This is a catch-up post. It is intended to let everyone who asks me ‘what have you been up to?’ know EXACTLY what I’ve been up to – much to their regret. There will be swearing, and discussion of my personal life. There will be discussion of elder care and health scares. Just… there’s been a lot.
In short – things sucked for a while. They were scary and uncertain, but now they are much, much better.
The artwork is inches from done, and the print book too. But getting all the other matters – podcast files cleaned up, art added, files set to publish, etc. – added up and I just couldn’t get it done in time.
So! OCTOBER 15th is the new date.
Greetings friends and readers!
I have good news, and bad news.
Bad news – I will be pushing the Virago release date back 2 weeks. It turns out trying to do a bunch of book/podcast release stuff in the month I start a new job while my cat has health problems and family visits was less than ideal, and I ran out of spoons.
The artwork is inches from done, and the print book too. But getting all the other matters – podcast files cleaned up, art added, files set to publish, etc. – added up and I just couldn’t get it done in time.
So! OCTOBER 15th is the new date.
Good News – There will be more adventures on the horizon for these characters in the world of Eyam. There are two more books, in very late stages of completion. At least one will be available next year. Also I plan to start an Instagram/Twitter account of artwork of the world and characters, too.
So please bear with me. I’m trying to present the absolute best face of all this creative work and it’s taking more time and energy than I anticipated.
Good morning, friend!
Here are some developments happening with Virago that I’m excited to share with you! Read on for musings on self-promotion and to find out what’s ahead for Escape Into Storytelling!
Continue reading “Escape Into Storytelling News – Future Podcasts and Book News”Would my soup baby be a delicious umami angel, or a revolting demon that tasted of sweaty, burnt feet?
Hello Dear Reader! Normally People Eating Together posts at Late to the Theater discuss that age old tradition of cannibalism, but today we’re going to discuss cooking. RAMEN cooking, to be precise! So grab a snack or a drink and settle in for a long, rambling ramen-ing kind of time as a novice takes on a classic of Japanese cookery. Note: this recipe is an amalgam of methods taught by Adam Liaw and Joshua Weissman. Please watch their videos to learn properly! Also, I’m not being paid by anyone to write this post. All opinions expressed are my own.
Continue reading “People Eating Together: Making Tonkotsu Ramen and a Huge Mess”
Being American (from Florida, no less), anything over the age of a hundred impresses me. I was Home.
In 2018, Jen took her first ever trip outside the United States. She was lazy and never posted the rest of the trip, but it kind of worked out because she hit the mental wall recently and needed an escape, and figured that you do too. Please enjoy Part Three of this multi-part series chronicling her tale abroad, along with the requisite musings. Part One can be found here. Part Two can be found here.
Note: The internet is full of posts by smart, photogenic people taking meticulously staged selfies at famous landmarks, so this travelogue is restricted to actual personal thoughts, including things I found fascinating and/or hilarious and VERY OCCASIONAL selfies. This entry contains terrifying staircases, clotted cream on scones, a tiny castle on an island, and the End of the World!
The next leg of my trip took me from Oxford aaaaaalllll the way down Cornwall to Penzance. But first, I had to get lost in Puxton.
Leaving Oxford was hard – not just because I loved my Airbnb either. No, the reason it was so difficult was because I was undergoing HORRIFIC MENSTRUAL CRAMPING. Naturally, this made driving even more of a chore than the whole ‘left side with roundabouts’ thing.
