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September 16, 2022
Kind of a weird day today.
Tried to get to a movie, but there was a scheduling bobble and it didn’t happen. On the other hand, it was a beautiful day and I was able to restart the story, so that’s good. I’m also hoping to get considerably more writing in this weekend.
Oh, and the new chapbook’s out, but I’m not gonna nag people about it. [EDIT: …Much.]
09/16/22 Snippet, BUZZ ON THE STREETS.
Genre savvy!
Patreon!Sofie did not wake me up with her knocking, knocking on my office door, but only because I was up already. I figured she would walk back into my life just after sunrise, and I had her arrival time pegged to within twenty minutes. I like it when shenanigans — I wasn’t going to call this a Case yet — are that predictable.
I even had a pot of coffee going, because I’m classy like that. “Morning, Sofie,” I said as I opened the door. “Apology, explanation, or cryptic warning?”
She looked at me, blinking. “You can’t tell me you have a patter for this!”
“All right,” I replied, and gave enough of a pause for her to notice. “But I do have coffee. You want a cup, first? It’s early out.”
Movie of the Week: THE A-TEAM.
I have an irrational love of THE A-TEAM. I know, I know: it has its flaws. All I know is, this scene is off the hook when it’s up on the big screen…
…and I am an easy man to please when it comes to movies. I was talking about that to my wife the other day, in fact: mildly bemoaning the fact that I was That Guy. Her response? So, why don’t you just be That Guy?
I have a smart wife.
So, they’re doing a sequel to CONSTANTINE.
Guess I’m gonna have to watch the first CONSTANTINE now: “Warner Bros will develop another installment of the 2005 supernatural thriller Constantine, and the studio is re-teaming star Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence, who made his helming debut on the original.” I yeah, I dunno why I’ve never actually sat down to watch it. I kind of blame the way CD drives went away on computers. It’s just a hassle these days to catch non-streaming flicks on my PC…
Via GeekTyrant.
#commissionearned
PSA of the Day, I Know That None Of MY Readers Need Be Told This edition.
But we still need to get the word out. Tweet after the fold because @ZODIAC_MF is nearly the Platonic Ideal of Not Safe For Work. And it is a glorious thing to see*.
PSA pic.twitter.com/9Yt55FvaLR
— ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER (@ZODIAC_MF) September 16, 2022
*You know how, when most people say they don’t care, they’re really just trying not to get two-for-flinching? …Zodiac legitimately does not care. Watching his would-be trolls eventually succumb to cognitive dissonance poisoning is one of the few unadulterated joys of Twitter.
September 15, 2022
DUTIES is now available in Kindle, KU, and print!
DUTIES is my latest illustrated chapbook:
Four tales of obligations! Four stories, each with its own illustration! And each with its own hero! There’s the killer robot of MEATBAGS, who cannot wait to tell you what he thinks about humanity. Then there’s the clever cleric of THE FIGHT IN THE GROVE, fighting to save the forest from corruption and blight! Joining them is the weary wisecracker of PROCESSING DUTY, buried deep in the darkest shadow of the Cold War. Lastly is MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER, and his machinations in a funhouse mirror of two centuries. Read this cross-genre romp today! (Four stories, each with its own illustration, thirty-two thousand words total.)
And with any luck, I’ll have copies in time for Fright Reads. Slowly but surely, I develop a catalog…
#commissionearned
Tweet of the Day, Unclaimed Metaphor Availability Alert edition. (Possibly NSFW)
A metaphor for what? …Well, that’s why it’s unclaimed! The possibilities are endless.
Uhm… it looks like this wrecked semi spilled a load of dildos and lube all over I-40! Great camera work, @news9! pic.twitter.com/bdFh3hGuNs
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) September 15, 2022
September 14, 2022
Mental health day today, tomorrow.
Going to try to get enough sleep, sit down and block out some stories instead of just writing blindly, and generally defocus myself. I need to do some time management work on myself, honestly. Best to do it now…
September 13, 2022
‘Sweet Baby James.’
I already did ‘Fire and Rain’ this year. Besides, I genuinely enjoy this song.
