I am incredibly excited to finally type those words. Haven Divided: The Dragon’s Brood Cycle, Vol. 2 is available to pre-order from the Kindle store. It will be released on 31/July, and the paperback edition will be released shortly thereafter.
Forever is comprised of nows…
Emily Haven and her friends have been given the seemingly impossible task of uniting the worlds—a mission they failed once before, in another lifetime.
But Emily made a promise, and she intends to keep it. A small boy risked his life to save hers, and while Michael sets out to rejoin the Dragon’s Brood, she heads east with Celine and Corbbmacc to rescue Daniel from a band of desert slavers.
Time does not stand still, however, and the dark legends are true. They deal in blue fire; they deal in death; and they travel through the long nights on autumn winds.
Samhain has come, and this year, the harvest will be in blood, gold, and souls.
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I’m now beginning the final formatting for the ebook and paperback editions of Haven Divided. This is, without a doubt, the least enjoyable part of the process. ✍️📚
My reading agenda has been a bit derailed by WWDC podcasts and the realization that there is only a month until the final Super Powereds novel by Drew Hayes is out on audio, so I’m trying to reread the first three installments in anticipation. Such a fun series! 📚
I’ve spent the last few days exploring and playing with Pinboard, and I really like it. It’s a nice bookmark syncing and “read later” service, with a number of useful features. I think it’s going to replace Instapaper for me, among other things.
I have received the Haven Divided manuscript back from my editor! I wish I’d been able to work with her on Haven Lost originally, but I’m excited that she’ll be doing a new proof of that book soon. I cannot recommend her highly enough. 📚✍️
Next up on my reading list is the script to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I was waiting to be able to read it in Braille, since no audio edition exists. 📚
It would be next to impossible to write a meaningful review of The Outsider by Stephen King without giving something away, so I won’t even try. Instead, I’m going to stick to a few basic notes.
The Outsider was thoroughly enjoyable—one of King’s best in years in my opinion. The twists and turns, as well as the ending, were all completely satisfying. 👍
Some familiar faces from other King works make appearances, and when they do, you’ll cheer … I did, anyway. 🤓
Yes, there are Dark Tower connections. 😍
I knew basically nothing about this novel going in, and I’m so glad that was the case. I loved every single word.
I’ve been reading Stephen King’s new novel The Outsider. So far, this is the most enjoyable novel from him since 11/22/63, which is saying a lot, as I’m a lifelong King fan. 📚
Between season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery 🖖🏽 and the new She-Ra ⚔️ series, this is the first year with multiple TV shows I am very much anticipating in a vary long time.
🔖 This is a fantastic discussion and overview of accessibility for software developers. As a VoiceOver user, I appreciate mainstream devs raising awareness. – Under the Radar 132: Accessibility
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Episode 305 of 99% Invisible tells the story of the Laff Box, the contraption which was used to generate laugh tracks for TV for decades. It’s a preview of a new podcast called Decoder Ring.
I’m in the modern minority, in that I actually like sitcoms with laugh tracks, but I don’t understand why it has to be an either/or stance. Some people hate laugh tracks; some staunchly support them. I think there is room for both formats on television. Part of what makes I Love Lucy, Three’s Company or Friends so great is that they were all performed before studio audiences, some of the laughs being “sweetened” not withstanding. Those three shows are among my all-time favorite sitcoms, in no small part because the actors are playing to the audience. But I also love The Wonder Years, an early example of a show without a laugh track.
The history of the Laff Box is interesting and entertaining as presented by Decoder Ring. I only wish that it hadn’t been so biased against its use. I don’t think we need to start overlaying a laugh track on The Office or Modern Family, but I don’t think shows should be shying away from it either just because it isn’t in vogue.
