Hit the ground.

Day 9

Commit an Act of Kindness. In your own space, share what you’ve done, talk about what you’ve done, or simply leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I found a worm of some sort in my bok choy. Rather than squish it right away, or throw it out the window, I put it in a glass jar with an extra leaf and let it go in a nearby park the next day.

As acts of kindness go, it wasn't a radical one to shift the world. It's probably been eaten by a bird by now. But I felt that if it'd survived all that way through the organic farm to my kitchen, the least I could do was let it live out its last days in something close to nature.

Ride the silver train.

Day 10

Create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I wrote the first 300 words of the "Dawn runs away to Sunnydale" Set Off Like Geese sequel. It'll be a while before anything comes of it - or for the other Wesley/Gunn piece I want to write in that universe to get written - but I've made a tangible commitment to it now.

Given that I'm about two months out from the completion of the heavy edits on the current version of my ongoing WIP, after which I can take a short break before beginning the red pen phase, I feel pretty good about a 300-word foothold. It means I won't be starting from scratch.