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CJ Wunsch

CJ Wunsch

@cjwunsch.bsky.social

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Writer, arts worker, mama and burned out messaroonie trying to garden and create and calm my way to something better.

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CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 1d

Proof of life - because I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that people notice when I'm not around.

Finally got peas to sprout. Mulched and prepped 4 spots for my Artichokes, secured the larger aviary for the quail and am embracing hermitry as a way of life.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 9d

Mostly providing proof of life because I'm hiding from the universe in my crippling anxiety, and sometimes people worry about me because they're nice.

Also, I killed my Kiwifruit plant, but I got another one. The tomatoes look massive.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 18d

The oscillation between 'fix the world!' and 'F this S, I'm out!' Weekly, daily, hourly, almost heartbeat by heartbeat, because I will never let go of the idea that the world is worth saving, but the concept that anyone could actually do it is impossible to hold on to.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 28d

In terms of actual writing, I asked a good friend 'what does your character believe that isn't true?'

My antagonist believes in a perfect state of peace that they never actually experienced. They long for a state of being that didn't really exist, and it robs them of all joy in the present.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 28d

Day 6 #Preptober I went and downloaded the newest version of yWriter. I used it for years before my Muse went AWOL - this is free software from SpaceJock (the mobile app is about $22, but the desktop version is free). It's pared back hard compared to Scrivner, but it's always worked for me.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 29d

Oh no! You were so prepared right out of the gate! Oh well, that’s why we have a whole month, and why we practice being kind to ourselves. It’s also why I write escapist garbage 😁

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 29d

The whole “it can’t be that bad” thing. No matter how much we promise that it is in fact that bad, they can’t assimilate that idea. It’s too far from their experience.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 29d

It’s not the same as ‘all my bits hate each other and actively want to go their separate ways. So much so i don’t bother with the ER anymore, I can put this stuff back in at home.’

I think people have a great deal of trouble accepting disabled reality.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 29d

I see it in chronic pain circles sometimes too. A conversation about chronic joint pain from
Hypermobility will sometimes get a dismissive comment from someone who has indeed dislocated something. Once. For which they got time off and acknowledgement that this turn of events sucks.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · 29d

Day 5 #preptober features a redislocated shoulder, because I'm a wild adventurer in my sleep, apparently.

It also features the mystery of a decades-old crime against an unpopular minority about whom our heroes care quite a bit. I foresee justice and shenanigans in equal measure.

#50kWords30Days

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Oct 4

Day 4 #preptober features a shoulder I dislocated in my sleep and a main character timeline that overlaps itself because time travel!

The central theme seems to be that finding someone you can admire, even for something incredibly simple, can completely change your perspective.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Oct 3

My little plan for #preptober, including the four areas of failure I tend to experience and what I'm doing about them. I've met my writing time goal every day so far and pulled together a scene list (wildly incomplete, of course) to help me jump in.

Love this shot of my keyboard LoL!

The creative pursuit formerly known as NaNoWriMo

In 1999, 21 people in the San Francisco Bay area decided, for reasons known only to themselves (and those of us who followed them later), to embark on a month o

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CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Oct 2

Day 2 of #preptober
I haven't done my writing yet today, but I will. Today is for thinking about themes, the things in my #novelformerlyknownasnano that overlap across characters and plot threads.

Vast, cosmic events are in the works, sparked mostly by the desire to make someone proud.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Oct 1

It's October 1 - the beginning of #preptober where crazy writers the world over try to convince themselves it's not bonkers to take part in the creative explosion formerly known as #NaNoWriMo

I put all my background material into a folder and hyperventilated for an hour.

Good start.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 29

Florian fixed my shredder!!!!

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 29

I just spent 5 minutes reading about the difference between input and output devices in the office for my TAFE class. I'm not sure WHY I read the document... I guess I was finished before I realised it probably wasn't required.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 28

As always, Griffin was the most loved on creature at the vet, even in his final moments, everyone could see how beautiful he was. Good journey, little man - 9+ years is a good innings for a ferret.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 26

If the law doesn't protect everyone, then inevitably it will protect no one. By the time this resolves, it will be a rare person who hasn't worn the consequences to some degree. I hope you aren't crushed by the weight of the things you choose to do and say between now and then.

#existentialdread

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 24

It’s just about 10:30 at night and my eldest just made us a bowl of coco pops each and now we’re watching Bones. We have very specific spoon requirements.

#anxious and #autistic

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 23

Talking myself through my burnout. Not because it's a particularly helpful activity, more because I need to talk myself OUT of doing unhelpful stuff.

The surprise of feeling excited

The Burn For a long time, I’ve felt that I might have a bit of the old burnout… but it’s a much-used term that’s often nebulously defined, and the

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CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 21

With all the happy hippy arty people waiting for the tip shop art hall to open to peruse the bits and bobs

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 18

The Centrelink hold music is mind-numbing. My mind is numb.

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 14

I strongly suggest anyone in red shoes get off the street! It is BONKERS out there right now!

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 14

My team can't win anymore, so we should all play a different game.

Oooor, go with me for a sec, the parties could put together cogent policies that don't make us wanna scream and show some competence and leadership.

Rodney Croome @rodneycroome.bsky.social · Sep 14

CJ Wunsch @cjwunsch.bsky.social · Sep 7

introduced Jergal the death scribe to my homebrew campaign… the cleric is his sole acolyte and he’s protective of her because of her dedication to the keeping of deaths records…

our resident artist has rendered him as ‘bug daddy’ (in his Mantis form) and now he’s a thirst trap!

#DMproblems #D&D