A Week in Writing #621 - Probably Not Tabling at SDCC

Hope everyone is staying safe, and, of course, writing.

San Diego Comic-Con is a little over a week away, and even though I have tried to be ready to come off the waitlist to table at the show a second year, I'm really doubting, at this point, that we're going to get the call. I do feel a bit of disappointment at not being chosen, but I hear that it happens to everyone. It's just I'd like to know what we could do to increase our profile and get selected outright rather than playing the waiting game.

We're still going and leaving on Tuesday, even though we're not setting up. Last year, we had a good time prior to Preview Night and wanted to give it another go. Besides, hotel rooms are relatively cheap on Tuesday night before nearly doubling the next day. That all said, in two weeks, there will most likely be a delay in this blog post. I do plan to attend various panels and will report on them, like I always do.

Work continues on issue #30 of Powers Squared, "Aroma Therapy" with the artist working on the last few pages of the issue. That issue should come out next year. I also set up a page on our website for Issue #28, "Agnes Wreckage, Part 1" which we're hoping to drop in August. It's very blank at the moment, with more to come.

I've written two reviews this week. On Wednesday, we went to a Fathom screening of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Even though I've reviewed the film once, seeing it on a big screen with an audience not made up of film students was a new experience and brought a different appreciation for the film. I also just finished one for Young and Innocent, a 1937 Hitchcock film, which I saw on the little screen at home. As always, not sure when those will see the light of day.

However, my review of Moana was the Saturday Morning Review on Trophy Unlocked. However, this was the 1926 "documentary", not the latest Disney live-action/animated remake of an animated film. The Wednesday Game Day review was Paul's for Deltarune Chapter 5.

I don't know how you felt about PlayStation's recent announcement that in 2028, they would no longer be producing physical discs for their videogames, but that didn't sit well with us, so our Friday On the Air with Powers Squared podcast was "The Benefits of Physical Media." You can watch it for the next few days on our Twitch channel, listen to it now here, or wait until Wednesday at 2:30 pm PDT and watch it on our YouTube channel.

Still working on the ending for Blackmail. I did take a swing but I wasn't happy with it. I'll work more on it this coming week.

Well, that about does it for me. Keep writing and I'll see you back here next week.