Hey all, Sam and David here.
It’s hard to believe that it has already been a week since our last post. I promise that the regular schedule of posts will be coming back. I just really need to take the time to recharge from the burnout situation I put myself in by pressuring myself to do so much on this blog and to consistently think about content and do work to prep for even more content. It was a lot. So, for the moment, we are doing this weekly post, and everything else will be coming back……probably by the beginning of October.
Anyway, each week we do this post to help ourselves keep track of everything we’ve done in the past week. That’s everything we read and watch and write and paint and craft and do. Some weeks we do more than other weeks, but it’s still always nice to have a place where we can keep track of everything.
This is also a place where you can share the cool things you’ve been up to as well, so let us know in the comments. Let’s celebrate our daily or weekly or monthly achievements with each other.
Let’s get started.
Sam
Reading: Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian and Small Favors by Erin A Craig are the two books I completed in the past week, so not a lot of progress, but still something. Between some before bed reading and some reading on one of my days off work, I was able to finish this reinterpretation of the tale of the Lady of Shalott, aka part of Arthurian legend. And then as the perfect late-summer read, at work I managed to read this Erin A. Craig release that has been on my shelf for longer than I would have preferred.
So, I didn’t take the book to work that I had planned to over the last week. Oh well. It just means that it is my work book for this week, so I have Duel with the Vampire Lord by Elise Kova on my work reads list, and since I get out of work early on Friday and Saturday and have to sit around for a couple hours waiting for David, I will be listening to more of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan and narrated by Rosamund Pike.
Also on my current reads/soon-to-read list are two of the books from my September NetGalley reads list, because I have honestly completely neglected that so far this month. I’m hoping that Mammoths at the Gate by Nghi Vo will be a quick read because it is a novella. I also have Heart of Night and Fire by Nisha J. Tuli, which is a romantasy inspired by Indian mythology, so I’m excited to give this author a try.
Watching: The new release show that we finished watching last week…yeah, we totally watched it again. It was fantastic. And watched the newest episode of another newer release show, the fourth episode of which came out last week. It’s an okay season, but I’m not fully sold on it compared to season one, which seems to be the opposite of critics and fans alike based on online reports.
Again…I’m not naming shows or really doing much in regards to updating this section because the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike is ongoing. I’m watching and enjoying, and keeping track of everything, so eventually there will be a nice big update for y’all.
Writing: I have been creating. Minimal writing, minimal editing, but I have been doing some plotting and planning and worldbuilding, and it has been pretty fun.
I finally got around to checking out The Story Engine’s Deck of Worlds, plus all of the expansions, and it adds a whole new way to look at building up a fictional world and thinking about locations in that world from different perspectives. I’ll have to do a Weekend Writer post specifically about this deck, especially as I start playing with the Deck of Worlds and The Story Engine Deck together. I am really excited for the release of the Lore Master’s Deck next year, because that’s going to expand and elevate my worldbuilding and storytelling even more.
Other: I went for a walk around town for a little bit and carried a bag of books with me to snap some Bookstagram photos. It was pretty nice.
David
Painting: Been catching up on more painting while I can, I painted a couple of followers of Khorne, some Stormcast Eternals, Saurians and in the process of painting the Steamforge/Critical Role Mighty Nein miniatures.
I have been trying to practice keeping my color schemes to how the character art is done by some of the official artists and in the books. Though I did take some liberties to make sure to add Blood for the Blood God technical paint for the Khorne soldiers. I am hoping to do some photos shoots and maybe some short fun videos with the figures soon enough and get them posted for you guys to see.
Watching: I’m rewatching some more of the live action One Piece show again. Me and my buddy Jeff have reached the episodes of the Baratie and Sanji. We have high hopes for the continuation of this series. We have been trying to think of how they might choose to represent certain characters. How do you guys think they are going to bring characters like Chopper, Frankie, and Brooks to life in the live action sense?
All right, well that is all from us for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and we’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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