Here I am …

… staring at a joke in the latest chapter of Jake and the Dynamo, which is posting tonight, that I think goes a little too far, and I can’t think of another joke to replace it with …

Update

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Should have another review up tomorrow, and Jake and the Dynamo will post Sunday night as usual.

Getting Ahead

Featured image: “Eden Eternal” by Nardack.

I’m behind on a few things here, but I’m spending the evening getting a couple of weeks ahead on Jake and the Dynamo, as I anticipate being out of town for a few days in the near future.

If I’m still around, I should probably have a new review up tomorrow.

Jake and the Dynamo Tonight

I’ve been out for a few days as I’m trying to catch up on things. We’ll see if we can get another review up in the near future.

And, of course, chapter 7 of Jake and the Dynamo will go up tonight at midnight Mountain Time, on schedule.

New Review Tomorrow

Featured image: “Star Light” by Gendo0032

I just finished a series, and I seem to be getting over my flu bug, or whatever I had. I’m taking screenshots now and should have a new review up tomorrow.

Updates and Stuff

Featured image: “Magical Girl Rainbow Dash” by My-Magic-Dream.

I’m an archaeologist by day and a magical girl geek by night; I’m behind on reviews, but it’s field season for me now, so I’m working long hours, and I want to spend the evening on chapter 15 of Jake and the Dynamo, as I want to keep the novel updating on a weekly basis for as long as I can.

So … no new material tonight.

The Jake and the Dynamo Messenger Code

… I don’t even know what that is.  But it kind of looks cool:

I like the circly thingy.
I like the circle thingy.

This is in some mysterious fashion linked with the new Facebook page for Jake and the Dynamo. I think you can scan it with your phone using the Messenger app. You might have to print it first.

Back in my day, things you scan with your phone were square and looked like mazes. You kids these days have it easy, what with your pictures and circle thingies.

As an added note, Chapter 2, of Jake and the Dynamo, “Enter the Dynamo,” will appear this coming Monday, just in time for Mother’s Day … at least if you like to get your mom things like free ebook chapters because you’re some kind of cheapskate tightwad who doesn’t appreciate his parents.

Chocolate and flowers, dammit. That’s what your mother wants, not magical girl ebook chapters! Believe me, I know this.

Because she told me last night.

Zing.

Oh, by the way, like our Facebook page. I promise not to talk about your mom.

Editing …

Killing unnecessary present participles like a boss.

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Moral Development of the Powerpuff Girls

Featured image: “Powerpuff Girls” by Sakimichan

So I lied. I’ve got my hand in too many projects at the moment, and I won’t be able to finish my review of Nurse Witch Komugi R tonight.

I want to spend my writing time tonight working on chapters 12 and 13 of Jake and the Dynamo. I got in contact with my cover artist today, and I think I can estimate probably two to three weeks before the series starts. It’ll update on a weekly basis, and I need to build myself as much of a buffer as possible.

I’m also finalizing an essay that I’ll be sending off to Sci Phi Journal. The essay is on the subject of the increasing moral complexity over the six seasons of The Powerpuff Girls. By which I mean the original one. The good one.

If you don’t know Sci Phi Journal, check it out. It runs science fiction with philosophical themes as well as popular-level philosophy essays referencing science fiction.  I’m spending much of my weekend reading Jean Piaget’s classic Moral Judgment of the Child, which forms the backbone of my essay.