A Week in Writing #625 - Stay Cool in August

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

I guess I should also say, staying cool, as August seems to be getting hotter every year. AC is truly a wonderful thing.

I spent most of the week on Blackmail. I'm trying to do a couple of chapters a day. I'm currently up to Chapter 34, page 282/409 and the word count is at 90,047. Going through it with a fine-toothed comb is what I'm trying to do. I'm enjoying it while at the same time trying to take out duplicates, you know describing the same thing twice, and moving wording around, adding here and there. I might be done with this by the end of the week, but that's the goal.

Got some templates from L.A. Comic-Con and put out our first post about the event. They gave me Canva to use, which I, of course, never have. It's a little like setting up business cards, but a little less forgiving. I wasn't sure what I was doing until I saw another artist put his out.

I think it's eye-catching. I've also done one each for Powers Squared and The Blade of Mircales:

They match the banners we'll have up for the show.

I think we're in pretty good shape with supplies, but I want to check on business cards before we get too much closer.

We've put the final touches on the lineart for Issue #30, and our artist is going to start in on Issue #31 soon.

Speaking of new issues, Powers Squared #28, "Agnes Wreckage, Part 1" should be coming out on August 26th, though we're still putting all the ducks in a row. The peek-of-the-week, this week is the cover, minus colors and lettering, so you might want to check it out. There's a new one every week.

In the issue, when Agnes Miller tries to help Dr. Atlas with his research, an overdose of the Viribus compound turns her into a monster with uncontrollable powers. Dr. Atlas needs help, but unfortunately for our heroes, there are only three people he can turn to.

As I wrote last week, the guest we had lined up for Friday's podcast bailed, so we had to come up with something new. We revisited Doctor Who and the franchise rabbit hole we find ourselves going down, with 9th, 10th and 11th Doctors, Torchwood and now The Sarah Jane Adventures all on our "to watch" list. You can watch our podcast on our twitch.tv channel for the next few days, listen to it here, and/or wait until Wednesday at 2:30 pm PDT to watch on our YouTube channel.

The Saturday Morning Review on Trophy Unlocked this week was Trevor's for Mortal Kombat (1995). I did finish my review for The Big House, and tentatively started one for China Clipper. As always, no idea when these will appear.

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