Entertainment I’m consuming lately:
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Art of Game Design 3rd edition, by Jesse Schell
Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Marco Checchetto
Caper in the Castro (video game from 1989)
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Greetings writers and readers!
There’s so much going on lately, and I think it’s affecting how I write. I mean this in both positive and negative ways. Listening to more music, figuring out the themes of my book, reading other books to study for my own – all positive things.
Then there’s the negative (don’t worry, I promise I’m not info dumping here): lots of external news going on, a job search that’s lasted forever, surviving the SF Bay Area monsoon season. And you have your own stuff going on!
I’ve spoken with everyone here behind the scenes of this newsletter (Me, my Self, AND I) and we came to the consensus that some of the past issues could have had more focus. A tough ask considering how bad the ADHD is at HQ! But we want to share stories and focus on writing tools for your own toolkit. Whether you are writing fiction or a technical manual, there is always something we can learn to help improve ourselves.
We want to encourage you to try things that will work for you through trial and error, like I have been.
The following pages contain Flash Fiction you can read during this holiday season. There will not be an issue for December so you can focus on your own community and family
Happy Holidays!