1. The new job is.. well. I kind of got shuffled sideways into a different position than I applied to – business needs, kind of thing – and the position and I don’t get along at all even if I like everything else about the company. So that’s.. fun.
2.
Trying to get into reading again. Have read more books in the last two weeks than I’ve
probably read in the last three years. Whoops. Upcoming reads incl
Darker Shade of Magic, Aristotle & Dante, and (probably) Caraval.
Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
3. Have been trying off and on to work on a synopsis for Elysium. I say “off and on” in part because synopses are evil and in part because once it’s done I’ll have to start the submissions process over again. Queue the rejections! I used to print out all my “Thanks no thanks” emails and put them in a folder. Visible proof that I was trying, even if I wasn’t getting anywhere. It was not very encouraging, ahaha….
4. Can’t stop listening to Imagine Dragons’ Believer or OneRepublic’s Let’s Hurt Tonight.
5. What is new with you, lovies :O
I just wanna write about cannibal priests and undead princes. when will my writing return from the war
Kidnapped @selurdour for a weekend of wine and writing. Yeahhhh She introduced me to Instagram so now I want to take pictures of like 400 random different things halp
I’m sending out a searchlight Shine it out until I find you Can you bring me back to life When my heart’s in smithereens I wanna feel what it’s like To be surrounded by you So I’m sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me
1. Changing jobs at last, leaving sbux (again) and going back to full-time now that Elysium is done with its rewrite and latest edits. Going to miss the benefits and the short hours, but eh.
2. Might have a vague outline of a new series to work on, but keep pushing it further out of sight & mind until I figure out what I’m supposed to do with Monochrome.
3. The youngest sis has joined us in Portland, so we’ve been kicking around the idea of making games - board and mobile, etc. The bulletin boards I originally bought to help storyboard Stones is now covered in index cards of different projects. help.
4. Thank you so much to everyone who’s reblogged Hailey’s post :D <3 I appreciate your help in spreading the word.
5. I had at least three other things I wanted to talk about, but I have no honest idea what they were anymore. More later, maybe. What is new and exciting out there, lovies?
All right everyone. I did promise that I was committed to this
self-publishing venture. IN THE WRECKAGE is the first book in my m/m
sci-fi military romance series that is scheduled to be published on
February 24, 2017. Depending on when Amazon puts it up, it may actually drop earlier next week.
Regardless, I am so excited to share this story with you guys and would love it if you would reblog!
A Marine with honor.
After surviving a
horrific chemical attack that turned him into a metahuman, Captain Jamie
Callahan got a second lease on life. For three years he’s been working for the
Metahuman Defense Force and leading Alpha Team—all against the wishes of his
family. The job requires his full dedication, so it’s no surprise Jamie doesn’t
have time for a relationship. An enticing one-night stand with a gorgeous
stranger is all it takes to show Jamie exactly what he’s been missing. When a
mission to take down a terrorist cell brings that same stranger back into his
world, Jamie’s life gets complicated.
A soldier with secrets.
Staff Sergeant Kyle
Brannigan was only looking to relieve some stress after a long mission. He didn’t
know the hot guy he picked up at a bar was the leader of the MDF’s top field
team. When Kyle and his partner get seconded to Alpha Team to help fight a
terrorist threat, he has to balance his desire for Jamie against his duty to
keep his secrets safe. That gets harder and harder to do amidst regulations
both are tempted to break.
Two men trying to survive.
Giving into passion
could cost both their careers. Abiding by the rules will only result in
heartache. An attack on MDF headquarters brings with it a choice Jamie and Kyle
can’t escape—duty, or love?
Please note, In the Wreckage is a steamy m/m sci-fi military romance with a tiny bit of kink and a HFN ending.
Now, onto the story.
Ground level in the Chicago
megacity was a humid, crowded mess on the best of days. When a mafia-backed
terrorist group led by metahumans waged war against law abiding citizens, Chicago
became a shitshow of the worst kind not even the police could handle. Which
meant the best counterattack came not from local authorities, but in the form
of government-backed metahumans.
It’s directed beautifully, they subtly show feminism without exclusively bad mouthing men, and without hesitating they show the issue of how girls are viewed in India. I can safely say that the level of misogyny is in a lot of Asian countries, households and community, it really hits close to home.
They even mentioned the reality of underage marriage and why it’s a problem.
Believe me, it’s an empowering movie and whoever stands with women’s rights will understand what I mean.
since the movie wasn’t mentioned i took the liberty of looking for it! It looks amazing and is the second highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office (x)
It’s called Dangal and you can watch the trailer here
Actually let’s just get this out of the way now, because if I sign out of tumblr who knows when I’ll be back. So have an oddball list of updates:
1. Borrowing this idea from a good friend: please tell us something that made you happy this week. There’s so much ugliness right now, let’s find the bright spots where we can. Pet a happy dog at the park? Great! Read a book you wanna rec? Also good! Heard a song you haven’t heard in ages & remembered how much you liked it? Perfect. Just something that made you smile.
1b. In regards to the ugliness: I am trying–for now–to keep politics off of this tumblr. Please do not take its absence here as apathy or ignorance. It’s just that tumblr is not my preferred social network by a long shot — I come here to take a breather and sanity break when I’ve exhausted myself screaming and raging elsewhere.
2. Finished the latest draft of Elysium & bribed asked two people to read it. Will spend the better part of the week going through their notes and tweaking things. Then the fun part happens where I have to print it all out and give it yet more line edits before appealing to reader #3.
3. Speaking of fun, my younger sister – who has recently joined us here in Portland – asked me the other day if writing was fun. She’s finishing up a really intense grad program in fine arts, so maybe the question was born from that exhausted & stressed part of her. I told her No, but I remember when it was. My goal for 2017 is to recapture that feeling.
4. One of my BFFs is going to self-publish a book soon! I’m hella excited for her, and I’ll probably talk your ears off about it once she’s got more info out.
