Drunken Owls and Other Delights

It's another typical late spring day here out in the Richmond, with a soupy fog rolling over most of the neighborhood, with the temperature hovering just over 50 F. I've got my apartment hoodie on (the 'too ratty for outside' one, natch) and I'm almost thinking of putting on the heat for a bit.

The latter half of May has been quite a roller coaster. The one-two punch of my LA trip and BayCon soon after took a lot of energy. I'm not exactly tired, but maybe a little drained. Between those two things, Tidying Up Spare Oom, and of course the Day Job, I've been quite busy. I'm not complaining, actually...I've been distracted for too long and getting myself moving is a good thing. I"m happiest when I have things going.  (I'm equally happy when I have lazy days, but I don't like having too many of them or else I get nothing done.)

SO.  What do we have on deck for June?  Good question.  I'm around three-quarters done with the revision of Diwa and Kaffi, and then I get to go through it again, woohoo! For the most part I get to do a bit more clean-up and finally write that [SCENE GOES HERE] chapter. This particular run was all about taking the roughness of the version I wrote on 750Words and bang it into a better shape; the next run will be to make it even better.

I'm still up in the air as to what other projects I'll work on, but I'm keeping all options open. My recent foray into finding old Murph drawings has inspired me to look further into reviving my passion for art...something I've been meaning to do for YEARS but never got around to. I know exactly why, too: I spent these last twenty-plus years focusing on my writing, simple as that. I needed to get that all squared away until I was content with the quality of my work, and now that I'm finally at that level, I can branch out.  So: there's a good chance I may start doing a hell of a lot more doodling from here on in.  We shall see.

My music platform, interestingly, is the inverse: I'm at a level of contentment with the quality of my guitar playing...but I'm currently feeling quite uninspired with songwriting. I still pick up one of my guitars on a daily basis and play a few riffs, and I'll even record some of these riffs on my phone for reference and later work, but I'm just not feeling any interest in writing any songs at the moment. I think I've felt that way for some time now.  I'm not worried, though. I went through this multiple times in the past, I'm sure something will eventually come along to light a spark.

ANYWAY! It's the end of the month, and a new one right around the corner. Looking forward it!