This past week was calmer than most, so I completed several projects around the house and prepped for the Month of Writing. I also indulged in some retail therapy and am now the proud owner of several more books of poetry.
Reading
I have had more time to read lately, though that time has come in small, intermittent chunks rather than large, dedicated blocks. To match this, I have been reading through my back issues of genre magazines Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, New Edge Sword & Sorcery, and Dreamforge. When I have slightly larger blocks of time I dip my toes in the wonderful Invisible Work: Borges and Translation, by Efraín Kristal.
Writing
Today is the first day of The Month of Writing (formerly NaNoWriMo), and I am undoubtedly writing something at this very moment, as this post goes live.
Weekly Writing Prompt
Subject: Possession, Relic
Setting: Border Town
Genre: Slipstream
Listening
Another amazing mashup by Bill McClintock: Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone – “Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)”
Interesting Links
- “The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant” (Tom Moore, The Center for American Democracy)
- “The Pivot” (Charlie Stross)
- “Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules” (Eli Hager, Pro Publica)
- “The Future of Science Fiction Conventions” (Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz, Our Opinions Are Correct)