Wed. Jan. 17, 2024: A Half Snow Day
image courtesy of uknowgayle via pixabay.comWednesday, January 17, 2024
Waxing Moon
Uranus Retrograde
Cloudy and Cold
The photo above is not one I took, but it looks very much like what things looked like around here yesterday (and even this morning).
Over on Ink-Dipped Advice, I have a post about creating LOIs that get attention. You can read it here.
Today, we have two serial episodes going live.
The first is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 103: Niall Causes Trouble
Niall throws a spanner into Gaston and Lianna’s plans.
The second is for DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 53: A Visit with Barbara Ferdinand
Nina visits Barbara in the hospital and gets some answers.
Yesterday morning, during the snow, I managed to draft three episodes of THE VICIOUS CRITIC. They were flowing well, so I didn’t want to stop (except to look up some geographical things in the Village I couldn’t quite remember).
But it still took longer than I would have liked.
I had a quick pause in there to purchase the tickets for CARMEN, because my mom is so looking forward to it. I noticed that this morning’s talk at the Clark has been postponed. I emailed them, just to check, and figured that I would simply have more time in the library today. Or go in later. I have to dig out the car, so I will probably go in a little earlier than I planned to the library, but later than I planned leaving the house overall.
I did about a half an episode of LEGERDEMAIN, but I was running out of words and stopped. I will finish it this morning, and then I’ll be all set for tomorrow’s upload.
I’m working on the concept of the “Severance” video, so that I can create it this weekend and have it ready for Tuesday’s release. Structurally, it will be similar to the other videos, but the tone of the novelette is much darker, and that has to be reflected in the style. I’m playing with ideas, visuals, etc. I’m not physically storyboarding, but I’m mentally doing so, and rearranging to find the best order, so that when I sit down to work on the video, I have a good sense of it.
I grabbed some small coverages, but they’re not immediately due, so I gave myself the afternoon off coverages. There was some admin that needed attention, but the storm was worsening, so I spent the second half of the afternoon (from about 3-ish on), I was on the couch finishing THE RAGING STORM (yes, I get the irony).
Willa and Charlotte were having a dispute about whether there was room for both of them in the kitty condo. Willa ultimately triumphed, and spent time dashing up and down to every platform, happy she won. Charlotte returned to sitting on me. Meanwhile, Tessa sneaked off and nested in my bed. The cats had a busy afternoon.
The Ipsy bag arrived, and that was good fun. I’m only getting them every other month this year, because I have so much still to use, but they’re always enjoyable.
This morning, I’m going to get some writing done before I dig out the car, head to the post office, put some gas in said car (obviously not at the post office), and then head off to the Clark for research on the Bibiana family. My horoscope said today that opera would be a major factor in the day, which makes me laugh, since they were often set designers for opera.
Have a good one!
