Weekly writing progress:
I have finished line/proof editing the second novel. I'm on my final read through, about 1/3rd of the way through the book. Somehow I used beat (like a drum) instead of beet (like the vegetable) in one place even after all the edits, so thank the gods I found that and spared you all the abject horror of running across it ;)
I'll probably be done with the read through by the beginning of next week at which point I'll put it into Atticus and format it. That process only takes a couple hours. Then it's copyright, assigning it an ISBN and that's it. Hard to imagine, really. It all seems to go by so quickly
I just signed off on the final version of the cover illustration. They'll do text within the next week and then my e-book could technically be up for sale in two weeks, but we'll be waiting a couple months here. I want to get my second short story out to my email list and continue working on ads, and get the book out to ARC readers before the release.
What I'm most excited about is to get started on editing book 3. It's been almost five months since I've even looked at it, and I'm ready to get in there and rip it apart.
What I've been up to:
TV
We've been watching Shogun and I like it quite a bit. A feudal Japanese setting will always hold some nostalgia for me due to the sheer amount of anime I've watched and video games I've played that were set in that period. Hiroyuki Sanada (who I've always loved), Anna Sawai, and Cosmo Jarvis as the three leads have been knocking it out of the park. The set design and costuming are next level as well. Also, shout out to Tadanobu Asano and Tokuma Nishioka who steal every single scene they're in. Casting on this show was just perfect.
Solo Leveling continues to be exactly what I signed up for and I'm not mad about it. 100% a middle of the road anime with fun action sequences and a fun world.
We watched Wonka and there is a lot to love about it. Timothee Chalamet did an excellent job, the visuals were gorgeous, the songs were actually quite fun, and I think the movie really, really works as a *movie*. I do not, however, think it works as a successor/addition to the original. Certainly better than the Johnny Depp version, but it just doesn't have the same magic as the first. It has a type of magic, for sure, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the movie to anyone, especially anyone with kids, but there's a darkness and mystery to Gene Wilder's version of the character that adds a lot of depth to the movie and that's completely missing here. The plot is also QUITE a mess. I specifically remember a sequence with a giraffe that made no sense (How did you get it out of the zoo? How did you get it into the vehicle? WHERE did the vehicle come from?) Maybe I missed the answers to those questions. But still, overall I would say I really enjoyed watching it.
Books
The Fires of Heaven - not much to say that hasn't been said. I continue to read through it. I usually read faster than this, but I just haven't had the time.
Games
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth - again, not much to say. The game is good. I'm slowly making my way through it. Reading and video games have taken the largest hit with regards to my free time. I've been spending more time on editing and back end stuff with my book than I was previously.
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