Just doing my monthly check-in.
The third novel is coming along fine. Much slower than I would like, but bit by bit I am discovering that Marshal Noel and Violetta Iolanda have much more to share with me than I previously thought. It's fun, when the characters start to remind you who they are and how they need to grow. I've got over 700 pages their lives documented, and I'm excited to add more layers while I peel back others.
Life in Portland is bearing witness to climate change. This winter has been anything but and the terrible summer we have in store for us will be something to behold. I say that to the brunch and afternoon beer drinking crowd, as they are the ones most vocal about our lack of rain and 60 degree Farenheit weather. I like the four seasons, the way I grew up and why I live in the north.
Television is continuing to prove itself one of the best mediums of storytelling. The Walking Dead has rebounded in the second half of what I consider to be it's weakest season. The new show, Togetherness, on HBO, is one of the most touching shows I watch. The Americans is on par with itself, raising the stakes with each episode. Peaky Blinders, along with House of Cards upcoming season, shows that Netflix has a stake in the game. Game of Thrones fans will finally be able to hold something over the snobbish readers of the books (myself included) that the playing field has been leveled.
Music has been a tremendous source of relief and inspiration this past couple of months. I have discovered that I am a doom/stoner metal fan. My coworker plays in a band called YOB, who had their record ranked by Rolling Stone as the best metal album of 2014, and I took interest. YOB plays extended songs as compared to the traditional 10-12 track album. It is fantastic music and it is the best thing I have to write with. A couple of cups of coffee, accompanied by a YOB album, produced over 4,000 words last weekend. I hear Stephen King writes to hard rock and metal. There is something to be said with that type of musical composition and arrangement. YOB is a fantastic band regardless, and you would do well to check out anything they have to offer you.
I'm very excited to finish this third novel. I'm quite certain, at this point, there is a fourth and fifth novel to complete the story. The Stars of the New Gods will hopefully end in five books, and then I can get on with the other stories that are waiting in line. I have fantasy, general fiction, and a nice little horror story, all of which I really want to get to.
