Hi, all! I am starting up monthly updates so I can share news regarding my book reviews/fanfiction and my reading/fandom engagement.

For the first time in a while, I have been motivated to read. I am currently reading way too many books to list, but I am particularly enjoying L. L. McKinney’s A Blade So Black, Emily Wilson’s translation of The Iliad, Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, and Eldritcher’s Fire and Blood fanfic series Ossuarium. There are so many more books I am reading that I’m enjoying, but I’ll stick to listing those for now.

In terms of my own writing, I am working on a short and fluffy ATLA fanfic about Roku and his friends inspired by The Reckoning of Roku. I’ve also been feeling some motivation to possibly continue my Eternals fanfic series, so we’ll see where that goes!

Hi, everyone! I hope your July treated you well. My updates are below!

If you’re a fan of Fire and Blood and craving a deep dive into the one and only Rhaena Targaryen, Queen of the East/West, then please check out SherlockMarv3l’s Of The Hours Between. This fic is a superb exploration of Rhaena’s life, and it’s been an absolute joy beta-reading for it this past month. SherlockMarv3l does a wonderful job examining Rhaena’s complexity and the complicated social world she lives in. I used to do reads for people’s online original writing pretty regularly before taking a break, and it’s been lovely getting back into that type of reviewing with this fic.

In terms of my own fanfic writing, I’ve been continuing outlining one of the projects I’ve been working on for about a year now.

Hi, all! I hope your June has been going well. My updates are below.

I actually wrote a book review this month for a novel I finished reading last year. I’d been meaning to write a review for it for a while since it’s a novel I had supported on Kickstarter, and I usually try to write reviews to support indie books I like, so I’m happy I finally got around to it. I’m also lightly reframing the way I write my book reviews to reflect better how I currently engage with reading, so keep an eye out for those changes.

Anyways, I did a little more work on my fanfic projects, and I managed to catch up on commenting on some fics I’ve been reading. If you’re a fan of the Dunk and Egg novellas and/or ASOIAF, I highly recommend Mithrigil’s “The Hall of Empty Sconces.” If you’re more into Fire and Blood, neeku’s “The Son of the Dragon” and the anonymously written “we don't have to talk about it” were both great deep dives into Aerea and Rhaena, respectively.

Hi, all! I hope your May is going well! My updates for this month are below.

I worked a bit more on my longer fanfic projects, which has been nice to return to. I have been struggling for inspiration over the last few months, but I’m slowly starting to feel more and more motivated.

I’m still gradually making my way through all the books and fics I’m reading.

Hello! I hope you had a great April! My updates for this month are below.

I’ve slowly begun regaining some of my creative fanfic energy from last year, and I’m feeling more motivated to work more on the larger project I started in August. I did more outlining for it and talked about it with some friends, which was nice.

I’m still reading, which has been pleasant. I finished Awakening of Roku, which I thought was alright. There were some sweet moments and some intriguing arguments, but overall, I felt the book was struggling to decide whether or not it wanted to be a more complicated tragedy or your average YA fantasy action-adventure novel, making it hard for the story to pull off either.

I hope your March has treated you well! My monthly updates are below.

I did more reading, which was nice, and went to two good book club discussions. 

I worked more on a fanfic story I started plotting last year, and that was nice. It’s definitely a bigger project than I’ve worked on before, but it’s a good challenge, and hopefully I’ll grow as a result.

Hi, everyone! I hope your February has been treating you kindly. My updates for this month are below.

I participated in the Silmarillion Writers’ Guild’s February instadrabbling session, which was a lot of fun. It took me back to high school when I participated in a teen writers workshop at my local library, and we worked on and shared prompt-based writing together. I wrote a few Silmarillion drabbles that you can find here.

I also have been doing a lot of reading, which has been nice. I mentioned in my January updates that I joined a couple of book clubs, and I went to both of their first meetings and had a pleasant time. 

Hi, everyone! I hope you are having a good January. My monthly updates are below.

I published a couple more fics: one more Fire and Blood fic that I was randomly inspired to write about Rhaena and Elissa (“Memories on the Shore”) and one longer that I had started back in 2020 about Kyoshi and Rangi (“Love is Hard When You Are Young”). 

I joined a couple of book clubs as part of my New Year’s resolution to do more in-person activities, and it’s been fun reading books I probably wouldn’t have chosen to read on my own. It’s also forcing me to read faster than I’m used to. 😅