Week 8 of 2018
Greetings everyone, with a special shout out to all of those I added this week. Thanks for joining me here.
It was a busy week, highlighted by Planet Comicon. I had a great time, and it was my best year yet. You can find my full AAR at: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=950.
One result from Planet Comicon is discovery of some more regional cons. You’ll see that I’ve added O Comic Con, an Omaha convention to my list. I’ve got several others I’m looking at in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Salina, and Hutchinson. Going to be a busy summer.
Sometimes the exhaustion of a busy con like Planet Comicon can help me think through things. I don’t have a solid number of words on Brief Is My Flame this week because I’m in the midst of switching something around. Basically, I had characters coming at something in one direction and that was fighting me. By flipping the direction, everything falls into place. The good news is that all the work I’ve done will go directly into None Call Me Mother.
I didn’t get a chance to do much writing on anything else. I did some work on the Wikis, but essentially this last week was about Planet Comicon and nothing else.
However, after I recover from a successful convention, I tend to get enthusiastic about where I am and what I’m doing. Sometimes writing is just a slog, but you gotta push through that. Not this week.
In fact, it’s time for me to get back to work.
Current Playlist Song: “Peaceable Kingdom” by Rush. Now Rush has effectively called it quits, but we thought that might be the case in the late 90s after a couple of tragedies made it so that Neil Peart didn’t want to play anymore. However, he came back and Rush gave us three brilliant albums: Vapor Trails, Snakes & Arrows, and Clockwork Angels. This one is from Vapor Trails.
Quote of the Week
Today is the birthday of Anthony Daniels. You might know him better as C-3PO. Here’s a quote from the man himself.
“I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.” – Anthony Daniels
News and Works in Progress
- TAV (1144)
- AFS (2681)
- Brief Is My Flame (?)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
- Planet Comicon AAR: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=950
- Bergstrasse: http://robhowell.org/shijuren/Bergstrasse
- Antsanvia: http://robhowell.org/shijuren/Antsanvia
- Making progress on the 4HU Wiki. I have all the races updated.
Upcoming Events
- 10-18 March, Gulf Wars, Lumberton, MO
http://www.gulfwars.org/ - 29 June-1 July, LibertyCon, Chattanooga, TN https://libertycon.org/
- 13-15 July, O Comic Con, Omaha, NE https://www.ocomiccon.com/
- 27 July-12 August, Pennsic War, Cooper’s Lake, PA http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn47/
Spotlight
Today’s spotlight is on a just released novel in the Four Horsemen Universe, Assassin by Kacey Ezell and Marisa Wolf. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079YTRLFN/
Today’s Weight: 384.0
Updated Word Count: 14441
Shijuren Wiki: 738 entries
Four Horsemen Wiki: 159 entries
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
- Website: www.robhowell.org
- Blog: www.robhowell.org/blog
- Shijuren Wiki: http://www.shijuren.org/World+
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well.org/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rhodri2112
- A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
- The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
- Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
- I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
- Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2) Forthcoming 2018
- None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming 2018
- “Where Enemies Sit” in For a Few Credits More (The Four Horsemen Universe)
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