I Wasn’t Going to Post Today…

I have a fragile right shoulder. Merely raising it over my head the wrong way when I’m washing my hair in the shower can hurt it.

This time, it was stupidity. When I was gaming earlier in the week, it started to twinge. I should have stopped playing, but I was having too much fun. I’m paying for it now. I won’t be able to game until my shoulder feels okay again, which will hopefully be soon. Every day it feels a bit better, but I doubt I’ll be able to game until Monday at the earliest, and I’ll have to be careful.

Lesson learned: When shoulder twinges, stop playing. I’ll lose an hour or two of gaming that day, but if I keep playing, I could lose days.

Fortunately I’m adept at mousing with my left and right hands, so my left hand is driving the mouse right now. Unfortunately using my left hand while gaming doesn’t work well because the default control scheme in games is suited to right-handed players. I could remap all the keys, but I’m too lazy to do it, and it’s best to give gaming a break for now, anyway.

Typing is okay, as long as I don’t do a lot of it. I’m prioritizing my fiction writing over everything else. I worked on Deiform Four and Daros 5 today, so I figured I’d just update the WIP section of the site and leave it at that.

Then I read Kobo Writing Life’s blog (I’m doing a lot of reading and Netflix watching while my shoulder recovers). It’s about a huge summer-end sale they’re having this weekend, so it’s something I need to tell you about today.

In a nutshell, all books published through Kobo’s Writing Life platform are available for 50% off from today until August 31. That includes all my books, and all other books published by independent authors. If you’re a kobo shopper, this is a great opportunity to stock up on ebooks.

Details here: http://kobowritinglife.com/2015/08/27/save-your-readers-50-on-kwl-titles-on-us/

In other news, I’ve finished my major revision of Deiform Four. It now clocks in at 68,000 words, and it’ll go to my editor in early January. I’m much happier with this draft. Everything that bothered me about my first crack at the personal stuff has fallen by the wayside.

I’ve put the draft aside for now, and will edit it with fresh eyes when I’ve finished the first draft of Daros 5.

Enjoy the last weekend in August. Time flies!  

I Wasn’t Going to Post Today… is a post from: Sarah Ettritch