It’s that time again, my monthly recap of my writing progress, interesting articles, videos, and podcasts I read/watched/listened to, and books I finished. Check out the past installments here. Writing update September saw the release of my new short story Relic Read More …

It’s that time again, my monthly recap of my writing progress, interesting articles, videos, and podcasts I read/watched/listened to, and books I finished. Check out the past installments here. Writing update I’m happy to report that I’m about to put Read More …

It’s that time again, my monthly recap of my writing progress, interesting articles, videos, and podcasts I read/watched/listened to, and books I finished. Check out the past installments here. Writing update It’s been a month since the release of Guild of Read More …

It’s that time again, my monthly recap of my writing progress, interesting articles, videos, and podcasts I read/watched/listened to, and books I finished. Check out the past installments here. June 14 saw the one-year anniversary of the release of Guild Read More …

It’s that time again, my monthly recap of my writing progress, interesting articles, videos, and podcasts I read/watched/listened to, and books I finished. Check out the past installments here.

This past month saw the end of three things I’ve watched and read for a long time.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first big story arc came to a close in spectacular fashion (it was midnight on May 1 by the time I left the theater so I’m counting it in this month).

HBO’s Game of Thrones went out like a dumpster fire that was pushed off of the Grand Canyon. Enough ink has been spilled complaining about how the creators let everyone down (including the cast it seems), so I’ll just add two more things.

First, it’s a good lesson to everyone that it’s OK to move on from something you love. Clearly, the creators wanted to move on with their lives and not take another 3 years to properly close out the show (and who could blame them), but instead of stepping aside and letting someone else bring the show in for a smoother landing, they insisted on two shorter seasons and then spent a year writing and filming one of the most-rushed, lackluster endings I’ve ever seen to a TV show.

And second, I am actually more excited now than I have been in a long time to read the next book. Which I didn’t think was possible at this point.

Finally, I finished the last book of Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series. More on that below. Read More …