March Accountability Post

1st:

• I read some of ‘Gods of Jade and Shadow.’ It’s getting better, but I’m still not enthralled.
• I read some of one of Nicky Drayden’s MtG short stories. Now THOSE are excellent. I’m liking them more than ‘Temper’ so far.
• I wrote very little, only working on my plot outline.

2nd

• I read more of ‘Gods.’ It’s fine. The author’s style reminds me a little of a YA ‘War for the Oaks’ by Emma Bull, featuring Mayan mythology. It’s not the best thing I’ve ever read, but if the author keeps practicing I think she will have the chops to become really good.

3rd

• I finished ‘Gods’ and read some of ‘Way of Kings.’
• I’m taking a few weeks off of writing. My hands are hurting, even as I write this.

4th

• I read some of Way of kings. I have to say that I’m not suuper-loving it. It’s good and I’m happy to re-read it, but I have to say that I’m seeing some flaws. The first part of the book (as in Part I) was a tightly written text, but then with the second part got a little clunky with Dalinar’s worldbuilding. To some extent this is expected with Epic Fantasy, but honestly I’m having a little trouble with it. Also while I liked Shallan in the first read, on this re-read some of her dialog is a little eye-rolly. I like her agency though.
• I read ‘The Fliers of Gy.’ Is good, made me feel happy. Liked Burton’s narration.

5th

• I read some ‘Way of Kings.’ Book’s long, yo.
• Read ‘Body Work’ by Aaronovitch. Is good.

6th

• Read more of Way of Kings. Waaaaay too many flashbacks.
• Read ‘Night Sister’ by Aaronovitch. Is good, better than Body work.

7th

• Read ‘Black Mould’ by Aaronovitch. Not finding it super compelling.
• My hands hurt like hell. I’m taking a week off writing.
• Read more way. Good god, it’s long.

8th

• finished black mould
• read Detective Stories by Aaronovitch
• Finished Way of Kings.

9th

• Wrote ‘way’s’ review.
• Read a MTG story
• Started ‘Two Serpents Rise.’ It’s mediocre so far.

10th

• Day off. Read nothing besides a little ‘Lirael.’

11th

• Read nothing.

12th

• Read nothing besides a small amount of ‘Lirael.’

13th

• I Edited a little.

14th

• I edited some stuff.

15th

• I read some Lirael and ‘The October Man.’

16th

• I edited and read some lirael and ‘The October Man.’

17th

• I finished Lirael and wrote a LONG review.

18th

• Read some ‘Two Serpents Rise.’

19th

• Two serpets read
• I wrote quite a bit

20th

• Two Serpetns Read
• I wrote a little

21st

• Two serpents finished
• Started Melting Stones.

22nd

• Finished Melting Stones. Finished Black Betty
• Started a Great Course lecture series on Mesoamerica.

23rd

• I read ‘Water Weed’ by Aaronovitch and listened to some more of mesoamerica.
• I wrote a little.

24th

• Listened to more of meso.
• I wrote some.

25th

• Mesoamerica. About 5 hours worth
• I wrote maybe a hundred words.

26th

• Ten hours of Mesoamerica.

27th

• Almost done with Mesoamerica. It’s 24hours long, so nearly there.
• Finished Nicky Drayden’s ‘Guilds of Ravnica.’ They made me happy.
• Wrote a review for the above. Also I’m in the middle of migrating my files and programs onto a new computer, so I’ve been a bit busy.
• Wrote maybe a hundred words of Acadia.

28th

• Finished Mesoamerica. Was good, maybe my favorite lecture series of all time.
• Finished ‘October Man.’ Liked it, nearly loved it. Needed some more characterization.
• Wrote about two hundred fifty words.

29th

• I’m making a blogpost update about my writing today.
• I started ‘Minimum Wage Magic.’

30th

• I finished min wage magic. I liked it quite a lot. I think it’s top 10 of the year material.
• I wrote 1337 words. LEET!

31st

• Started’ Dealing with Dragons.’ Is a fun flashback to when I was ~10yo.
• I wrote 1394 words.