August Recap: Life Events and An Announcement

So, we are not completely at the end of the month, but in my opinion it is close enough to post the August recap. (Translation: If I wait until the true end of the month, I will forget too much of what happened in the past 4 weeks.)

Let’s start with some general occurences that took place in this neck of the woods (not literally, we live in the suburbs)…

Muffin had his orientation for preschool. He had so much fun he didn’t want to go home. Hopefully this bodes well for the next year or even more.

White Fang completed film camp. He was the editor-in-chief, and learned a lot of valuable software and teamwork skills.

We had company. Which was a big deal because, due to living in a house sans enough space, this does not happen very often. Plus the visitors were two of my most favorite people in the world, so it was all-around exciting.

In reading:

I finished a few indie titles, and posted reviews on Goodreads. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of The Tomb of the Sea Witch by Kyle R. Shultz, as well as Alexis P. Johnson’s Chivalry’s Children, and I recently finished A Matter of Temperance by Ichabod Temperance. Since I’m currently bingeing on self-published authors, expect to see more GR action on that front in the near future.

In writing:

There has been a disgusting lack of this lately. Or maybe I just needed a break? I did complete a manuscript of Volume 2 as it stands (Mach 3.5 or something), and submitted it to my beta-readers. This was a terrifying but wise decision. I was becoming too blinded by what I saw as the flaws, so getting some outside points of view will be extremely helpful.

Also I selected a new cover design for the re-launch of Volume 1 (happening very soon! *watch this space*), and chose covers for what will be the companion novel to the series (probably a prequel, ’cause I just can’t help myself), and the “field guide” (a sort of mashup of a manual and more backstory on certain characters).

By the way, that’s the announcement — the re-launch of Masters and Beginners (through an online distributor) shall indeed be occurring forsooth! More on that quite soon, I’m sure!

In entertainment:

The Atlantic Craft released a new Minecraft music video (“Save Our Crown”) that literally brought me to tears. Dammit, guys. Good job.

White Fang and I stumbled on an amazingly-great-surprise movie: The Space Between Us. 

The Space Between Us is SO sweet and touching, I cannot even with all the feels. I checked the rental DVD out for myself, and about halfway in knew I had to share it with White Fang, too. (We also raved about it to our company.) I haven’t been that impressed with a contemporary YA romance in about forever. Highly recommended.

In random things:

I’ve realized I still don’t like kale, hip-hop, or Star Wars (sorry, fans), and I want to try eggplant fries.

I turned another year older. (No more will be said about that, under pain of infinite pain.)

White Fang and I have watched a nearly obscene amount of The Big Bang Theory.

Oh, yeah, and there was a solar eclipse.

So, there we have it! (more or less — perhaps going with the less) How was your August, moths? Anything super-exciting for September coming your way?

(Note to the calendar: PLEASE SLOW DOWN. I refuse to accept that it is nearly fall of a year that I swear was still in March about yesterday.)