I stayed up far too late last night reading a book1. This is the second time in the last week or so that I have done this.
It was good. I mean, today my eyes are circled with purple tired marks and I am exhausted. But, still. It was fantastic, turning the pages, wondering what happens next, where the story was going to go.
I had forgotten the simple pleasure of reading something that wasn’t on a flickering screen.
3AM comes mighty quick when you’re deep in the throes of a Dresden novel.
As an added side effect, I woke up with some glimmerings of a story idea in my head. I’m not aggressively chasing that. Recent history has shown that is a surefire way to scare it off. I am going to let it percolate in the back of my head, though. See what bubbles to the surface like swamp gas. Or a monster breathing underwater.
Question for the gamer/GM types who read this blog: I recently recorded a session of the game that I am GMing. If I can get the permission of the people involved (which is a BIG maybe), would that be something you’d like to see? Let a scribe know!
1– The which I finished. Then I had to convince myself that I really needed to turn off the light and NOT pick up the next book in the series.
Of course you have my permission. If you don’t write it, I shall be cross. Very cross indeed. I love your writing, and reading about our characters makes this one a cinch.
Did you ever post the game footage?
I did. Parts 1 and 2 are up on my YouTube channel.
They’re not edited at all, though.