The First of Many Good Things
Like creative endeavors, this Substack is very much a work in progress. As time goes by and as I figure what works and what doesn’t, there will likely be some changes made, then unmade…then made again…ad nauseum. Such is the life in the brave new electronic frontier.
This one such change…the first in what likely be an irregular series of posts about stuff that is interesting or at least strange enough to be worthy of note.
Enjoy!
Outtakes from previous chapters.
Images from previous chapters that didn’t make the cut:
What I’m (re)reading:
The Dragonbone Chair and The Stone of Farewell, by Tad Williams. I hope to get to the third book of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by the end of the month. Problem is, do I want to spend time reading…or fishing. Although you can read and fish at the same time…but you catch less fish when you you take your eyes off the pole, at least in my experience. Decisions, decisions…
Some books you just pick up for the cover:
Fun fact - Frank Frazetta supposedly never read any of the books he did illustrations for. Not sure if this is Frazetta;s or not, but the contents beyond the cover are certainly worth reading…
A quick note, and one of the changes mentioned at the start of this post - release days for new chapters have been moved to Fridays. As a special bonus, the next chapter will be released this coming Friday, with two released this week instead of the usual one.
There goes Tokyo, which is where I wish I was:
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