Sunday Salon for 28 April 2024
Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.
How’s the weather?
Our week was cool and cloudy with a fair amount of rain. We’re going to keep the clouds and periods of rain, but the temperatures will warm to bring in the merry month of May.
What are you reading?
I’m continuing to read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel as an e-book and Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey as an audio e-book. I’m nearing the end of Station Eleven, but at 21 hours, Leviathan Wakes will take a bit longer.
I started reading our next book club selection: “All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker. We previously read An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. The current book, that tackles each myth one by one, is an easily digested format to engage with these topics. This is an area where schools failed me in my childhood, and it’s been a gradual unlearning ever since.
What are you watching?
At the moment, I’m completely entranced by YouTube. Mostly travel videos. But I’m also watching YouTube videos about creating YouTube videos. I have no real interest in doing that. I think it’s a healthy distraction from the novel-writing.
What are you doing?
I’m now 17 days into a challenge to write for 90 consecutive days. My manuscript is nearly 14,000 words. I’m keenly aware that there are things that aren’t quite working, but since it’s not obvious how to fix them, I’m continuing to write. I trust that some things will work themselves out in the first draft and solutions will appear to help me improve in the second draft.
How are you this fine Sunday?