Update: October 2022, aka the homestretch

October 6, 2022

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The thing about time, it’s going to keep moving forward whether I’m ready or not. And I’m not ready. Things got a bit out of control with all the traveling I did in August and September, and I’ve got more traveling coming up – I used to do this all the time, why is it so hard now! So I just gotta keep up. Triage the to-do list. The result is a constant state of playing catch up. Or at least feeling like I am. My feelings often have nothing to do with the reality of the situation…

This month’s lesson: The basics. I share the 11th grade writing worksheet that helped me become a better writer.

The Cormac and Amelia Case Files is out in the world! OMG it’s a book! And people are buying it! Woohoo! (This links to the newsletter that has all the relevant links for ordering. )

MileHi Con in Denver is this month, October 21-23. I’ll be there! I’m on the usual panels and stuff. Let’s do this!

What I’m working on: Revising a novel. The long slog. I’ve printed out the manuscript, I have a list of issues to address, and I’m reading it over, putting sticky notes on places that need work — mostly, it’s adding scenes to round out a couple of plot threads, and tweaking the rest. After, I’ll take the marked up manuscript and enter the changes on the document file. It’s going well, it just takes time. Ugh, that time thing again…

I need to do fall chores around the house. At least it’s finally sweater and fuzzy sock weather.

What I’m watching: I want to do more of a write up as I catch up on things, because I have some thoughts. I’m watching She–Hulk, The Rings of Power, Andor, and the second season of Only Murders in the Building. (See, I watch more than genre franchises! Although I had this really terrible dream last in week in which I was taking a creative writing class in the building in the show, not with the main characters but with other people who lived there, and it was just awful, I had to wake myself up.) I’ve not seen any movies lately, which given how many movies I used to watch is strange. But yeah. I need to do some longer write-ups on franchise expectations and tone, and when reactions tell you more about the person reacting to the show than the show itself.

The short version for now: She–Hulk is cute, and as a long-time Tim Roth fan I’m fully on board with Emil Blonsky being a big part of it. I adore The Rings of Power because it has color and light and I can see what’s going on and I like most of the characters. Only a few episodes into Andor but I really like it, too, for lots of reasons, most of them personal. Look, I have the West End Games Star Wars RPG Corporate Sector sourcebook and…basically my rubric for liking anything Star Wars is “Does this remind me of playing the RPG?” and the answer here is yes.