How are you? What's going on? How's December treating you so far?
Well, it's finally summer in Sydney and the weather has been totally nuts. It's either raining and the temp drops dramatically, or it's too hot and so sunny that stepping outside during daylight hours feels like your skin is melting as fast as your lungs. It's all over the place and very extreme. That's what happens when the people in power DGAF about the environment and are actively destroying everything. Ugh.
Anyway, enough of that. LOL.
We finally got our annual blood tests (everything's okay except my iron), finally found a chemist that has the latest Covid booster, and got the jab.
Last month I mentioned that I had one final vampire story-related piece to complete, and I did! It was something that's mentioned in the novels and some of the shorties, so it lived inside my head for almost a year. I'm happy to say that it turned out better than I expected, and clocked in at 377 words.
That was the last story I had on my list, but I still wondered if anyone else would start whispering in my ear. But they didn't. All the stories revolving around the main and secondary characters are told. And this is the vampire world update: two novels, one novelette, and twenty-four short stories.
That means the collection has now crossed 82k. Not bad.
I'm very happy with all the stories that I've written in this world, and now that these are done... I can turn my attention to the two spin-off ideas. But first, I need a bit of a mental break because I've been writing and revising non-stop this year. And December is the perfect month for taking it easy.
So far, I've spent most of this month reading and it's been a LOT of fun.
At the end of September, I decided to read only women authors until the end of the year, and that's what I've been doing. Different genres and lengths, paperbacks and ebooks. As long as it's written by a woman, I want to read it. Also, I have to be honest, it's not a hard challenge for me because I primarily read female writers anyway. 😁📚
Did you guys watch Stranger Things, Volume 1? We did and I was underwhelmed. They're messing with the world building, the characters are stagnant, and nothing made any real sense. It felt a little off, tbh. The only thing I liked was the final episode 4 reveal, but even that doesn't make sense if you think about it. Personally, I also think that breaking it up into volumes is a silly idea. Especially for someone like me, who can't stop thinking about all the plot holes!!
At least season 5 of Only Murder in the Building was fantastic. I LOVE this cozy show.
Well, that's it for now. I'm going to ride out the effects of the booster and hope I get over the worst of it soon.
Hope you have an awesome weekend!!
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