I skipped last month’s newsletter because I couldn’t focus around the election. Then I was helping Iron Circus get it’s Black Friday Sale ready. So November came and went. Now I’m mostly planning stuff/to do lists for next year.
I’ll be at CALA (Comic Arts LA) Decemebr 14th and 15th. I’m not selling my own stuff. I’m representing Iron Circus. But I’ll have copies of Failure to Launch if you want me to sign that and I’ll be on a panel at 1pm on Saturday. But since the full moon is the 15th, that means no werewolf movie.
Instead of a werewolf stream I’m gonna do a charity stream on Christmas Day. I’ll be playing Slay the Princess and taking donations for the Trevor Project. If you are unfamiliar, the Trevor Project is for suicide prevention and support for LGBTQ+ youth. And Slay the Princess is an indie game where you have to kill a princess to save the world.
I’ll start at 9:30 am PST on my twitch. I’ll be going until I finish the game, which is estimated to be 12-14 hours. So where you want something to do on Christmas or just want to pop in to donate, please join me!
My other streams are in a bit of a flux timing wise. Because I like to have a cohost. Joe has been getting into their local tenants’ union and hasn’t had time. Alina’s dnd stream has been moving around a bit. I’ll have something more nailed down in January. But Sunday’s I’m still playing Baldur’s Gate 3 at 8pm PST.
Since I’m rearranging when I do my streams, most of the stuff folks might have missed are minorish-updates.
- The New City Between story started and is up as the main image.
- It’s also up on the site’s comic shelf.
- I did a poll about if patreon backers want me to post the morning before my streams. While yes is winning, there is enough people who don’t want their email cluttered, that I’m gonna see if I make a tag that will let people opt in.
I’m still trying to get Glass Diamonds completely written. I have roughly 20 pages left. So if I can find time to sit down and do it, then shouldn’t take too long. I feel like a lot of stuff I need to finish has been stuck at an almost done phase.
I also gotta go through and take stock for my store. The Better to Find You With and The Dead Deception are almost sold out. So I probably got to remove the City Between pack out of the store, while adding Murky Water.
While working, I’ve been watching a lot of youtube essays. I particularly like this video by Broey Deschanel titled Was Denis Villeneuve Right About Dialogue? which goes over the trend in Hollywood to be dismissive of writing in favor of visuals. I always like her videos because she really digs into film as a medium and it’s history when going over these topics. And when I think about the movies that fell flat for me recently, they are all ones that put visuals first.
Last month, I mentioned reading No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull. I liked it enough that I immediately grabbed the sequel We are the Crisis. I’ve been thinking about both books a lot since I finished them. Every characters point of view adds to the big picture which increase it’s complexity while still making the character understandable and relatable. I hope there are more books in this series, because I feel like it keeps getting better.
And this isn’t a book I read recently, but it’s a series I constantly enjoy. Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire is currently kickstarting a fancy illustrated version of the books. I highly recommend check out the series even if fancy hardcovers aren’t their thing.
That’s all for this month. Have a good one everyone. Enjoy your holidays and stay safe.
