Status Post: 31st August, 2019

BIG NEWS THIS WEEK: One Last First Date Before the End Of the World was released today.

AVAILABLE NOW AT ALL GOOD EBOOK STORES

BIG ACHIEVEMENTS THIS WEEK: I marked a stack of assignments in a relatively efficient manner, rather than giving into procrastination and leaving everything until the last minute. I also did a metric buttload of reading this week, polishing off a bunch of books that I’ve been meaning to finish for a while.

Which means it was essentially a holiday from writing, with everything else going on. Some words were done, because I’m bad at holidays, but I’m actually taking a weekend off to regroup and plan ahead.

CURRENT EARWORM: Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls.

CURRENT READING: My current print reading is Catherynne Valente’s Radiance, and incredible sci-fi novels about alternate universes where the golden age of Hollywood took place in space. Not a description that does the book justice, but I’ll likely do a larger write-up when I’m done.

I’m also half-way through The Meg: Origins, the free novella tucked into the back of Steven Altern’s giant shark novel, The Meg. I was a big fan of the movie adaptation, but it’s really interesting to see how he’s spun the original story off into a whole universe of sequels.

BEST SCREEN MEDIA OF THE WEEK: A Stupid and Futile Gesture, a biopic about Doug Kenney and the creation of the National Lampoon, which is a far smarter and more entertaining film than you’d expect when you hear the words National Lampoon. Incredibly well done, borrowing a narrative style from its subject and playing with conventions with unabashed glee.

INBOX STATUS: 20 emails and probably growing as I type this. I’ve barely looked at my inbox this week, and really need to go clear it out.

WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO RIGHT NOW: Monday morning, which represents both the period where the emotional turmoil of Father’s Day is over and I can get back to writing fiction drafts.