Hello, friends.
April Vacation, aka Spring Break, is nearly over. It feels like it went by quickly, of course, yet also not. Strange. I got to be with my daughters twice this week and saw my father with them, so that was good. Unfortunately, Pamela is dealing with an issue that has left her immobilized so that wasn’t good. I also didn’t get a ton of stuff done that I’d wanted to but I did other things, too.
Overall, a good week. Now comes the stress and anxiety of the End of the School Year and all that brings with it.
Anyway, let’s go!
Welcome to the 67th installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and other assorted horse pucky.
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I worked on Project: MG Space Adventure III every night this week. Lots of tightening and rewriting and deleting. At one point, I’d added about 100 words to the book and then last night I edited out a different 100, bringing it back to 50,000 words. I feel like there are definitely spots where I need to go back and re-attack.
I’m still thinking about the new title Project: MG Space Adventure III. Guess we’ll see.
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I did another drawing this week:
I wanted to play with some Copic Multiliner pens I got and wanted to see if I could translate what I’ve been doing digitally to paper. I think I did okay. I’m no pro and won’t be, but I’m still somewhat proud of it. Of course, looking at it right now, I see several things I’d change but that’s the learning process, right?
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I’m still reading Greg F. Gifune’s Smoke, In Crimson. I’m going slow through it because I’m a slow reader but I’ve also been reading comics on my Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite apps. Not to mention another comic book, too. I’ll write more about the comics, maybe, next week. For now, Greg’s book is beautifully written and brutal. There’s a lot to unpack from it and I’m enjoying it quite a bit.
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This week, Pamela and I watched the true crime documentary series Don’t F*ck with Cats on Netflix. The series hooked us right away and was crazy. We followed it up with Ken & Barbie Killers: The Lost Tapes on HBO Max. The latter case was mentioned in the former documentary so we figured we’d watch it.
Last weekend we watched Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces, which was terrific. I love Steve Martin and this documentary did not disappoint.
For family viewing, we watched Argylle, which was a lot of fun.
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I mentioned last week trying to set up book signings at local stores this past week. That didn’t happen. I did begin looking up stuff but I’m not sure where to start. That said, I absolutely intend on trying to set things up.
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