Dear Reader,
My Beloved is helping me with edits on my current non-fiction project. I foolishly thought this was going to be a straight forward and simple project. Something I could complete in a month or so. I was woefully wrong. I managed to get most of the comma splices and semi-colon splices out of the way. At the same time, I hit a level of fatigue in the process that I missed just how many sentences began with the word 'and' as well as a lot of sentence fragments. Thankfully, Beloved is eagle eyed and catching these things.
I'm beginning to think this is going to take much longer than a few months. This might be a year long project. You might ask why. Well, it's kinda complicated. There's a lot of false archaic language that has to be cleaned up and removed. There is an embarrassing amount of just plain bad language used. I'm not saying it is vulgar as much as there is enough poor grammar that it's painful to read in many places. Also, it is shocking how many times the word 'and' got used to splice things together.
At the same time Beloved is helping me plow through this document, I have been working on a novella to be published as part of a series of e-books for a Live Action Role Play (LARP) game that I love. The author of the game took a look at my fan fiction and said, "Hey, how about you write a few e-books that can be companions to the game!" To say the least, I went squee at a pitch that disturbed the neighbor's dogs and began writing. I am roughly at the middle of the novella. This is always the point where I question everything about the work.
As more things develop along that front, I will keep you appraised. If you're curious about the game, it's really easy to play and is based on Arthurian mythology. It's called Arthur's Legacy. You should pick up a copy, grab some friends, and play it. It's like a superhero LARP crossed with high fantasy. And, the best feature if you're mathematically challenged like me, it's diceless.
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