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The Age of Plenty Ends
I've lived in an Age of Plenty at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
gonegaming since March. That was when I put together my 4-part series on Carcassonne [1][2][3][4]. Partway through the publication of that, I also finished up my 2-part series on Essen 2005 games [1][2] . Putting those together, I've been about a month ahead on my Gone Gaming articles for months.
Alas, that's come to an end. Both of those series are done, and I've just got two completed articles queued up: a 2-part series on Italian game design. Now, I actually need to start thinking again, and figure out what I'm going to be writing a couple of weeks from now.
I'm not obsessive about getting things done ahead of time, mind you, but a weekly schedule is very tough for writing thoughtful articles, so you need to capture enthusiasm and interest whenever you can. The only way to survive is to constantly be thinking I-want-to-write-that when something occurs to you, not my-deadline-is-coming-up-so-what-should-I-knock-out (at least for me).
So my brain is open once more, and ready for business.
I actually just finished up final revisions and additions to those Italian articles this evening. It's one of the things I wanted to work on writing-wise this weekend. Next up is a penultimate draft of the Bruno Faidutti article, including his quotes, and all polished into a publishable form. Which then gets sent to Bruno for any comments.
After that a complete outline of the elf book is my only other TODO for April, though I may wait until next weekend on that.
Actually, I have one other thing I want to do, which is to start my two-part GG series on Nurnberg 2006. It'll be months before I publish it, but I want to get my thoughts on the two I've played (Ticket to Ride Marklin and Cleopatra and the Society of Architects) down while they're still fresh.
(I finished a second draft of LC #2 earlier this week, and sent it off to readers, and am hoping to final draft it this Wednesday.)
gonegaming since March. That was when I put together my 4-part series on Carcassonne [1][2][3][4]. Partway through the publication of that, I also finished up my 2-part series on Essen 2005 games [1][2] . Putting those together, I've been about a month ahead on my Gone Gaming articles for months.Alas, that's come to an end. Both of those series are done, and I've just got two completed articles queued up: a 2-part series on Italian game design. Now, I actually need to start thinking again, and figure out what I'm going to be writing a couple of weeks from now.
I'm not obsessive about getting things done ahead of time, mind you, but a weekly schedule is very tough for writing thoughtful articles, so you need to capture enthusiasm and interest whenever you can. The only way to survive is to constantly be thinking I-want-to-write-that when something occurs to you, not my-deadline-is-coming-up-so-what-should-I-knock-out (at least for me).
So my brain is open once more, and ready for business.
I actually just finished up final revisions and additions to those Italian articles this evening. It's one of the things I wanted to work on writing-wise this weekend. Next up is a penultimate draft of the Bruno Faidutti article, including his quotes, and all polished into a publishable form. Which then gets sent to Bruno for any comments.
After that a complete outline of the elf book is my only other TODO for April, though I may wait until next weekend on that.
Actually, I have one other thing I want to do, which is to start my two-part GG series on Nurnberg 2006. It'll be months before I publish it, but I want to get my thoughts on the two I've played (Ticket to Ride Marklin and Cleopatra and the Society of Architects) down while they're still fresh.
(I finished a second draft of LC #2 earlier this week, and sent it off to readers, and am hoping to final draft it this Wednesday.)