1. Mostly overcast today, in the low sixties. Warmer than yesterday, thankfully, so no radiators. [ETA: Until nightfall, when it dropped into the forties - so they blasted them again and on went the A/C.] (My apartment building turns on the radiators whenever it dips below fifty-five degrees, or so it seems. As a result, the apartment gets rather warm, even though I have one of the radiators turned off and a window fan on. It also plays havoc with my allergies. So too does Spring and opening a window for that matter, because, ahem, tree pollen?)
Narcissus are in bloom - and seem to be popular this year? While they are admittedly pretty, they also exude a perfume that gives me a headache - the metaphor is not lost on me.
2. I took a brief walk to Lofty Pigeons Book Store - in search of the new Illona Andrews Epic Fantasy novel "This Kingdom will Not Kill Me" but alas, it's too obscure (non-mainstream) for the independent sellers, and only available through Barnes and Nobel, Amazon, Waterstones, and various European Booksellers.
( Read more... )3. On Threads (I can't access Bluesky, no real loss), GA Aiken asked: "Have you ever considered quitting your job and following your dream? I'm thinking of quitting mine and becoming a full time writer."
My response: Depends on how much you enjoy marketing? Because novelists or professional freelance creative writers spend 80% of their time and money promoting and marketing themselves, and roughly 20% of it actually writing.
( Read more... )I've written a lot of books, only managed to publish one. Writing is easy, publishing and getting it out there on the other hand - is close to impossible. I know I'm speaking to the choir on this one - since most people who stumble upon this write and post mainly fanfic partly due to just that.
4. Still battling the migraine/sinus headaches.
( Read more... )5. Television Meme found on various social media platforms:
Name Five Television Shows (Past or Present) to Know You By. (Best approach is not to think too hard about it and just name them)
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Farscape
* General Hospital
* The Bear
* The Pitt
If you want to know why? You can ask?
6.
Television ShowsI've tried a few that just didn't land for some reason or other.
( television shows that didn't work for me )*******
Meanwhile.. I've been enjoying:
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Grantchester S1 - with James Norton, the jazz loving priest in the 1950s. Watching it on Netflix. I like all the characters, and the murder mysteries are nicely done. It's a comfort series that is also a murder mystery.
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The Pitt S2 - a medical procedural about working in a high stress American inner city ER Department during a major holiday - in 2026. It has got to be the most realistic medical procedural ever done. The emphasis is on procedural, and the effects of the situation and atmosphere on the individuals working in it. Takes place solely in the ER, and during a 15 hour shift. American inner city hospital staff often work 15 hour shifts, which is unheard of in various other countries (such as China). (I only know this because I dated a Chinese Doctor from Shanhai once upon a time.) This series does an excellent job of shining a light on the state of health care in the US right now. And I can verify that yes - that's exactly what a city ER looks like - I've been in several in NYC over the years, and they are all exactly like that. It's on HBO MAX. I find it oddly comforting and validating in a way that other medical procedurals aren't.
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Daredevil S2 - it's better than S1, I guess? Although I liked S1 better than most? It's harder to watch - since almost all the scenes are filmed at night - so another series I have to watch at night. They are expanding on Bullseye - PointDexter's character, and Karen's. They flipped the script on the comic a bit...
( spoiler ) which worked better for me for many reasons. Kudos to the writing team and Disney for doing that. It's also taking a very front and center stance on the whole ICE issue. (It's anti-ICE, actually anyone with a soul, a conscience, kind heart, and an iota of intelligence is anti-ICE. But it's good to see that Marvel and Disney are anti-ICE. So too is HBO and The PITT.)
* And started watching...
Something Very Bad is Going to Happen - it's the new horror series produced by the Duffer Brothers, but written by someone else. (The Duffer Brothers are alas, better writers.) But it's definitely clever in places, and every episode has something really creepy happen in the middle of it.
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