The Writer Shawn White's Place of Things

 It's summer, and this month, I end up another year older. I read Brandon Sanderson's The Frugal Wizards HandBook to Surviving Medieval England. Reading book 4 of the Wayfarer Series, The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. I think there is one Novella of hers that I have not read yet. I love her stories, but I'm due to read something spooky soon. Got some new books for my birthday (Maybe... if so, show the book haul) Picked up a new bookshelf for my office so all the books I want to read are closer to me Honestly did not watch much - Mostly played Tears of the Kingdom when I had free time Except Evil Dead Rise showed up on HBO/HBO MAX/MAX, and I watched and enjoyed that. Love how it brought the story out of the woods and into the city. They basically stayed in their apartment, but it worked.  I looked into some self-publishing stuff - Kindle Direct has hardcover books now. Not sure if I'm going to bother. I reached out to some book formaters on Fiverr to se...

May went by very fast. One day in late April, there were a couple of leaves on some of the trees, and then four weeks later, they had flowered and were in full-on summer leaf mode dumping tons of allergens, keeping the rest of the family and me in a perpetual state of needing antihistamines.  In May, I began a short story, like I actually began it, rather than beginning to plan it. Actual words were written as part of the story. Some of those words will make it through the final edit.  I continued reading the books I listed last month but started reading and finished Conjuring the Witch by Jessica Leonard. You can buy a copy here or where ever scary books can be found -  https://perpetualpublishing.com/product/conjuring-the-witch/ . Spoiler - it may have witches in it. I loved it, though.  Jen and I just finished watching the season finale of Yellowjackets, and that's been fun. What is more fun is reading about people losing it over the cannibalism in the show, but a...