I had a wisdom tooth removed last week and the surgery went well but a stiff jaw, headaches and exhaustion kept me from live streaming for awhile. Instead, I’ve been uploading STARDEW VALLEY highlights to my YouTube channel and setting up my new work space.
Here’s a picture from the 35-page assembly manual for my big corner desk. Yikes! Baby Jewels did most of the construction while I supervised.
I’m super excited to have a studio/office again. Back before I started my gaming channels, I was a writer and a jewelry designer. I wrote novels, articles and short stories, and my jewelry was featured in the books “Steampunk Style Jewelry” and “1000 Steampunk Creations.” I also had a crafting and jewelry-making channel, JLHjewelry, but I haven’t uploaded new content there in four years.
Not long after I started streaming Fallout 4 and Skyrim on YouTube, we moved and I no longer had a place to write or make jewelry. I could do a little bit, here and there, wrote a little fanfiction and made a few things, but it’s really difficult without a place to keep tools and materials, or a place to sit comfortably and work without distractions.
Also, in 2018 and 2019, my husband and I had several health issues, and that kept me from having much ability, energy or spare time to make things, anyway.
We’re doing much better now and we’re in a bigger place where I have room to work again. I’ve got some writing projects in the works, but I’ll still play games, of course, such as Cat Quest 2 and Outer Worlds on Twitch.
~ J.L. Hilton
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