Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

2026, wow! o_O I've decided to do the

snowflake_challenge again for January. :) I enjoyed it so much last year, even though I think I posted a grand total of six of the fifteen-or-so prompts. It was delight and brightened my winter immensely. So here we go again. :)

Day 1: #1: Icebreaker Challenge: Introductions!
Day 3: #2: Pets of Fandom (CW: Pica's recent passing.)
Day 5: #3: Love Letter to Fandom
Day 7: #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page (Fic from the past week.)
Day 9: #5: Wishlist!
Day 11: #6: Top Ten (Random songs.)
Day 13: #7: Self-Positivity
Day 15: #8: Creative Process
Day 17: #9: Favorite Trope(s)
Day 19: #10: Big Mood (Board)
Day 21: #11: Grant a Wish~ (No post! I've been granting wishes without collecting them.)
Day 23: #12: Fellow Fan Love
Day 25: #13: Community
Day 27: #14: Fandom Primer Reclist (SVSSS)
Day 29: #15: How'd Your Snowflake Challenge Go?
Day 31: #16: Friending Meme Comment :)

Snowflake Challenge: A close up shot of an owl ornament hanging amidst pine boughs..

Snowflake Challenge: Three men wearing santa hats standing on the beach at sunset

Snowflake Challenge: A mug of coffee or hot chocolate with a snowflake shaped gingerbread cookie perched on the rim sits nestled amidst a softly bunched blanket. A few dried orange slices sit next to it.

Snowflake Challenge: A pair of ice skates hanging on a wood paneled wall. Pine boughs with a few ornaments are stuffed into the skates.

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

A gold snowflake ornament is nestled amidst pine boughs

Current Mood: cheerful

7 Days, 7 Stories

I've been missing the unhinged creativity of having zero story, only vibes, so I was thinking I'd do some fun little warm-up type noodly short story sketches over the course of a week, for the Get Your Words Out challenge for April. (The challenge post is over here.)

Day 1: April 21st — Tourist Ba-teka (Short Story)
Day 2: April 22nd — 3 Sentence Batfic: Hallucination
Day 3: April 23rd — In Choosing (Poem)
Day 6 & 7: April 26th & 27th — Neon Gothic (Short Story)

Masterpost Roundup

If every challenge has a masterpost, then—of course—this necessitates a masterpost of masterposts.

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows and gingerbread cookies. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

To start out 2025, I'm participating in the

snowflake_challenge for the month of January! The Snowflake Challenge is a fun, casual, fandom-related posting challenge. The series of prompts, posted on odd-numbered days, are designed to encourage sharing bits about yourself and the things that bring joy. I figured, "What better way to delve back into DW posting than with a low-key challenge?" :)