Not just a metaphor. It’s a goal.
Status
The Wizard’s Cat
Not my best showing. My practice froze with the sub-zero temperatures and snow in the latter half of the month. The last few days have thawed things a bit. We’ll see how well that works as the month unfolds.
Everything Else
I’m not working on anything else except me and the Cat. Ishmael, Tanyth, and everything else has taken a back seat while I spend what little focus and energy I have on getting this book through to the finish line.
What Am I Reading?
This month? Not very much. My recommendation engine is idling at the moment.
I spent the last two weeks working through the first three Mother of Learning titles and enjoyed them very much. Think Groundhog Day meets litRPG where the main character, Zorian, gets to repeat the same month over and over. He and his fellow looper, Zach (yes, there are a lot of Z-names), remember what happened in the previous month but nobody else seems to. Unless it’s the mysterious Red Cape.
Sometimes brutal. Often funny. Really intriguing story of what-if and how does it change you when the only thing you can hold on to is your memory.
I liked it so far, but maybe grab a sample and see for yourself.
Honorable mention for last month: Krista Walsh’s Evensong. An interesting take on a portal fantasy/writer trapped in his own works story. Kind of a nightmare, really. I wasn’t sold on the premise but Walsh made it work. I’ll probably go back for the next in the series.
See all the books I read in February here.
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Looking Forward
That 40 mile March listed above references my goal of walking 40 miles this month. The “Talking On My Morning Walk” portion of my day took a beating this month with some dangerously cold, icy, and snowy weather. I didn’t get anything like a reasonable amount of walking in but the season seems to have turned nicely now. We’ll still get some crappy weather but spring is in the air and I need to get my boots on the sidewalk again. Can I walk 20 out of 31 days? We’ll see.
The bigger picture shows me that when I walk more, I write more. My writing dried up along with the walking last month so maybe walking will help curb my ADHD a bit and get it re-hyperfocused on what really matters.
All I can do is keep trying every day.
Until next month, safe voyage.
-N
And a safe voyage to you, too, Nathan! Happy writing, reading, and walking.
I love Mother of Learning. I first started reading the books when the author was posting it on fictionpress.com over a decade ago. It was agonising because the author would post 1 chapter a month. He is currently writing a second series on royalroadl.com. I believe the posting rate is just as agonising as Mother of Learning.