Wow! What a month July has been! Actually, I think part of my reaction has to do with the way June kind of collapsed in on itself. So let’s get to the reminder of what I set out to do in July.
I Want to Read:
– Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
– The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne JonesI Want to Write:
– at minimum 1 chapter of A Promise Broken
– rework at minimum one scene from the Space Ghosts tale
I’ve managed to read both those books and the carry-over from June (The Angel’s Cut). I’ve managed to write five chapters of A Promise Broken and finally get myself a decent idea of how and where the book is going to end. I had a decent idea, but I knew this was the part that would need the most work plot-wise. It’s pretty exciting! I’ve been busy planning out what to do next and where to go from here — part of which has been entirely depressing — but I admit I’ve been slightly distracted from the Space Ghosts as a result. I did get some work on it done, but not a whole scene.
August is going to prove to be another interesting month because I’m anticipating dedicating a lot of my time to reading Strange Chemistry books for the reading month.
I Want to Read:
- Blackwood by Gwenda Bond (September 2012)
- Pantomime by Laura Lam (February 2013)
- Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon (May 2013)
- Playing Tyler by T. L. Costa (July 2013)
- Stolen Songbird by Danielle Jensen (April 2014)
- Feather Bound by Sarah Raughley (May 2014)
- Essence by Lisa Ann O’Kane (June 2014)
I Want to Write:
– at minimum 1 chapter of A Promise Broken
– rework at minimum one scene from the Space Ghosts tale
I’ve actually already started Stolen Songbird. But then I was good at put it aside. (Also, I wasn’t in a reading mood because I got distracted by writing and gaming.) I’m about a quarter of the way through, so that’ll probably be my first book of the month. I suspect that I won’t get through all of them, but we’ll see how it goes. If I manage to stick to my schedule it should be perfectly doable with some time to spare. Writingwise, we’ll have to see what I do. I’m still a little uncertain about how well the next bit I have to schedule actually works and I’d like to poke at it some more. I hope it’ll be something easy to fix. After that I’ll have rebuilt much of the original buffer that I lost due to circumstances in the beginning and I think I might start to vary it with shorter pieces for The Little Engine That Couldn’t that I’m aiming to publish this winter. I’d like a few short stories about Jan in it and I look forward to having a bit of a break. A Promise Broken is such a sad book in so many places and Jan offers up quite a few cheering opportunities. It’ll be fun. I’ll also be continuing to poke at the Space Ghosts and Jan’ll be a nice distraction for that as well.
So… Quite an ambitious month as far as months go. After that… We’ll see.
Okay, so Sailor Moon is technically not a film, work with me. I dithered a bit about doing this, but hey. It seems like fun and I have a fairly long history with the show and was excited about the reboot. Also, several of my friends and dwircle members were also interested in the reboot, so hey. Why not? As long as it’s fun, right?
Oh, yeah. In case this isn’t entirely obvious, HERE BE SPOILERS, especially if you’re an American and not inclined to be up really early. I will undoubtedly find a better scheduling system as I go on, but I’m pretty sure that you can count on these being a once-a-month post. These will also be primarily reaction posts from a long-time fan, so please don’t expect too much analysis or intelligent commentary. (There may be in comments, though!)
