practice, of course. So we'll be meeting at 3pm at Wandering Moon, to get in a little practice and warm-up before the demo.
Used to write stories as well, but I don't think I could manage more than one or two by then. Although it can be interesting coming up with the premises for them - sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, epic journeys, surviving disasters, all that sort of thing.
Much easier reading than writing them, of course! Current read is The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. A bit on the dark side at the moment; perhaps I should read more Gene Logsdon, and definitely less of the news and stuff on climate change. Fictional scenarios based on that stuff rarely goes well...
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Had to cancel choir practice, of course. So we'll be meeting at 3pm at Wandering Moon, to get in a little practice and warm-up before the demo.