The week still wasn’t as productive as I’d have liked, but leaving blogging and email (well, most of it) to Friday really does improve my ability for focused work. On the downside this wound up being another Local Reporter-heavy week. I got in a story on a recent Carrboro City Council meeting and then needed to get a second story in early for next week. I spent more time than planned, and it spread out over parts of three days. It’s much easier to work on other stuff I can confine it to one day.
Plus we had checkups for Plushie and Trixie Thursday and refocusing after a big errand never comes easily.
And last weekend we took in Wisp for her annual checkup, plus I had a Con-Tinual panel and a Zoom meeting for the Ceaseless Way anthology. As a result I didn’t get to recharge as much as usual.
The plus side? All our pets seem to be in good shape. Plushie and Wisp have both been very snuggly this week; in Plushie’s case that may reflect that with his recent trip to the groomer, he’s no longer got mats tugging on his skin and making him uncomfortable. Occasionally they get displeased someone else has my lap.
All of which meant the time for my own projects was all about Savage Adventures, as editing nonfiction doesn’t take creative juice. Disappointingly, it required a lot more rewriting and polishing than I’d expected, making me wonder if I need to push the release date back to October.
I also got out a couple more Atomic Junk Shop posts. One on the bizarre 1968 series, Brother Power, The Geek—
—and another rounding up various interesting stories from the Silver Age.
No panels or vet trips this weekend so I should be re-energized come Monday. Fingers crossed!
#SFWApro. Brother Power cover by Joe Simon, all rights to image remain with current holder.
