1. My AC broke for like 5 days...incredibly not fun. Pretty much living in a hot cave with all the lights and electronics possible turned off, still sweltering but survivable. Not exactly premier writing conditions however.
2. Also had to babysit 2 dogs and 4 cats for a week, one of which was my cat who decided that in addition to all this she should get sick all over the house with every fluid and solid available to her so...so much fun!
3. Back to work now. I'm just kind of floating around between all my projects at the moment, if one seizes my fancy for the day then I stick with it and then I'll flirt over to something else tomorrow. Not exactly the most structured or efficient I suppose, but I'm enjoying the novelty.
4. Gave up on handwriting again...for now. Something I enjoyed while doing, but after having to spend a week typing/editing 80 pages into my laptop while getting nothing "new" done, I remembered why I only write by hand as a last resort. Plus my wrist was dead for half of June...
5. Edit on Glassbreaker is going good, even if I'm obviously not rushing this one out like I did the last one. When it gets done it will get done. And you'll enjoy it, I hope :)
6. Outlined the SUPER SECRET PROJECT. Well...one of them ;) Even wrote the first 500 words or so!
7. One chapter down on FM7's school story, 7 to go, partway into the next already. King Henry being King Henry!
8. Renamed the Vicky Welf POV sections from Glassbreaker to "Vicky Welf and the Mancy Masquerade" which I really love as a title...do kind of want to use it as a story, but unsure if I have time to work on it before FM7. Also don't know if ANOTHER novella/side novel would be fair to you fans. Know you're already pushed to the limit as it is :) But...there's a lot of good stuff I can do with it. It will take place just prior to FM7 during the Old Mancy winter party scene and I think you can imagine how crazy rumors and gossip is spreading through the supernatural community during the intervening months from Eureka.
9. Gush? What's Gush? Actually I opened the file up the other day, how 'bout that? I looked at the first page, oh yes I did!
10. Westworld S2...wow, umm...again I don't like being negative towards other artists, but, man, WAY too smart for its own good this go around. When you're getting Neo talking to the Architect Matrix 2 vibes then something has gone seriously wrong!
11. With the whole AC and animal babysitting thing I did have TONS of time to catch up on television. Watched season 2 of Versailles, great show if you're into historical stuff. Flew through season 2 of GLOW also, still love the 80s nostalgia that show blasts you with. It's just off the charts! Halfway through season 1 of Ozark. Pretty dark. Also, since about 25% of my genetic pool comes from that area, a little terrifying!
12. Dived back in anime again too. My Hero Academia Season 3...this show just does hype and OMG moments about as well as any media ever has. Megalobox...only part way through it, love the 80s/90s-esque art style, a bit annoyed they dropped the mecha-boxer-rig angle to have the main character seem like even more of an underdog. Bit too much. Saiki K season 1...hilarious stuff, loved it. Tried Re:Creators, didn't dig it. Lot more I need to catch up on and try! Plus, Attack on Titan Season 3 coming up!
13. No movies really...
14. Books. Reading "The Great Game" by Patrick Hopkirk. It's about Russia and Great Britain fighting over Central Asia during the 19th century. Lots of intrigue, political backstabbing, traveling adventurers...great non-fiction read if political history is your thing. Finally picked up "Silent Falling" by Patricia Briggs. She's one of the authors I kind of read just to keep up on Urban Fantasy and what's going on in the genre. Also halfway through "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon (started reading the Outlander series because I liked the Outlander tv show, because I like the exec producer Ron Moore who made the 2005 Battlestar series, so...the Cylons made me do it) and that is one thick book. Makes FM6 look slim in comparison. Like, my kindle winced when I downloaded it.
15. Anyway, hope you're all having a fun summer. Stay cool, read, watch, and enjoy life.
16. Oh, yeah...World Cup semis tomorrow! I think Belgium probably deserves it the most, but I just really want to see a France vs. England finals for the hype of it all.
Glad to hear you're still alive and editing - can't wait for the Glassbreaker. Also, I for one love the different PoVs in the novellas, and would hate to miss out on a Vicky one now your been teasing us with it!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to, but...so much of FM7 to work on :(
DeleteKeep writing in the KHverse and no matter if it be shorts, novellas or novels, I wi) keep reading and buying.
ReplyDeleteAnd beyond the KHverse too, right? ;)
DeleteI'll read just about anything you are willing to give us!
ReplyDeleteLove your stories! Also, are the stories of Annie B's vampire form inspired by the SCP Foundation's descriptions of vampires? (SCP 2191)
ReplyDeleteNever heard of SCP Foundation before. I came up with my version of vampires in 2008/2009 as a reaction to Twilight and it's huge influx of clones making vampires even more boring than they'd already been for the last few decades. Just...everything was the same across all these different series. And sparkly, can't forget sparkly. So I shot for originality and my shelled blood parasite-amoebas are what I came up with.
DeleteWell, I must say you've succeeded magnificently! I can't wait to see more of the vampires, especially Inanina and Nii-Vah. They seems like very interesting characters and it'd be awesome to learn more about their origins.
DeleteNot only that but it seems like you've got great material to work with when it comes to Ceinwyn Dale being raised by vampires.