stuff – Moe Lane

Summaries! And paperwork!

Today was a productive day, for given values of productive. I’ve been doing a bunch of paperwork for the SCA event I’m running next month, which is fun in that special not-really way, and I actually managed to sit down and block out how three stories are supposed to go. I am ashamed to admit that I was being too seat of my pants.

Soon? Soon, I do TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION VOL 2 surveys! Backerkit ones, to be specific. I’m having them check my setup now, just to make sure that I’ve done everything right. Expect to see surveys, starting next week.

…I almost typed ‘Yay!’ there. Sorry: it’s been a long week.

I clearly need to get into more things.

This happens, from time to time: I focus on stuff, and let everything else go, and suddenly I have less to talk about. So, what should I be getting into? What should my readers be getting into? That’s always a good topic of conversation.

I got nothing except a couple of book thingies.

It’s been a dull night, sorry. Oh, I’m going to be in on another online book sale next month. The last one moved a nice number of books, so I’ll be doing TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION this time. Get people hooked, and all that. And I should be getting the art for DUTIES soon. Likewise also cool.

But not much else, otherwise.

#commissionearned

Worked on THE SINISTER SUMMONING OF POPLAR COUNTY tonight.

This was something I did for Patreon, back in 2018; and it could do for Kindle Vella, if I turn it into the 8,000 word short story it should have been. I just need to put together a better conflict than the one that I had in the original. More accurately, a less rushed one. I’m thinking that something a little more madcap might be in order. Car crashes into haystacks and chickens flying around and maybe a running gag or two. I could make it work.

Of course, I also have other things to work on, but at least I have ideas percolating in my head now.

Not the best day (but with updates).

Various forms of crap going on; and that’s just the way it goes, sometimes. I decided to just do TINSEL RAIN additions because everything else felt slightly oppressive and I’m a little ahead of schedule for the monthly story for Patreon. Just as long as I don’t turn a couple of days off into two weeks, I should be fine.

Although, I should note: the three Tobias Marsh/Asenath stories (one has yet to be written) will be the new sampler for next year’s Kickstarter! I know how the third one is going to go, and it’ll make for a good triptych, so that’s sorted out. Tentative date for the Kickstarter to begin will be one week before Farpoint, so that I can advertise it at the convention itself. My wife suggested it, because she’s smart like that.

…Jeez, where did the day go?

I mean, seriously, I know that I was doing stuff and… stuff. And I could have sworn that I was posting stuff. But apparently… not. That’s kind of alarming, actually. Not really alarming-alarming, but weird.