When Spring Spills Messily Into Summer (A June Update)

Hello kind readers,

it’s been a hot minute, hasn’t it? Life’s been filled with several things. Small adventures into the city, gatherings of extracurricular projects and a short trip home. But to all those things in a bit. How have you been? Is your seat cosy? I hope your drink is to your liking and that it calms your heart a little – because life’s not in a complete standstill.

Life Between Lessons and Breaths

As said – Life is still being life but it is a little less work heavy as I’m still at school, pushing myself from lesson to lesson and only escaping by small little trips to the city’s centre or a short gathering at the mall a few stops away from here.
Coming week, there are only a few last evening events, small gatherings of authors, staff from publishing houses and a bunch of future booksellers and media sales managers. It’s lovely because you get to exchange information of the book market branch and a lot of awesome stuff.
Otherwise, I’ve been home for one weekend and despite the trouble of time management, it was just wonderful to be home for a short bit, to meet a few friends, drink a coffee or two. Or simply talk for a bit longer, catching up as far as it goes. The time was short but precious.
And else, I’ve something planned for the end of this month. But until then, I’ve still got to wait a few weeks.

Ink Stained Fingers and Written Paper

In all honesty, I did not expect to write the following words for this month. TWaTST is not entirely done but the rough draft ist standing. However, I’m not going to continue working on it for now as whatever I want to add, change – I need a bit of distance from the first book. But! I got the first 1k words into the second book (AEMaTRP). At least, the first draft. How far I’ll work on it, I cannot say right now. It might be that I will take an entire break for a couple of weeks or so before I return into TWaTST’s world and continue on one of the projects which also linger on my laptop.
For now, I can say that I am writing. Just not what on. However, whatever it is, it is going to be good.

A Reader’s Diary and A Music Lover’s Letter

Most of my time, if I listened to music, it was very instrumental heavy. I tuned in more to that because it helps with writing, to set a scene or to just get deeper into the emotions I want to portray in a scene. Or for reading.
There were a few not-instrumental songs. Such as „don’t be afraid“ by sophiemarie.b, which is a bit of a general go to piece. Another is Josie Edwards‘ „good girls“. It is slightly haunting but very beautiful. A third one, because third time’s the charm: „Good At Writing Love Songs“ by John Michael Howell. That song is a bit on a bittersweet side. But it really sets the scene.

Reading wise, I’ve no idea if I’m doing good or actually struggling a lot and just too blind to really see it. Currently, I’m reading „Lichterloh“ by Sarah M. Kempen, a coal punk inspired novel by a German writer.
Otherwise, over the time, I finally finished my e-ARC of „Of Monsters and Mainframes“ by Barbara Truelove which is a bit of a weird (in positive sense) way to combine fantasy and scifi and it works incredibly well! Heavily enjoyed it.
At the end of last month, I finished Modern Divination by Isa Agajanian and I’m looking very forward to Quiet Spells next year because I love Theodore and Aurelia a heck lot!

But anyways – I know the cup is not entirely drained and we gladly can sit here for a bit longer. I’ll gladly listen.

With kind regards,

Skylar