| Hey there! I’ve decided to dip my toe in other social media pools for my author interests. And I figured Pinterest was an intriguing avenue since I like sharing artwork of my characters and covers. I wasn’t aware of this, but it’s more of a image search engine than a conversation/argument venue like X-Twitter. So here’s a pin image I made for Repenter. |
| Clicking on the image will take you to my Pinterest page. I’ll be adding images on a bi-weekly or monthly cadence, so feel free to check it out as time goes on. |
| Players of the Game Works in Progress |
| I continue to plug away at The Game War’s second draft in Scrivener. This month yielded 19 revised chapters. Some needed to be completely rewritten. Others needed only some polishing. I still don’t quite know how to measure productivity on this phase, but I’m getting words tappity-tapped, so I’ll claim victory on that basis alone. Players of the Game Out of Context Quote of the Month: Benefactor: “I’ve spent millennia with Corsis’s foot on my throat. If I get toppled from power, I’m quite close to the ground.” |
| Recommendation Corner |
| The Killer I watched this latest David Fincher movie in the theater before it goes exclusively to Netflix. Michael Fassbender stars as the multi-alias Killer, a sociopathic assassin who goes to great lengths to kill his targets. And even greater lengths to protect himself when things go wrong. It’s a tight movie that keeps you engaged throughout. I didn’t like it as much as Gone Girl, Fight Club, and the Game, but it is definitely worth checking out on Netflix before it’s buried under other content. Shardpunk Verminfall Surprise. It’s another tactics indie game that I’m enjoying. I have my vices. And turn-based pixelated combat is one of them. This one takes place on an earth-like world where swarms of intelligent mutant rats have overrun the capital city, and your group of fighters have to make your way through the ruins with a little spherical robot that might be able to turn the tables on the rats. It’s a little bit Darkest Dungeon with fear damage and camping between missions, and a whole lot X-Com with the cover and overwatch mechanics. But the rats will never stop. And you must ultimately flee or they will overrun you. I hate rats. Rats make me crazy. But that’s okay, because this game lets me kill so very many of them. They have to pay. |
| That’s all for this time. Stay smart. Stay safe. Jim |
