Dog Days of Summer
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Dog Days of Summer
In which nothing is accomplished
Its the dog days of summer and everything in my creative life feels….motionless. Maybe its the collision of day job and kids home and different sports to chauffer them to making writing life harder to progress. Maybe its the wee one sleeping…terribly - everything is foggy after a certain amount of time with no sleep. Maybe its that existential threat of AI again, ballooning into a deeper dread about the rule of Silicon Valley in general. Or maybe its precisely the canine-ity of the days that is causing this stagnation.
Whatever the case…
But I am trying to write. To draw. To keep going. I'm keeping my head above water. And I'm taking my time where I need to.
Because it's the dog days. Things aren't supposed to get done. We're supposed to relax and enjoy the summer sun, the cool breeze, the pool, the beach, the sprinkler on the lawn. Time with friends and family. New books (I bought 2!).
I hope you're enjoying the summer. I hope you're getting lazy days and rest. Getaway adventures and great food. New books.
I hope you're taking your time.
Summer will be over before we know it.
DOODLE
Its taken me a long time to finally complete this drawing. But its done! I have a secret dream to do a Zombie Shark Highway graphic novel one day.
WHAT I’M WORING ON
I'm still formatting ZSH but it should be ready soon. The closer I get to being done the more excited I am to share it with you. Good Tier subscribers will have access to the story in full as a downloadable ebook, Authorstrator subscribers will be receiving the ebook chapter by chapter in the serial experience the book was originally written for! I'm hoping by Friday we should be ready to get this shark summer under way.
I'm writing my MG project that's been on hiatus for a while now. My writer friend kicked me into gear and at last the pages are filling up. Will it be done by summer's end like I planned? Ha! No, it will not. But it will be on its way.
There's been some great discussion on Chat! Thanks to everyone who participated and offered their thoughts on AI and Star Wars. I really enjoyed the respectful and insightful comments from everyone who participated. If you're interested in joining but not sure how to, I wrote the instructions here.
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And that’s it from me! Til next week!
Dog Days of Summer
I'm cheering you on! I think it's important and valuable that you're setting goals and working on writing but also balancing with enjoying and being in the moment, especially with family and friends.
It's encouraging to hear someone else recognize that value and the importance of patience. I'm behind where I'd like to be in the editing process for my book as I'm eager to publish it and share it this year or next year, but I also remind myself that I'm working on it and doing good work, and that "patient and steady" is key.
Sooo exciting that you're formatting your ebook!! One of my writing goals includes self-publishing an ebook. I have no idea where to start -- for example, which program? Any chance you're planning to publish your learnings? Hehe.
This was another great newsletter that I enjoyed reading! I wish you wonderful family time and with friends :)
I really went out of my comfert zone and started to read The Witcher. I might not survive 😱