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April 12, 2021
Today I learned how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
11 year old me is amazed at my brainpower. 51 year old me is amazed at how complicated the instructions are. Every me in between is wondering why the sudden interest*.
Moe Lane
*My kids are using them as fidgeting devices.
April 11, 2021
If I write the book this summer, do I really need to do NaNoWriMo?
I mean, the point of NaNoWriMo is to write the book*. If I’ve already written it while I’m waiting for people to get back to me with edits for other books, do I really need to do it again? I mean, I’ve already got at least three books on the publishing schedule for this month. That takes up time.
Of course, the counter-point is: if I write during NaNoWriMo, then I have two books. That’s a consideration.
Moe Lane
PS: The book I am thinking of writing early will not be set in the Fermi Resolution.
*I understand that this is not the point of NaNoWriMo, for other people. For me, the point of NaNoWriMo is to write the blipping book.
Tweet of the Day, I Have A Curious Sympathy Towards This Man edition.
No doubt I will stop being so, if and when I ever hear the rest of the details of this case. There’s always an unfortunate detail. But for this one moment in time I will chuckle indulgently. You have to respect this kind of professional dedication.
Via @JoePCunningham.
"Man Charged With Driving Stolen Car Appears for Zoom Hearing From Inside Another Stolen Car" [@loweringthebar] https://t.co/li2hr1VMWh
— Walter Olson (@walterolson) April 12, 2021
04/11/21 Revisions, MORGAN BAROD.
Chapter 21 and Part 2 are now reviewed. I’m almost caught up with my alpha reader, so I can dial it back a little. Or possibly do five chapters tomorrow and wait for the rest. Either way, the goal is to be ready to get the manuscript ready for beta readers by the end of the week. Huzzah!
Patreon Microfiction: Marching Through Texas.
I kind of want to write the full story found in ‘Marching Through Texas,’ but I would undoubtedly get one of the buttons wrong and then everything would just go to Hell. I may write it, anyway. As the philosopher said: sometimes you just wanna lock the controls, and send the [expletive deleted]er right into the sun.
Patreon!April 10, 2021
Good game tonight.
But GMing dreamscapes is hard. The problem isn’t thinking up weird things; it’s describing them. Especially when the iconography that makes sense to me doesn’t make sense to everybody else, or sometimes anybody else. I’m not entirely sure that I properly considered the inherent difficulties of this In Nomine campaign, honestly.
Well, at least we’re having fun.
Book of the Week: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Kate DiCamello’s The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane was assigned to my youngest child’s fifth-grade reading class. I’m following along with it because of the pandemic thing, and… it’s good. Not ‘a good kid’s book’; just ‘good.’ My own kid loves it, mind. He’s also paying attention to it, which is even better.
04/10/21 Revisions, MORGAN BAROD.
Chewed through the Vampire City, fixed it up all nice and proper, and… there are extensive reader notes on Chapter 20 and 21. I seem to recall feeling vaguely eager to speed on through, and get on to the next part. WELP, I’M GONNA PAY THE PRICE FOR THAT NOW!
Seriously, though, this is moving along pretty good. I might have the first write-through squared away by the end of next week. Then it’s beta-reader time!
