Overall, this week has been fairly leisurely. I’ve taken some time off to spend with my sweetie. Been doing some reading. Truth be told, it’s been my laziest week in months.

I did get a number of things done. I have finished the new read through on A Lake Most Deep and it’ll be renewed over the next week or so. I also started with my read through of The Eyes of a Doll. Overall, I’m aiming to refresh all of the Edward books by the end of the month. Those of you who’ve purchased it already will get the new version automatically.

I started Lord of the Rings again last night. I read through the initial foreword to the 50th anniversary edition and I had to laugh. Tolkien never stopped trying to fix all the errors he found that crept in from faulty work and decisions made by editors thinking they’d be “helping.”

Makes me feel a lot better about my progress as a book creator, which is different than a writer.

Quote of the Week

Here’s the verse of Auld Lang Syne that seems apt this year.

“We twa hae run about the braes,
and pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin’ auld lang syne.”
― Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne

News and Works in Progress

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Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions

• 2020 Review: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=2211
• Samiel’s Castle: https://shijuren.org/tiki-index.php?page=Samiel%27s-Castle

Upcoming Events

• FantaSci, 19-21 March, Durham, NC
  https://fantasci.rocks/
• LibertyCon, 27-27 June, Chattanooga, TN
  https://libertycon.org/
• DragonCon, 2-6 September, Atlanta, GA
  https://www.dragoncon.org/

New Releases

This week’s spotlight is on Steven G. Johnson, who shows us Arthur stories still work in his Keep of Glass. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RMVLWXV.