Weekly writing progress:
- Editing on book 2 is going very smoothly. Better than expected, to be honest. I'm only a week or so away from finishing my editing pass and then I can start line editing and proofing.
- Posted on socials and groups for ARCs and preorders and had a very positive response. Multiple additional ARCs signed up and a number of preorders as well. I'm pleased :) - Again, if anyone happens across this blog and would like to sign up, you can do so here.
- My book is going to be on Netgalley for the month of March to attempt to net more ARC reviews.
What I've been up to:
TV
I finished Pluto and it turned out exactly as I thought it would. I was hoping for a more nuanced, fresh take on the premise, but it gave me a somber, dry, joyless version of a theme that's already been beaten to death by plenty of other, better stories (Bladerunner, Ghost in the Shell, etc. etc.). I'm also not a huge fan of "and then there were none" plots, so maybe I was doomed not to like this from the beginning.
Tokyo Vice season 2 continues to be amazing.
We watched all of Avatar: The Last Airbender live action in the last week. I could genuinely write 10k words on how I feel about this version of the story, but this isn't a review blog. I'll try to keep it short-ish: The magic of the original eluded this version in myriad ways, but the most egregious changes they made had to do with tone. Part of why I hold the original so close to my heart is that it managed to tackle pretty heavy topics without actually going too dark. I'm confident this is why Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino left production. The darker tone strikes me as studio meddling, and, surprise surprise, it doesn't work. To say nothing of the many, many examples of weak writing in the shows script. I'm sure a lot of people will love it, but it's simply not for me. Again, I could go on, and there are some good things to say about it, but writing up a wall of text critiquing this show is not a good use of my time.
Books
I'm 70% of the way through The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. I've been slacking on reading, but it's not because I haven't been enjoying the book. On the contrary, the book is phenomenal.
Games
I'll be finishing Prince of Persia today. 9/10. It was an excellent example of the metroidvania genre. My only gripe is that post game clean up (if I had chosen to do it) would have been hell because they do not have any options for purchasing maps to point you where all the left over collectibles are.
Helldivers 2 is the other game I've been playing, and I'm enjoying it immensely. If you have gamer friends I strongly recommend you all buy it and kill some bugs/bots together.
See ya next week!
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