Hi guys.
I haven’t done one of these in over a month for anyone who’s keeping track. That is because not much has changed in my world… still.
New Steps
Still working on my novel. The plan I made for myself was way too ambitious. Or rather, I underestimated how long each step was going to take me. To that end, I revamped the schedule to give myself more time for the baby-step deadlines. What is a baby-step deadline? It is basically a smaller piece of a larger goal or step in the big picture. Plugging away, slowly but surely.
The Breakdown
I have been reading a lot of same-sex romance books lately, my escape. Not a surprise because that is what a lot of my writing is as well. Over the past few months, I think I have read upwards of a hundred books. Most of them are closer to long novella length than full length novels, but still… a lot of reading. And no, I didn’t purchase all those books. Most of them are ones I already had on my Nook which I haven’t read in a long time, so I re-read a lot. I have been reading some lately that have to do with one of the main characters having a disability of some sort. The last one, the man was in a car accident and became deaf. The story was about him learning how to navigate the world all over again. It brought up many interesting points, such as a hearing person pointing out that a deaf person has a beautiful voice didn’t necessarily mean anything to them. The same way a blind person wouldn’t necessarily be flattered if someone told them they were attractive. I’d never thought about it before.
Living Life
I’ve been staying in a lot, trying to make my savings stretch as long as possible, hence the uptick in my reading. My sister and I recently got a monthly subscription to Regal theaters. For $20 a month we can go see as many movies as we want. I have been taking advantage. In the last month I’ve seen about ten movies. I used to love going to movies. But they are expensive if you do it frequently. This is a good way to do it.
There is a thunder storm rolling through. I think I’m going to close this out and sit by the window and listen to some thunder, read (surprise), and have a cup of coffee.
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