superstition: rings through the earlobe are supposed to keep the Evil Eye away. Except in the case of sailors, who believed they would give them better eyesight. (Linda Spenser/ Knock On Wood...)
everyday omen: I go out to get into the car and this is when I miss Random Magic kitty cat who used to escort me to the car. I say aloud how unhappy I am and how I miss him. A second later, I look down and there is a perfect blue jay feather on the ground where Random usually would stand. This happened twice. (I had never found a blue jay feather in the yard before, and not since.) Thanks for the message, Random Magic, I love you, too.)
tidbits:
There are over 300,000 books written about Napoleon. (Science magazine)
Several studies have been done regarding reading on screen. They say that it is 25% slower to read on screen and makes a person more tired. High resolution helps some.
I am reading "Show Your Work!" by Austin Kleon. Cool! The book puts a new light on "getting out there". Getting out there is an onerous task. Sharing my work, not so much. Hey, I learned sharing in 'Show and Tell' in grammar school...
But I have a not so great track record of choosing what people might like. For instance, the design I liked best of my 2015 Christmas and Yule card designs this year (and last) came in last place. Sigh! The one I didn't think anyone would like came in the top five. By the way, the top design by customer vote is "A Purrrfect Holiday". (Oops, this doesn't take the file format I have the image in...)
Back to the book. You might check it out if you want to cultivate a new attitude towards getting your work out for people to admire--or make faces at, whatever...
Sara, The Writer
Phew, I'm done the last edit on Byran 5, now it is going to Word (R) for it's tweak edit where I make sure I've followed through on all the story threads and so forth. But not just yet. Right now I'm burnt out on that story.
I am writing on the next Miss Kitty Mystery. Dance! Dance! I am a much easier person to live with when I am writing. I am at about 50 pages as of June 20th.
I started bookmaking (my version of outlining) and suddenly I wondered why I hadn't thought to make a Series Bookmaking document before. Who knows why, I rarely write something that is a stand alone.
Anyway, in case you are curious, here is the start of the series and the series bookmaking document:
Bookmaking A Series
Is this going to be a series? Yup.
If yes, what is the Series Title? Jump Hunters
Series Idea: Relays... Darn! What was that idea I had? Oh, the Relays turn into being like the Jinn Cousins, always Family,, as long as they have the talent.
I don't want it to be another private spy series. What are they going to do? Chase down missing people maybe. Getting missing people or rescuing people from hard to get to or in places? I guess they can rescue cats and dogs and some creatures, too... or maybe only one of them will do that.
Series Type: open-ended, standalone sequential stories
What is the Series Tie? The characters, there is a group, but Kappin, a young male unofficial Jump Hunter is the focus character; Relaying (This is a magic talent in the world I write in, where a person can 'jump' from one place to another by magic.)
Theme of the Series: I decided on Rescues, but they don't start the series knowing that.
Series quest object: success, acclaim would be nice, a solid business.
Sara, The Artist
Yippee! I got all the pictures for the Tiger's large planner sketched, inked, scanned, and tweaked and, just now printed, even though the printer took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to print them tonight. Where do all the dots and smears come from? They aren't in my inks!
I am painting Christmas and Yule cards. (Nope, it's not too early for me to start, I have lots of them to paint this year.) I am avoiding painting calendar pictures. There are lots of those to paint, too, but not so many.
Happy Summer as of Sunday June 21.
June 25, 1951 was the 1st color TV broadcast (by CBS).
On June 23, the first typewriter in America. In 1868 by Luther Sholes.
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