Where did the summer go? #musings #writing #blogging #DragonCon #gaming #PokemonGo

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After correcting a plugin license issue for posting to social media, I realized it had really been since May that I last posted something. Part of the reason was that several blog tours I had signed up for earlier this year with OWI fell through and they canceled them before I could post. Some of the radio silence was because of a family event with a new member born towards the end of April. The rest was full-time work. I know I was going to post more this year; but obviously, that hasn’t happened.

It’s the last day of my 13-day vacation (some of the first few days were working, but that’s neither here nor there). I’m done with this year’s Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA. It’s a science fiction and fantasy convention that happens on Labor Day weekend each year. I go every year as a big vacation. I went to some writer’s track sessions but few of them since I was busy elsewhere. I will probably attend more local writer events via PandaLanta Discord server, including virtual and in-person ones. There are plans to do a mini in-person writing retreat next July. We’ll see how that goes.

indian road transport van amidst sunlit trees — Photo by Janmesh Shah on Pexels.com

I don’t have this van model, but I have a 12-passenger van, and we did some finagling with the help of a friend to get the family and all our stuff to the hotel we stayed at while at Dragon Con. It was fun but somewhat weird. The rest of us attending thought so too.

I’m not much of a talker in the first place, so this post is going to be short. I think I’m going to go play a Steam game for a bit. Speaking of gaming, I did a local in-person Pokemon Go raid event today, so that was fun. I’m going to attend those more often; if nothing else, to get the exercise in. I need to move more than I do when working from home. I have to drive to the meetup location, but that was going to be true for anything since I’m in the boonies and 30 minutes from most everything. 🙂

As for writing, I hope to finish editing and republish a few stories previously completed for Goodreads events over 10 years ago. I guess I’ll self-publish them unless I find someone who can publish them for me to a wider audience. I’ll have to see. First, get the editing done and maybe see about refreshing the covers. Then worry about how to get them published. If I do self-publish, I will definitely publish to the various retail outlets and not stay locked in with Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. On that note, I will leave you with this cute #amwriting picture. Perhaps if I put it out there, the writer’s block I’ve been dealing with for my own stories the last few years will end with ideas flowing easily.