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Criticism in the Digital Age

So in the past couple of weeks, two major series have concluded – Avengers: Endgame hit theatres, as well Game of Thrones finished. A prequel series for GoT is in the works and apparently Marvel is moving on to Phase 4 with no end in sight. I haven’t seen either – and let’s just say that public opinions are high on both of them.
This isn’t about how to criticize, or what makes for a good review. It’s about behaving in an online space where you’re interacting with fellow fans, creators, and ot...

Game of Thrones and Adaptation; Bursting with Books Events

I don’t have a finalized list of events where R.J. Hore, Larry Flewin and I will be selling books yet. Stay tuned, but if you’re in the Winnipeg-ish area, we’re potentially getting a last minute table at the Mother of Dragons Craft Sale. I only told Ron about it two weeks ago – I’ll be surprised if we’re in. I’ll post a list as soon as more is finalized. Keycon is a go, and I need to switch some shifts around to be at several events.

Editing is going slower than anticipated, but I am making g...

Dear Future Self; A Song of Ice and Fire

I know my publication record’s not been great – I’ve talked before about self publishing and while I have had two books under contract for the past two years, I haven’t been able to formalize any release dates. I get a bit of flack from other writers I see at shows, asking why it’s been at least five years since ToO’s release, why I haven’t really gotten anything else out.

The short answer is that I have been writing, but I’ve been a bit anal about the editing process. Not counting the two pr...

Review of Alita: Battle Angel

I got interested when I watched this.

 

That girl reminded me of my niece. So I took my niece to go see the film. Nervous as heck that it was going to be too gross for her. She really enjoyed it.

I also know nothing about the source material. I saw a 90 second clip from youtube from the anime after I got home from the film because you show a few people the trailer, Youtube reads you or something. So don’t ask me how it fairs compared to the source material.

Overall, think of it like high-end...

Coming of Age

I’ve always been the aunt who gives books (not mine!) for Christmas or birthdays. It became a cliche after a while. A few years ago, my niece shook her Christmas present and was like, “I wonder what it is – Lego and a book!” I responded with, “You’re sure?” She replied, “That’s what you always do!”

My sister was never as keen on reading as my parents were to us, so I tied in vain with a variety of good quality chapter books to get them to read. (Archie Comics, however, seem to do the initial...

Oh Those Chickens

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I won’t bore you to death about my trip. Had a great time, might have got some tendonitis in my right foot, have been back for just over a week and have gotten next to nothing done.

Shouldn’t say Nothing-Nothing. Pretty much sketched and drew for the past week.  Got relatively little written, and my editing plans have fallen by the wayside, as I haven’t been home much. Weather’s been super-cold (-42ish I’ve heard -49ish elsewhere in the southern part of the province) and we just got a ton...

Travel, Health, Vacation

Sorry if I was a little Vaguebooking with the last post in terms of what and where I’m going. In a nutshell, my seniority at work is finally starting to kick in, but at the station I’m at I’m technically still pretty low-rung. I was only able to take half a tour off during the summer for the last two years, but make lemonade and I don’t mind a winter vacation.

I was being a loser and not picking anything. And of all the places I managed to squeeze for a good deal, I’m leaving for Kauai on Sat...

2018 Round Up

In January, no less!

First year I think in a long time that I haven’t finished my Goodreads reading challenge. I used to plan to read about 50 books a year, but then realized one a week was 52 books. I’m not going to say I cheated by listening to short stories – the intent was to give me inspiration for my NaNoWriMo. I was really busy up until about two days ago, and then it was like everything calmed right down, with the exception of a few minor trades here and there.

Writing-Wise I am still...

Thoughts on Disenchantment, Nano

So much for my better start. I’ve been at 35k since Monday and I haven’t had a chance to get much writing done at work or when I’m at home. We had a new drug protocol that Clinical wanted us to get on before December, so between that and just a busy few days I haven’t had a heck of a lot of downtime. So my new goal is to hit 40k by month end, but if we’re dead at work and I don’t goof off, it’s possible to hit the 50k. Down to the wire, but doable.

The project isn’t taking off as nicely as I...

NaNo’s off to a better start this year

I’ve been not working as much as I want to on the project, as I gave myself a few other challenges, both writing and personal. I’m not talking about “clean my spare room” (which I did, by the way) so much as “edit this short, clean up this draft” and “spend the money on the gym, as much fun as free youtube videos are” sort of thing. The problem I find with a creative personality is that I have tons of creative ambition, but the real good stuff comes from cleaning up and revision. I find that...