In giving myself a bit more time to think on how I’d go about my daily posts becoming weekly, I would like to say I had used such to come up with a more in-depth analysis of how the writing and gaming has been.
In truth, I mostly slept during that free time.
But I did make some progress! Mostly focused on my non-scheduled day from the post office, when I told myself that for once, I would be doing what I actually wanted to do instead of lining up a list of random chores.
Resulted in nearly 2,500 words to “Peregrine: Rising” and a much more in-depth look at the upcoming gaming sessions.
Note to self: Fill out the Session Schedule up to the hiatus.
Now, there is a slight deviation from my statement of once-a-week postings that I’ve been considering: reviewing the old Star Wars Expanded Universe (now called Legends) novels. I might set these for Wednesdays, since I somehow always find a lull during that day where I’m not much up for writing but instead, would like to be a nerd with my nerdy old books.
So, if I manage to remember, keep an eye out as I take a look at “X-Wing: Rogue Squadron”.
With that, I’m off to handle a birthday party at a bowling alley.
I maintain that I would be starting this Sunday for weekly posting, but I have to admit that I only gave myself three days to start the routine, so this one will be a little rough.
We managed to get to the SWRPG Main Arc session on Saturday, but after 5 days of 10hr shifts, I barely made it into 3 hours of the game before the party, in their wonderful graciousness, flat-out told me to go to bed and rest.
(I slept for 11 hours, so maybe they were right)
Now, I will continue to host sessions through September and hopefully into October, but they’re going to be sparse leading up to the real Heavy Season time. I’m hoping to finish Arc 3 “War Diaries” before the cut-off time, so we’ll have to see how well I plan out my sessions in that time.
Meanwhile, I’m wanting to also finish Zino’s Solo Arc “Trouble in Ord Trasi” before that cut-off time, so Zino! Be ready for a session soon!
A quick aside, but Han has reached the point in here Kung Fu training that she’s ready for weapons, so the Sifu and I got her a gift: her own staff.
I’m going to get hit in the head so many times.
Writing-wise has been hit-or-miss this week, unfortunately. When the day job shifts were more consistent with the 8hr limits, I was more inclined to whittle away at my stories, but now that it’s looking to be more like 10hr shifts for the rest of the year, I’m going to have to use an older method to parcel out my writing times. I’ll be setting aside each day of the week for something to write in, except for Sundays (as that is for here).
And that is also being besieged by a very fun distraction: D&D world-building and Creation Mythology crafting thanks to picking up a book that I knew, I just knew, would put these ideas in my head.
Can you tell I’ve read this a few times?
In an odd way, the Dungeon Crawl campaign world is based off one of the Creation Myths I had written some years ago, but never got around to finishing. But as I’m getting back to Fantasy writing, that old, old itch has come back and I went through my bookshelf for one of my oldest surviving journals.
A gift from my brother and his family; I’ve added to it slowly over the years.
I expect this little craze to die down over the next few months, but it will result in a few nights of not adding to my current stories while I keep figuring out a Tolkien-esque mythology that is also completely ‘my own’. Yes, I’m also writing out a new language, just to see if I can.
There’s also a new challenge for me! The SWRPG campaign has a PODRACE!
LINA! Study this course!
There are no real rules withing the Revised Edition for podracing, so I’ve been having to make my own! Will it work? Well, I tried it once before, but that was very much-so a draft idea, so I’ve been researching to perfect the challenge.
(Pray for Lina, folks)
With that, I’m off to cook a dinner and plan out my week.
It’s a rare enough occasion for what I call the “Heavy Season” to start early.
To give context, the US Mail has its seasons like any other part of humanity. From January to March, it’s the Winter’s Light Season, leading up to the Tax Season from March to May. From May to September, it’s the Late Summer Light Season, followed by the Heavy Season that, usually, starts on October 1 and ends in the first week of January.
But the mail has been getting more ‘focused’ lately. Parcel counts are high, and lettered mail, for all that it’s at bulk pricing, is getting burdensome.
The Heavy Season is starting early, it looks like. With that comes some bad news.
I’ll soon be so busy with work that I won’t have time to work on my RPG plots. Hell, I’ll barely have time to write. As much as I wish I could make daily posts, I’ll be having to go to weekly (Sunday) postings starting soon and until January.
I don’t like that kind of news, but I have to be honest, readers: I’m exhausted. The high heats of the summer are wearing me out, and I’m predicting an upswing at the office.
(This post was scheduled when I get word from a supervisor that I was about to be handed multiple 12-hour shifts in the coming weeks)
For everyone used to my daily posts, I apologize and will get back to the routine as soon as I can. I’ll put in an effort to write throughout the week, and at least focus on an essay for my Sunday Posts, but I can’t promise much more than that.
I’ll be setting up my last few sessions for the year to end by October, and will write up a post for 08/20.
Apologies for not posting in so long, everyone. I’ve been exhausted from the day job and haven’t thought to put up anything in a while.
But I do have a ton of photos to add to my albums, and I have been writing!
Here and there, when I’m lucid enough to do so.
So, some news!
My SWRPG group are way too wonderful of group of people and pooled their money together to help me get a mesh router system, so I now have a steady internet connection! This has allowed me to switch my gaming over to Discord! It only took me ten years!
(Considering how I am with taking up new things, that’s actually pretty quick)
I’ll be updating everything when time (and endurance) allows, but for some players who may be out of the loop, especially my Solo Arc players, I’ll be messaging you to bring you up to speed. (If it hasn’t happened by next Monday, tell me and I’ll try to wake up)
I’m going to try to write a bit before the heat of the day catches up with me.
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