July 12th, 2020…

Virus update. We’ve reached 3,964 known cases and 277 dead, according to updates posted yesterday. This means since last week we’ve had 220 new cases and 5 new deaths. I don’t have the updates for Sunday, so I’ll include them next week.

Book news. I’m publishing the third 20k short for Crimson Rose tonight. I’ve finished Ellyville’s third book, self edited it, gave to reader, and sent to an editor. I didn’t reach the 40k goal I wanted, but I’m off by 300 words. Sigh. I finished the short story for my mailing list, but it came out to be 4k words instead of the 5k I wanted. It’s also been self edited, gave to reader, and an editor. I added Bastet’s Daughters: Acinonyx to the order, which means this story will be improved.

Monday I plan to return to Cleo’s story and work on her 10k short. I might also add 500 words to Crimson Rose’s fourth short story. If not, I’ll work on it in July and August. When these are done, my stories for September and October will be done.

I’ll figure out what I want to do next since I can’t go four months without writing something.

I uploaded my twenty-fifth video on my Youtube channel. As usual, I talk about the same things I do here but maybe more. I’ve also been uploading gaming clips. Most are ten to twenty minutes long.

Gaming news. I played Sims 4 all day yesterday. Burned out on it again. Sword Art arrived today, so I’m installing it. Ubisoft’s leaks came out before the conference, so we know the release dates for Watchdogs Legion and Far Cry 6. I’m still working on the dragon puzzle. I need to take new pictures and post them on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Reading for the week. The cover images are posted on my Pinterest account.

1) Werewolves vs Cheerleaders by Mia Archer and Andrew Beymer.

2) Deadly Vows by Keri Arthur is book six of her Lizzie Grace series.

3) The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell is book eight of her Haunted Home Renovation series.

4) Chasing Emily by S. Hawk is book five of his Pet series.

5) The Fight in the Dog by Geonn Cannon is book nine of his Underdogs series.

6) Mrs. Mix Up by Candance Harper.

7) Finding Feathers by Morgan Redstone.

P.S. I started a mailing list. The page to join is: Linkage.

July 5th, 2020…

Virus update. We’ve reached 3,744 known cases and 273 dead, according to updates posted yesterday. This means since last week we’ve had 227 new cases and 4 new deaths. I don’t have the updates for Sunday, so I’ll include them next week.

Book news. I have a week left of writing to finish the third book for Ellyville. I’ve written 5,440 words to it this week. I overwrote my count by 440. Also, I’ve started a 5k free short story for my mailing list. It’s set in my Bastet’s Daughters setting. I plan to expand this setting more over the coming years, having finished most of the Dyalessia Games/Friends books. I plan to write three more, but after this I’m moving on from them. Later tonight I’m republishing Samantha’s short story for Bastet’s Daughters and Ellyville’s second book. Both have been sent to a paid editor and improved.

Tenses and redundant passages. Those are my bane. Every story needs tenses fixed. I’m trying to learn how to fix them during my self edits, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to. Sigh. Still, if this is what the editor needs to fix, it’s not a huge undertaking. Grins. The redundant passages are something I’ve improved on, according to my current editor. She’s seen my older stories and my new ones and commented on how different they are.

I uploaded my twenty-fourth video on my Youtube channel. As usual, I talk about the same things I do here but maybe more. I’ve also been uploading gaming clips. Most are ten to twenty minutes long.

Gaming news. Diablo 3 until Sword Art comes out this week. The dragon puzzle is closer to being completed. I need to take new pictures and post them on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Reading for the week. The cover images are posted on my Pinterest account.

1) If You Kiss Me Like That by Harper Bliss.

2) Managed by Chance by Amy DeMeritt.

3) The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee is book seven of her Charlie Rhodes series.

4) Facets of April by Erik Schubach is book one of his April series.

5) Catgirl Doctor by Brandon Varnell is book one of his Catgirl series.

6) Into Darkness by Terry Goodkind is book five of his Children of D’hara series.

7) The Wrong Date by Sienna Waters.

P.S. I started a mailing list. The page to join is: Linkage.

Mailing List.

It’s been something I’ve debated about for a while, but I decided it was time. So, I started a mailing list. I plan to send a new email on Sundays, for a while. It’s the same day I upload my YouTube video and post my writing status updates. This means I can include those in the email.

I’m not going to be someone who has the mailing list pop up. If you wish to sign up, I created a mailing list link in my links section. (I find the pop up to be annoying, so I decided I didn’t want it on my web page.) I’ll post the link when I write my update status and in my books, once I update the links in the back.

However, the link is: Mailing List.

Virus update. We’ve reached 3,517 known cases and 269 dead, according to updates posted yesterday. This means since last week we’ve had 179 new cases and 10 new deaths. I don’t have the updates for Sunday, so I’ll include them next week.

Book news. I’m working on the third book for Ellyville. I’ve written 4,970 words in it this week. Thursday I was feeling run down, so it took everything I had to write. This weekend, my throat is sore and I can feel my ears are aching. So, I’m thinking I have another upper respiratory infection. It happens throughout the year. In a day or two, the editor is sending me the suggestions for story three of Crimson Rose, Samantha’s short story I wrote three years ago, and Ellyville’s second book. I’ll get through Rose’s edits before my release in July while working on updating those older stories when I have the time.

I uploaded my twenty-third video on my Youtube channel. As usual, I talk about the same things I do here but maybe more.

Gaming news. Finished Last of Us 2. Played through the Western theme for Borderlands 3 new download content with Amara. Might do it with Flak. Diablo 3 runs again. Still using the greater rift tokens I’ve collected. My dragon puzzle is closer to being completed. Pictures can be found on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Reading for the week:

1) Sun Broken by Yasmine Galenorn is book eleven of her Wild Hunt series.

2) A Date with Death by Mia Archer.

3) Vampire’s Don’t Sparkle! By Mia Archer.

P.S. I’ve posted the covers on Pinterest.