CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This last week, I have been publishing—ALL this last week—which drives me absolutely crazy, because I’d rather be writing… Plus it gives my mind far too much time to think about things. This week, I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t getting enough done, that there were things I could do better, and my non-writing chore list has grown. I started this year with some goals. They’re going to get done, but they’re going to look a bit different. Firstly, I don’t like having perfectly good anthologies and collections lying around doing nothing, so to speak. They need to be out in the wild where my readers can decide if they’d rather buy short work singly, or in a single collection. I’ll do a more in-depth post on the changes I’m making there, but you’ll start seeing a format change in progress reports from here on out. Secondly, I discovered I work better in blocks, and, while that’s frustrating because it means there will be blocks of time when I’m not writing, it will also mak...

Shortly after the Hoenn pokemon started appearing, today, my son noticed a new icon on the scanner. It was a little cloud just above the pokefinder bar in the bottom right corner - see? It's pretty cool - especially if you tap it, to get the next screen. See? A pokeweather app! I've no idea how that is going to affect gym battles, but it's a good indication of what you'll find when you're out walking. Or, if you prefer fire and grass pokemon...

Early walking, because the family is busy, today, and I didn't know what walk-time I would get - and I was pleased to see this come up on the screen. And I crossed my fingers, as I took my first steps out the door, that this was Niantic's way of letting us know the Hoenn release would be really soon. I even crossed my toes that it would be this morning... but I knew that was wishful thinking. There was another new thing on the scanner, as well. This raid had two monster-heads above the gym - and I had no idea what it might mean, or even if it's just a glitch. I feel like a kid at Christmas in an ooh-what's-that kinda way, so I figure I'll go poke it and see if it rattles. It didn't look much different from close up, either. (And, yes, of course I caught that rattata... I just haven't looked to see if it's tiny, yet.) Hatching these two guys in quick succession should have provided some clue as to what was about to happen: ...