A Day Off (A-)
I have the day off today. So that’s nice.
I’ve gotten some writing in, and will hopefully do some more.
I’m about 140 pages into Percival Gynt and the Academy of Death! Or, as I like to call it:
Which. Um. Is the same title, but bigger and I guess more frenetic?
If you’d like a spoiler, the chapter I’m currently working on is called “Her Dying Day,” and is set on the planet of New Old Draegh.
Or possibly Old New Draegh.
(But definitely not Old Old Draegh. That place is for losers.)
Possibly Old Old Draegh? Listen, I still have a draft to finish plus several revisions, so who knows? Maybe the planet will be called Bink by the time I’m finished!
Percival Gynt and the Academy of Bink! Coming in 2047.
Probably not that.
Anyway, I’m drinking a hot chocolate and my wife is sitting next to me reading a YA fantasy-mystery thing. Kid is singing in the dining room and sorting Pokémon cards.
(Everybody’s off because of the election. So if you want a dark undercurrent to my otherwise nice day, it’s that the fate of the country is once again up for grabs. Normally on days like this, I’m out there doing election stuff, but I am still in “do less” mode until morale improves.)
A few random thoughts…
Rewatched WandaVision and Agatha All Along ahead of starting VisionQuest, and that was maybe a mistake, because those first two are bangers—even better on rewatch—and VisionQuest, after one episode is… fine? It suffers from “WE NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT ALL TIMES!!!” syndrome, when WV and AAA* were great for largely the opposite reason. Also, it’s not clear what the STORY is beyond “here are some characters,” which is both a critique that maybe applies to some of my work too (so, y’know, back off, myself!) but also might resolve itself by the second episode? So far, I give this one a solid B-**.
(*Not just for roadside assistance anymore!)
(**Can a B- be solid? How do we evaluate the structural integrity of letters, let alone letter variations?)I saw half of the first episode of From, which is a horror show that just made it to Netflix. It seems pretty good, but also I am very unclear what the premise is. AND YET FOR SOME REASON I AM FINE WITH THAT, VISIONQUEST!!! A-.
I played Settlers of Catan with my kiddo for the first time and lost pretty badly. A+.
I’ve been sloooooowly reading and enjoying Drunk On All Your Strange New Words, by Eddie Robson. It’s a sci-fi mystery about the psychic translator for an alien diplomat whose powers get her drunk. Kind of. Might be able to finish today. A.
I have a good idea for a Star Trek roleplaying game. Yes, I know that there’s a perfectly good Star Trek roleplaying game out there already. (More than one if you’re okay with older systems.) But mine has two or three VERY Star Trek-y touches that I don’t think anyone has done before, so I’m putting something together for home use. A+.
Also, it’s a nice day out. Maybe I’ll go for a walk. A+.
Kiddo wants me to help them sort their cards. B-.
But a SOLID B-.
Better do that then!
See you next time!
