I’d hoped to have Jekyll and Hyde close to done by this point. Then I could spend the next few months polishing and indexing.
Alas, looking over the chapters Monday, I realized they’re much less polished than they should be. Not OMG I Can’t Get It Done but it will definitely take more work the rest of the year, and less time spent on other projects, than I want. My bad. It’ll still be less of a crunch than on Aliens Are Here.
This week I spent mostly rewriting one of the chapters and watching a 1969 Jekyll series not even listed in any of my sources (I stumbled across it on Tubi), probably because it’s a four-episode Italian show. And unfortunately subtitled rather than dubbed so I had to pay way more attention than the plodding thing deserves.
Other than that? I wrote Local Reporter articles on Carrboro’s downtown plan and Carrboro Town Manager Patrice Toney’s first year on the job. At Atomic Junk Shop I wrote about two Batman stories —
— and thank you, Neal Adams, for that cool illustration — and on Jack Kirby becoming writer/artist on Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen.
I also received a new cover design for Southern Discomfort. It looks good but I got distracted with writing and haven’t really thought about it enough yet. But I think we’re finally on the right track.
Oh, and Trixie has decided she simply must hang out with me, even when TYG tries taking her upstairs. Much as I would love a little more personal space at times, I don’t have the heart to say no. Who could?
