I was productive. I freely admit that, but I never worked on things I preferred. This is a slice of real-life for an author. There are things we must do besides writing new fiction. In a fantasy world, other people would do some of this work so we could be creative, but this isn’t a fantasy world.
In the last twenty-four hours, I’ve written my next Story Empire post, worked on more interviews for Lisa’s radio show, worked up critiques for my group. We meet on Wednesday night, so I’m prepared.
I also took a stab at two guest posts I’ve been invited to submit. I have more to do on this front. One of them required me to make a cover collage or two, and I’m not good at those. What I have will serve. I also made a meme type image for the other one.
It may sound like I’m griping, but it would be worse if I didn’t have this stuff to do. This kind of activity tells me the world is actually paying attention.
I intend to watch Game of Thrones tonight, and I might stay up late playing games with my son. Haven’t decided yet.
We’re both off tomorrow. I thought only I was off, and was looking forward to new words of fiction. I still want it to happen. If it doesn’t, I have more work like this I can address. We may decide to do something together, and I’m okay with that too.
I hope all of you had good weekends, and I’m worried about all my Texas friends. Stay safe down there.
Does your son have a cool beard, too?
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Beard, yes. Cool no. He doesn’t take care of it. How’s your part of the state?
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So far so good….
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Fingers crossed.
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Congrats on the progress. How do you make a cover collage? I could really use a new one for the next two releases.
I’m checking out The Tick, but it wouldn’t make sense for me to start watching GoT now.
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There are a couple of free apps, but they usually cut something off. I went to Procreate, made a black image, then added photos. I can move and resize them there.
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Cool. I’ll have to give it a shot. Enjoy the finale.
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You might find Canva.com handy, fellas. It’s free, has automatically-sized options for various media, and they offer a lot of different graphic options in addition to what you upload on your own. I’m unfamiliar with Procreate, but I know Canva is simple to use.
Kudos to you on making progress, Craig. Even if it was on the stuff you don’t enjoy.
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Procreate is for Apple and is a very good all-inclusive art program. I’m a novice, but it helps me make things like updated banner images and such.
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I worry about our Texas friends too. Scary.
I have the topic for my next SE post planned, and I keep eying up the date, aware it’s looming around the corner. I’m jealous you’ve got yours done already. Sometimes meeting the commitment on all of those “other writings” can bring a major sense of relief.
Enjoy your day off tomorrow. I’m jealous!
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I feel like my SE well is running dry. Something always seems to come to me, so hope I can get some new ideas.
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Well that’s nice — action, distraction — all about that balance 🙂
About 15 minutes til Game of Thrones!
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Thanks, Craig for the nice wishes. Good luck tomorrow.
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Thanks, John.
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You had a productive day, no matter. It’s great tto keep in good shape and the juices of inspiration flowing.
What type of games do you and son play?
Have an efficient week!
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I have an X-Box, and we’re looking for something new to play. That kind of day is necessary and I’m glad to get some of it done. About to start writing here after I finish my comments.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Waiting for GOT too, can’t believe it is the last ever!
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There is supposed to be another year.
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After watching it last night, there has to be more!
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Just finished the first season of GoT – waiting on the first disc of season 2. Not patiently.
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It’s such a wonderful show.
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Well, I’m glad you had a productive day, even if it wasn’t the kind of productive you hoped it would be.
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This stuff needs to get done too.
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