Yesterday, I finished the first draft on a novella I wrote to kick off a mainstream SF adventure series. I've been struggling to make a different idea work for a few months and finally gave up on the idea (or at least set it aside indefinitely). I had no idea what I was going to write instead and I was months behind where I'd wanted to be with a mainstream pen.
And then a fateful Saturday morning, I went to bed after feeding my cats, and I dreamed. Just a snippet of a character in a vague setting.
If you use a streaming service to listen to music, you might already be familiar with having lyrics play on the screen as the music goes.
If not, you may not be aware that there's a way to do that locally with your library of music. I'm using LRCGet to download the LRC files. I can use the resulting LRC files either on my computer through LRCGet or on my music player. Your mileage may vary on how many music players support it. This isn't an ad for the concept or the software.
Just like some songs aren't “synchronized” when you're streaming (so you just get the lyrics without the automatic scrolling), some aren't synched in LRC's library either.
I've been going through and creating the synchronization for a few songs in my library every day or so. Thanks to that, I have a very specific version of So Long, Marianne stuck in my head from a few days ago.
I like to celebrate Halloween for the entire month of October. It's one of my favorite times of year. The weather tends to get a little colder. There's rain in the air. The decor changes to something a little more dark side. It appeals to the parts of me that wanted to be a goth.
My roommate and I watch a scary or otherwise Halloween themed movie once a week during the Hallowed month. It's kind of a thing.
This year has been a little different though. I left my job to focus on trying to complete my degree and get some stories published. Instead of focusing on the season of the year, I've been focused on the season of my life.
It's good to change things up from time to time. I kind of miss what this month could have been, though.
I have a favorite mug. It's not my “woke up sexy as hell again” mug but that one's definitely a good one. My favorite mug is part of a set. I inherited the set from someone who didn't want the set any more. Most of my ceramic is like that. A lot of my pots and pans too.
