WIP Wednesday – Aug 2

Hey all, Sam and David back again today.

It’s our last day of work before driving to Gen Con…which starts tomorrow. Yes, that’s right. As soon as we get off work tonight (since Sam technically gets off around 2:30-3 AM), we’ll be making the 5-ish hour drive to Gen Con. Our first day at the convention will be a little bit sleep deprived, but that’s okay.

Sam

Reading: Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones, Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Heretic’s Guide to Devotion & Divinity by Eventyr Games

I don’t know why I didn’t include The Heretic’s Guide to Devotion & Divinity in my July Wrap-Up because I did read most of it in just a couple hours the other day so I’d be in a good position to talk about the book for Tabletop Tuesday.

Anyway, it’s been a pretty decent start to my August reads, and I’m hoping to read plenty more this month, which I’m excited about. It feels really great to have my reading drive back again.

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, Face the Night by Lani Forbes, Strength Check by Katherine McIntyre, Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfhart

Why yes…I am already deviating from my August TBR, but you know what, I’m going to Gen Con, and I’m in a fun fantasy and geeky romance type of mood. I’ve really been pushing myself to try and keep up with all of my NetGalley releases the past couple of months, and it hasn’t left a whole lot of time for other reading, and there’s so many other books I want to read and talk about too…so hopefully Strength Check and Forged by Magic read quickly.

Watching: Sorry…I’m not reporting anything here. As long as the strike continues, I’m not talking about or promoting anything TV/Movie related. Yes, I realize that I could talk about anime, since that’s under a different organization and rights deal, and I could talk about some of the TTRPG APs that I watch…but I’m just going to not talk about anything in the watches until the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike reaches a conclusion.

And yes, I am still watching stuff, and still keeping a list so I don’t forget. And I have seen some pretty cool things lately, so I hope an agreement can be reached so I can talk about everything again, but I moreso hope an agreement can be reached because the writers and actors deserve to get the recognition and pay they deserve for all the work they put into giving us so many shows and movies.

Writing: I’ve done blog writing, and I’ve done a little bit of Weekend Writer related creative writing…but not much else. However, I am attending the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium for the next four days…so hopefully that will give me some stuff to talk about for this category next week…and hopefully it will also help me really get back into the groove on writing more again.

Other: Literally all we’ve managed to do the past few days is sleep, get up and make food, go to work, then come home and repeat all over again…so there’s nothing I can really contribute to this particular section of the post this week. I haven’t done any gaming, I haven’t done any crafting or anything…yeah, I’ve basically just been reading and blogging.

David

Reading: So while waiting for Sam to get off of work I have managed to get a bit of reading done. Mostly manga is what I have been reading. ‘You Like Me, Not My Daughter? Volume 1-3’, Big Tittied Goth Girlfriends in Space Volumes 1&2, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out Volumes 5&6, and I managed to finish the rest of Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World Volume 3 Light Novel.

Out of my reads this week I think You Like Me Not My Daughter has been my favorite, but I enjoyed all of them. I definitely need more Big Tittied Goth Girlfriends in Space though.

Watching: One Piece episode 680 or so is where I am now. I’m super close to the final bout with Don Flamingo, at least I hope I am. I’ve managed to get to episode 22 of DBZ, which is just a watch while I do other stuff sort of thing lol. I am thinking about watching some Gurren Laggan again because I loved that series as well.

Printing: I have finished printing all of the goodies I plan to hand out at GenCon. I still need to clean up the brims that are left are quite a few of them but we should have plenty to hand out to people.

I have not made any progress on the Goblin Slayer or Green Goblin this week. I do however have finishing touches to add to a full scale dark saber from the Mandalorian. Oh and printed a bunch of tiny sugar cubes for our buddy Jeff, which was fun because I made sure he had a lot of different colors to choose from.

I’m hoping to have plenty of pictures and maybe some short videos to post up on the Instagram as we go have fun at GenCon. See you there fellow geeks!!!

Well, that’s all from us for today. Let us know what you’ve been up to in the comments, because we’d love to know. Thank you so much for stopping by, and we’ll be back soon with more geeky content.