Status: 21 Feb 2023
My dad passed away in 2019. Today would have been his birthday. The stretch from Feb 21 to March 19, the anniversary of his death, is one of the rocky parts of my year. Started writing a new short story yesterday, tackling an idea I’ve wanted to write for nearly a decade now. ON THE TO DO LIST TODAY PETER M. BALL INBOX: 43 BRAIN JAR INBOX: 24 BRAIN JAR SUBMISSION QUEUE: 15 Expect minimal movement on all of these this week. CURRENTLY WATCHING: CARNIVAL ROW, SEASON TWO Four years after season one, Amazon Prime has brought back their steampunk fey noir series Carnival Row to finish the story. It’s pretty much certain we’re not getting a third season at this stage, which makes me furious because it’s one of the more ambitious fantasy works on screen in terms of world building. I didn’t expect to care about the show this much. The opening episodes of 2019’s first season weren’t