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  Happy Caturday!
  Hope you all are doing fine and get to experience some nice spring weather. Here it's been pendulating between rain and sunshine, and the wind still carries a bit of that north to northwest bite. But I actually don't mind it so much. I'm enjoying the brighter days, and appreciate the cool temperatures lingering a little. I'm just not made for those toasty summers.
  Unfortunately, I haven't managed to get any reading done these last two weeks due to health issues, but had an idea for something I could share with you all. I've got quite a collection of fantastic guides written by fellow Anvilites here in my pockets.
  As it seems to become a habit, let's start with one from a #Traveller friend: Mochi. Want to expand on the natural world, it's ecosystems and the lifeforms that bind them all together? Mochimanoban released their first part of a planned series to help you do just that.
 
  I don't know how many times I have linked this on the discord, but, it deserves to be mentioned again. Rachel Bentz's guide on writing settlements is truly in-depth and the three parts are really well paced, starting with the big questions and then diving into increasing detail in part two and three.
 
  In a similar vein, Qurilion wrote an excellent article on caste systems, that explains the concepts, provides examples, and what its place could be within worldbuilding.
 
  And for the last entry for this time, Morgan Biscup offers some excellent insights and tips on how to write technology that feels believeable from the lens of your world's inhabitants.
 
  Enjoy, and see you all next time!
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  Happy Caturday!
  It's been a while since the last entry, but I just didn't have enough energy to do both reading and writing - so I prioritized getting my latest article about stinky babies done. Been doing a bit better the latter half of this week, so I got both my planned reading done, half an article written, and a bit of painting underway.
  As for the actual reading part of this Caturday Reads blog, I got four great articles for you this week.
  The first one is a #Traveller shoutout, from our own amazing chapter leader AwsmChimera. Their character articles always paint such vivid images of the people they're about, with how they weave text, quotes, little story snippets, art, and even morif-music together.
  Next one is a fascinating phenomena described by PrippyMontyPoppyCock. These were one the WE'22 entries that really stood out to me, and not just for the eye-catching title. It's fun and odd and quirky on the surface, but has a such an interesting and deep explanation.
  The below articles by Kriltch have been sitting in my reading list a long time now, and I've read them before but really wanted to showcase them. They're probably among my favorites when it comes to weaving together knowledge of the laws of nature in a wholly in-universe manner.
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  Happy Caturday!
  How's your week been? Mine's been less than great but trying to scrape by as well as I can. Had to skip last saturday because I've just been way too sick. For the same reason, I kept this week's reading light. Let's get straight to it:
  I want to showcase another favorite from a fellow #Traveller, Elizabeth Trkova. One of their SC'23 entries about a condition that, while bad, may be a blessing in disguise protecting them from something worse.
  Next up is from last World Ember, written by Catoblepon. I'm cheating a little here as I didn't exactly need to re-read it, but I really like their stuff for Daeliha.
  Last one is by Jason Milliken, a really nice read and I liked a lot how the different paths were presented so succintly.
 
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  Happy Timezones!
  This week was all hectic days and exhausted evenings, but I'm glad I managed to get my reading done and some painting too despite that.
  How was your week? Any signs of spring yet? Here we had the weather throw us for a loop with some nice sunny weather during the week, pour snow over us yesterday and letting it all melt today, so we got a nice, wet mix of slurry and mud to greet us outside. On a more positive note, I do notice actually waking up to a bright morning has improved my mood a lot.
  Today, I thought I'd showcase a favorite from a fellow #Traveller, Sh4d0wPh03n1x. A must-read if you're thinking of getting your own sustainable, flying heat source.
  I also ended up re-reading the first three scenes of Rin Garnett' urban fantasy story The Demon of Starr Island. Words are failing me a little, but shortly said I love it and can't wait for the next part to drop.
  Last one is a Summer Camp '23 submission, by Tanai Cuinsear. It's a really good example of how a bit of origin and history can give something that at first sight might seem quite simple and light a lot of character.
 

Bonus

I'm still a bit too mentally tired to word a lot and word well, so writing is still very slow. Painting is going better though, at this rate I'll have at least one colored piece for each of my planned (and already written) species from Biegjun.
 
  Have a lovely weekend, and see you next week!
 
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Good timezones everyone!

  Welcome to the beginning of my personal reading challenge: Caturday Reads.   The plan is simple: pick a number of articles, read them through the week, and then share them in a journal entry every saturday. The last step is both for the sake of personal accountability, and because wanted to show my appreciation for all these great pieces, written by so many fantastic people, by sharing them here with you.   To keep this activity stress-free and engaging long-term, I've jotted down a few guidelines for myself:   1. I will not feel obligated to comment on articles.
2. It's okay to skip a week if I'm not okay; there's always next week.
3. I should aim to read 2-4 from my reading list every week.
4. Reading articles from new authors found on the discover tab is an optional bonus.   Let's see how it goes. And like, immediately disregard one of my guidelines by posting five entries. :-)   I'll start with two from the very bottom of my list - the 'Oldies but Goldies' - that's been sitting there from before my long hiatus between 2020-2022. (Both which I now noticed I had, oops, appeared to accidentally double-click the like buttons of - time to finally remedy that)   Summer Camp and World Ember have always been fantastic events to easily discover new authors and worlds.   I even found someone that writes in my native language! And their worldbuilding is great:   Hope you enjoy these as much as I did, and see you next week!  

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