Weekly writing progress:
I got in! - I'm now an official contestant in the SPFBO X (or spiffbox if ya nasty). This is kind of the biggest fantasy indie book competition there is, so I'm super happy that I'm even participating. My book was assigned to Fantasy Faction to review, and to say I'm excited is a bit of an understatement.
On the actual book editing front, I've made moderate progress. I finished drafting the chapter I wanted to, and I've spent a *lot* of time retooling one of my character's arcs in my head which will eventually include another 1-2 chapters from their POV. I will likely need to go through and edit from the beginning and make the changes I want as I go in order to do a good job on those chapters, so that will take time. I have to say, I do feel like landing this plane may take longer than I was hoping, but we shall see.
Not EXACTLY writing related, but I was informed this week that I'm a dunce for not having a linktree, which... yes. Yes, that's just true. SO anyway that's up and running - linktr.ee/MJLindemann
If you're on my ARC list, I plan on sending out ARC sign ups for the second book today if possible, so look forward to that!
Do make sure you sign up for my email list at mjlindemann.com if you haven't in order to get your free copies of my short stories!
No other news on the writing front!
What I've been up to:
TV
We finished The Bad Batch and it was soooo good. Action packed finale with some noble sacrifices and excellent character development. I loved the little epilogue they had. Loved the show from start to finish!
I finished the first season Hell's Paradise. Definitely a fun season finale with a really cool fight sequence at the end, and an interesting (if a bit cliche) twist that should pay off in the second season.
We started Renegade Nell and we both are really liking it so far. The lead actress, Louisa Hartland, has a truckload of charisma, and I've been genuinely impressed with *most* of the fight scenes (of which there are many).
Other than that, we've just been watching Abbott Elementary which continues to be cute and entertaining. They have such an amazing cast of characters on their hands it's hard not to love them.
Books
The Lord of Chaos has managed to keep my interest pretty well. I like that there is a lot more time spent on characters that actually do magic in this one so far. I feel like despite having some really cool battle sequences in the first 4 books, Robert Jordan held back a bit too much on the "fun" part of his world until book 5. It still has some pacing issues and the sheer number of named characters is... I mean I literally can't keep up with them, but overall I'm really liking my time with this book so far.
Games
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth - I finished it! Just over 100 hours of my life spent on this game. It was amazing. I really liked the ending even though I'm NOT a huge fan of timeline hopping stories. I think they've managed to thread the needle on this one so far (mainly because there isn't much timeline hopping for the main cast). My issue with timeline hopping is that a pervasive feeling of "nothing matters" ends up happening to me, and I hate, HATE, having "replacement" characters from alternate worlds. It's a double whammy by cheapening sacrifices while also giving me a really gross feeling that now there is this weird impostor walking around with the main cast. With that said, I think they are gearing up to converge all the timelines into one in the third installment, and that's something I'm ok with. I'm really quite excited for the next game. Now to play through the game on hard mode! Which I will do over a long while and probably not be updating anyone on.
I'm not sure what the next game I'll play is yet. I may take a break and spend the extra time reading. We shall see!
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