Melodia-J

Here it is: Indie in Finland

I just did something that I've been meaning to do for a while, and started a blog where I  can report on live events I attend. If it kicks off I might be able to get other people to guest blog about events that I couldn't make it to, too, but that's probably hoping for a bit much.

Posting on my sparsely populated DeviantArt page and Twitter feed probably won't get me much interest, and I'll just have to see how much goodwill I can gather from friends willing to spread the word. I think it will be a while before I get any attention outside of that: I'll have to be reporting on a band that someone searches for info about. I'm sure that will happen now and then but I am not going to hold my breath!

However, it needs a lot more content first. The first post is up and there is more to come. I'm starting full time work with Soffa TV as of Monday and there will be plenty to report on over the next eight weeks as we organize music festivals, attend other people's art festivals and so on.

I recently decided to help out in funding a Kickstarter arts project that was nearing it's failure deadline and close to fully funded.

It took me a long browse to find a project I wanted to support but the one I found was Wardenclyffe Gallery, a project asking for very little money to transfer their community to a new location. It's a community that includes artists, photographers, poets, musicians and theatre groups.

They are giving away some pretty sweet prizes for only low amounts of donations (e.g. $10 for the PDF of art and literature AND a digital music album, all produced by them).

They have only 3 DAYS LEFT to get the last bit of funding, or they get nothing at all. So even if you can't donate yourself, please could you make a journal post and ask your followers if they want to help? I know I don't have many active followers, myself.



M.

Once more, the link: Wardenclyffe Gallery Kickstarter Drive



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UPDATE: Woo they did it, although I don't think a single Deviant was responsible for helping out. That's a little sad, and does not encourage me to be more involved in this community.

I hit the 50,000 word goal on my latest National Novel Writing Month project this morning.

I'm continuing to write, but now I can slow down and do some other things too. I just made a small sketch for the first time in weeks, felt good to release that urge at last!

Soon though I start full-time Finnish classes that will last for six months. I have a feeling the mental drain of speaking and learning a second language all day, every day, will tire me out quite a lot over the next few weeks. Better to get the learning and adjustment out of the way now. Actually, I've been waiting for this course for a year, so I am really happy to get on with it at last.

One day I'd like to write a NaNoWriMo story in Finnish, but I think I would start with a 20,000 word target. Something to consider for next year. Let's see how busy I am.

I'm preparing for my second shot at NaNoWriMo this year. This time I have time to prepare, although I did cut that short by changing my mind about what to write only two weeks ago.

I went to a local meet-up yesterday and met three lovely women who will be taking the challenge this year also. I'm told that once the event kicks off there will be 20-30 companions at each meeting.

I'm impatient to start writing, even though I am really busy at the moment and will not have nearly enough groundwork covered before November 1st hits. It's going to be a challenge, this one.

What can I say? I hit 50k less than an hour ago, so I did it within 30 days.

I'm very happy about it, even though I do no think this novel will be one that I seek publication for. I actually have a few thousand words more to write to wrap it up, and I will send it to some friends to critique (there's plenty for them to critique, if they can stop themselves falling asleep while they read it!).

Next up, I intend to paint a sketch every day of August - in other words 31 small paintings by the end of the month. I will post any work that is original or based on personal photos here. If I don't, you can have a go at me for not keeping my promise.

Now I must get some sleep.