Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending February 2, 2020—that 02 02 2020!
I finished my third draft of Temperance this week, which is book 14 of The Ravenglass Chronicles. That’s now with a couple of early readers to get some feedback before it goes to the editor. This one was particularly challenging to write as it’s the most mystical/psychedelic thing I’ve ever written. It answers many questions about seers’ dreams…but raises some more about what Kat needs to do next.
I’ve started bringing together my plans for book 15, The Devil. I don’t want to give too much away, because it will spoil Temperance, but let’s just say the stakes get raised another notch…
Next week, I have a hospital appointment about an ongoing shoulder issue. The doctor wants to do some scans and inject me with steroids. I think my posture is causing the issues, probably because of spending most of my adult life working at computers.
I recently invested in a standing desk, so I'm sure that will help in the long-term, but in the meantime I’ve been doing physio exercises.
I hope that they don't need to do surgery, but that has been suggested. My rotator cuff and right shoulder blade are in a bit of a mess. My bad shoulder seems to stick out a weird angle as compared to the left.
I read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson this week, which I thoroughly enjoyed. What I love about astronomy and taking a cosmic perspective is that kicks you out of your ego and makes you remember how insignificant we all are in the grand scheme of the universe. The petty events of day-to-day life don't really matter in the scale of history and the universe.
That's a liberating thought.
Anything that gets away from worrying about the ins and outs on the latest events in the news cycle can only be a good thing.
Finally, I wanted to announce that I’m closing my Patreon page, effective immediately. I’d like to thank everyone who supported my work on the platform. If you’re a subscriber, I’ve made sure that you won’t be charged for February.
It was a difficult decision, but I want to focus primarily on producing the best stories I can, and creating regular content for Patreon was becoming too much of a time-sap. I hope you understand.
If you want to support my work, the most helpful thing you can do is leave amazing reviews on Amazon.
Take care,
Jon
