cindy's cadlights 8g: on writing deadlines! :O

[cindyp]

Could be colonial hydroids. Get rid off them. They can spread rather quickly.

 

 

Looks like hydroids to me too. I would scrape them off with a scalpel/razor blade..should be easy to remove them .

 

thanks, friends. they are super gross.

 

and i tend to be a bit squemish about things, but

Playing Goddes to the tank, I RULE ALL and handle

bristle worms and stab giant amphiods and all sorts

of shit.

 

RAWR!

 

[Maniu]

thanks, friends. they are super gross.

 

and i tend to be a bit squemish about things, but

Playing Goddes to the tank, I RULE ALL and handle

bristle worms and stab giant amphiods and all sorts

of shit.

 

RAWR!

 

Lmao

Dictatorship is the way to go

[owenj]

 

 

 

thanks, friends. they are super gross.

 

and i tend to be a bit squemish about things, but

Playing Goddes to the tank, I RULE ALL and handle

bristle worms and stab giant amphiods and all sorts

of shit.

 

RAWR!

 

Handing out ass whoopins and bubble gum

[cindyp]

hello, friends!

 

been busy catching up on life and all my

to do tasks after turning in my sequel draft.

and now, i've leapt into an unsold sci fi that needs

an overhaul before i hope to try and send it on

submission to editors (to hopefully sell in a great

deal for more corals! ha!).

 

author events and travel begin in a few weeks

time, too. it's going to be a busy rest of the year.

my novel comes out in september.

 

here's a mini update of the tank.

 

 

here's a view of the tank today. i had scraped off whatever

was on the dendro twice! not sure if i didn't do a good job

the first time or that it grew back. anyway, i think it was

damaging the dendro, if you see that dark spot? i think it

was creeping up and encroaching on it. blasted parasites!

 

pink zebra nem is settled in, but still not grabbing food

with its skirt and folding closed to eat as i'm used to from

all my other flower nems. otherwise, seems to be doing okay.

it does throw it's stomach out, so i'm hoping it's catching

food that way.

 

in foreground, blurry pic of my new ironman mushroom.

it is a really beautiful gold color.

 

 

as you can sort of see here, but still doesn't do

it justice. my super saiyans are also glowing nicely.

i thought those things were gonna die, and i'll admit,

i don't do much for them. and would often stick them

somewhere out of view. ha!

 

no second flower nem. trying to decide on some things.

rumor has it that ASD might be getting another big

shipment in of RFA too. will keep posted.

[kimberbee]

I love your goby peeping out from the back!!

[gena]

hello, friends!

 

been busy catching up on life and all my

to do tasks after turning in my sequel draft.

and now, i've leapt into an unsold sci fi that needs

an overhaul before i hope to try and send it on

submission to editors (to hopefully sell in a great

deal for more corals! ha!).

 

author events and travel begin in a few weeks

time, too. it's going to be a busy rest of the year.

my novel comes out in september.

 

here's a mini update of the tank.

 

 

 

here's a view of the tank today. i had scraped off whatever

was on the dendro twice! not sure if i didn't do a good job

the first time or that it grew back. anyway, i think it was

damaging the dendro, if you see that dark spot? i think it

was creeping up and encroaching on it. blasted parasites!

 

pink zebra nem is settled in, but still not grabbing food

with its skirt and folding closed to eat as i'm used to from

all my other flower nems. otherwise, seems to be doing okay.

it does throw it's stomach out, so i'm hoping it's catching

food that way.

 

in foreground, blurry pic of my new ironman mushroom.

it is a really beautiful gold color.

 

 

 

as you can sort of see here, but still doesn't do

it justice. my super saiyans are also glowing nicely.

i thought those things were gonna die, and i'll admit,

i don't do much for them. and would often stick them

somewhere out of view. ha!

 

no second flower nem. trying to decide on some things.

rumor has it that ASD might be getting another big

shipment in of RFA too. will keep posted.

Hey stranger . Everything looks like it's doing really well!!!! Let me know when you are up signing books

by me!!!!!! I will come see you and buy your book .

[antsypants]

Just caught up on your thread

Looks like you've got things under control! Bummer about the hydroids though, annoying little guys. Make sure that when you're removing them to do it outside of your tank as they can potentially get caught by the current and start a new colony somewhere else... Resilient punks

 

You're definitely tempting me with all your rock nems just BTW :S

[owenj]

I'm not hugely into shrooms, but yours sure are purrty!

[cindyp]

Hey stranger . Everything looks like it's doing really well!!!! Let me know when you are up signing booksby me!!!!!! I will come see you and buy your book .

i definitely will. thank you, GENA!

schoolstuff with kids is getting so

busy too. happy for spring break.

I'm not hugely into shrooms, but yours sure are purrty!

i love them because they are so

easy! ha! tho so have been my dendro

and balano. i think my 8g turning

into shrooms and flower nem tank.

 

how's the writing? i've my work

ahead with this unsold novel revising.

my first non fantasy novel--HARD. ha

Just caught up on your thread

Looks like you've got things under control! Bummer about the hydroids though, annoying little guys. Make sure that when you're removing them to do it outside of your tank as they can potentially get caught by the current and start a new colony somewhere else... Resilient punks

You're definitely tempting me with all your rock nems just BTW :S

i haven't even tried to tackle the

hydroids! they are around for sure.

i'm feeding tank a lot for the feather dusters.

 

the flower nems are so great!

[DaveFason]

Looking sweet! Still enjoying the light?

[owenj]

i love them because they are so

easy! ha! tho so have been my dendro

and balano. i think my 8g turning

into shrooms and flower nem tank.

 

how's the writing? i've my work

ahead with this unsold novel revising.

my first non fantasy novel--HARD. ha

Flowers and mushrooms. Sounds like a pretty nice garden to me The fluorescence on your mushies is amazing. I'm a bit too scared that they'll run rampant in my tank and I'll never get them out.

 

Oooh, breaking into new genres! You brave soul writing is going ok. Got some feedback from a market along with their kind rejection that they thought the pacing was too slow, which I kind of suspected so I'm giving that a look-see this weekend before sending it back out. And finally breaking new ground on a short story while also still doing outline work for the novel. Getting into the last stretch of law school too, plus my brother is graduating from undergrad this spring so there's lots of family stuff going on! Does your fam have any plans for spring break? (Mine just ended )

[cindyp]

Looking sweet! Still enjoying the light?

 

i am, thank you, dave!

 

Flowers and mushrooms. Sounds like a pretty nice garden to me The fluorescence on your mushies is amazing. I'm a bit too scared that they'll run rampant in my tank and I'll never get them out.

 

Oooh, breaking into new genres! You brave soul writing is going ok. Got some feedback from a market along with their kind rejection that they thought the pacing was too slow, which I kind of suspected so I'm giving that a look-see this weekend before sending it back out. And finally breaking new ground on a short story while also still doing outline work for the novel. Getting into the last stretch of law school too, plus my brother is graduating from undergrad this spring so there's lots of family stuff going on! Does your fam have any plans for spring break? (Mine just ended )

 

you sound even busier than me, maybe!

ha! my pea is graduating from 6th grade

and there is A LOT of activities coming up.

 

good luck on the short story and outlining for the

novel--it sounds like good progress considering you

are a full time law student. i'm amazed!!

 

and yeah. the non fantasy novel (it started out

as cyberpunk but i really don't think it is--i think

it's maybe near future thriller) began as a short

story--my first published one in an anthology. i really

enjoyed writing it and it wasn't scary because it

was a short story. so it didn't matter that it wasn't

fantasy, which is my comfort genre.

 

well, my book coming out in september was on

submission for over TWO YEARS and i kept getting

from editors: cindy is a great witer, can we get something

from her that ISN'T asian fantasy? *grumbles*

 

so that's why i wrote this novel. i do love it a lot, but

it also needs work, and it challenged me in ways that

fantasy didn't because the prose and the language and

the themes were all different than what i'm used to.

also technology, etc etc.

 

but i'm having fun. i think it's important to stretch

and challenge yourself as a writer with each new project.

[owenj]

I'm not really full-time any more, though three classes in law school doesn't feel very "part-time." I'd be busier if I wasn't being lazy and procrastinating

 

Pfff, nothing wrong with Asian fantasy though...without context that sounds a bit wrong . Glad you're having fun writing the SF novel. I have a sort of closet desire to try my hand at steampunk one of these days.

[cindyp]

hello friends! we are in spring break here

so i've been busy with the bubs at home.

but i did make it into ASD today and they have

A LOT of gorgeous RFA.

 

i had had my eye on this peach zebra striped

from a few weeks back. it still wasn't sold!

so now it's mine! that makes FIVE flower nems

in my little 8g, friends.

 

she's big, at least 2 inches across. and glowed

nicely under ASD lighting. will be interesting to see

how she looks under the moon lights.

 

otherwise, the tank is doing well. both worms seem

to be doing all right. i'm getting overrun with sponges

(the kind that look like fingers). cleaned some of that off

today. i love getting dirty with the tank.

 

[FlowerMama]

yep, now you see how the addiction happens!!!!!

[cindyp]

yep, now you see how the addiction happens!!!!!

 

for sure.

 

also, i think my pink zebra striped is weird.

maybe they are all perneskity. or however you spell

it. yes, i'm a writer. not a speller.

[nismo_sky32]

She is beautiful! Nice addition

[cindyp]

She is beautiful! Nice addition

 

thank you, nismo!!

 

here are some dusk fotos tonight. the peach nem

isn't super glowy, but i still love her.

 

 

here's my peach and green ric. one of the oldest corals in the tank!

 

 

and a side view of the tank with the sexies doing their

thing on my green monster nem.

 

[FlowerMama]

I always love the pics w/ sexies and white anemone crabs on rfas.

[cindyp]

I always love the pics w/ sexies and white anemone crabs on rfas.

 

the sexies move around. but green monster nem

is definitely home base. one "owns" it more than the

other too--probably the bigger sexy. ha!

[ReefWeeds]

 

OMGOSH IT IS DARLING!

 

no, i didn't even know you were a painter!

you might have mentioned in passing? i love him!!

 

how long have you been painting? what medium is this?

I was just reading through your thread! I'm also a painter! Great to find other artists here

[cindyp]

I was just reading through your thread! I'm also a painter! Great to find other artists here

 

yay! what medium? feel free to share!

 

how long have you been painting??

 

i am an author by trade (though i don't make much

money, tbh) and painter by hobby.

[ReefWeeds]

 

yay! what medium? feel free to share!

 

how long have you been painting??

 

i am an author by trade (though i don't make much

money, tbh) and painter by hobby.

I paint mostly in oils, but I like acrylics, oil pastels and watercolors too. How about you??

 

I've been painting for about 25 years (gawd that makes me feel old). I'll have to post some!

 

Very cool about being an author! What kind of things do you write?

[cindyp]

I paint mostly in oils, but I like acrylics, oil pastels and watercolors too. How about you??

 

I've been painting for about 25 years (gawd that makes me feel old). I'll have to post some!

 

Very cool about being an author! What kind of things do you write?

 

i'd love to try that medium.

 

i have been learning chinese brush painting for

14 years now! i still feel like a baby student. haha!

so it is similar to water color, but has its own aethetics for certain.

 

i write speculative fiction!

chinese inspired fantasies (published)

and trying to sell a near future thriller. i hope!

 

yes, please do share some of your art!

[ReefWeeds]

 

i'd love to try that medium.

 

i have been learning chinese brush painting for

14 years now! i still feel like a baby student. haha!

so it is similar to water color, but has its own aethetics for certain.

 

i write speculative fiction!

chinese inspired fantasies (published)

and trying to sell a near future thriller. i hope!

 

yes, please do share some of your art!

VERY cool on all counts!!! I love chinese brush painting but have never tried it myself.

 

Here's one I did in January titled Shooter. It's oil, 6"x6". I've had a major creative block since the end of January and haven't painted much. I need to get back to it.