Whoops, there was a tornado

Absence
Near the end of May, a dang ol’ tornado hit our neighborhood. Without power and down a window for a while, there’s been a lot going on at the house. That made it hard to get much of anything done, including keeping everyone informed on what was going on. Sorry about that. Things are more or less back to normal now that the school year has started, so I don’t expect to be so silent going forward. Again, sorry. I blame the tornado, and you should too. That thing was a real jerk.

Skate 3
Despite it all, progress continues on Skate. I’m not going to give any dates regarding when I expect a first draft to be done, but I do have a personal date that I expect to reach that goal. We will see if I meet it or not, but I’m notably closer than I was five months ago.

Media
Current video game obsession: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. I picked it up from the Switch store for ten bucks, and that was a solid purchase. I loved Civilization V, and VI has been quite fun to get a handle on.

There were a lot of movies over the summer, but the one that hit me the hardest was one I wasn’t expecting, Inside Out 2. I note at this point that there are a lot of sequels in this section, a trend that continues with HBO’s Penguin, a sort of tie-in TV sequel for The Batman. It’s been good so far, and I expect it will continue.

Oh, and of course, there was House of the Dragon. I am excited by good fantasy, and that show hasn’t gone the way of Game of Thrones just yet.

Miscellany
I went to several author events over the summer. Follow me on Threads and Instagram if you’re wanting to see pics of those places, and the former especially if you also want to see all the dumb stuff that pops into my head on a daily basis.

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– J. E. Ayers