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Still ❄️ Frosty

And I’m loving every frigid moment of it, baby! Anything that encourages me to stay at home and lounge around in comfy clothes is alright by me. 👍

Both Sides Of The Coin

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. ~Saadi

There’s good and bad aspects to nearly everything, even midwinter frigidity.

• 🌹 No bugs
• 🔺 High heating costs
• 🌹 Not drowning in sweat
• 🔺 Risk of frostbite
• 🌹 Staying home
• 🔺 Traversing icy/snowy roads to get groceries/supplies
• 🌹 Hot food and beverages
• 🔺 Higher electric bills to pay for heating food and beverages

Nothing is perfect. Oh well, I still prefer cooler weather while it lasts.

Super Tiers

Street Fighters

I’ve been revisiting my superhero lore to get my mind back into the Sentinelsverse.

As I’ve said before, I’m looking to write the series as a collection of sub-series, each of which represents the Ages of Comics.

In the Golden Age of Comic Books, the primary villains were basic criminal goons, crooked politicians and the Axis Powers of WWII, so the initial set of Sentinels novels will follow suit.

Super Teams

A hallmark of the Silver Age is the explosion of costumed heroes and large teams of these rapidly proliferating supers.

The climax of the Golden Age trilogy will similarly lead to a wealth of super powered individuals and the problems that arise with such a surplus.

Epic Super Battles

As far as the Bronze Age and Modern Ages are concerned, comic books became grittier and more bombastic in scope.

We’ll be hip-deep in the Chaos War by then, so I’ll have to do a bit of noodling on what that will consist of in those phases of the series.

Quite An Impression

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. ~Edgar Degas

This is the crux of art. As much as I prefer photorealistic representations, I can understand what he’s saying and how it represented his perspective on the Impressionist Movement.

How this relates to writing is that, as a writer, you have absolute control over what information is presented, but it’s still an interplay between what you say and what preconceptions the reader brings to the work.

More practiced writers can use this to subvert expectations and provide an unexpected twist. Jaded readers can be baited into expecting a clichéd storyline, then pleasingly detoured into an original twist. I’ll need more practice and study to pull this off.

Unfortunately, it won’t be this weekend. My practice will be more in the software arena than in storytelling this time around.

Guess it’s time to get on with that so it can be done…

That’s it for one gloriously chilly Saturday. I hope you’re keeping warm and enjoying the blessings of the season.