Family, Personal

Burnout; Hiatus

I probably should have known better than to follow a month of daily shows (the NaNoWriMo show I do in November) with another month of TWO daily shows – one of them video. So with the kiddo stressed about school and me stressed about a number of things, we’re stopping the Advent calendar videos.

I’m also putting I Should Be Writing on hiatus until January.

Ditch Diggers’ daily show will continue as Matt and I have a good rhythm going, and we have one more DD regular show to release. So no stoppage there.

This year I wrote two books and promised myself December to take some self care time, and that’s not happening. Partly because of my own poor planning and partly because of other projects, so I’m just taking time now to try to get as much off my plate so I can appreciate the holidays and get ready for the new year of projects coming up.

I hate starting projects and having them fizzle and die, but I think this is best for the mental health of the family and for recovering from the hectic work I did this year.

Family, Personal

Burnout; Hiatus

I probably should have known better than to follow a month of daily shows (the NaNoWriMo show I do in November) with another month of TWO daily shows – one of them video. So with the kiddo stressed about school and me stressed about a number of things, we’re stopping the Advent calendar videos.

I’m also putting I Should Be Writing on hiatus until January.

Ditch Diggers’ daily show will continue as Matt and I have a good rhythm going, and we have one more DD regular show to release. So no stoppage there.

This year I wrote two books and promised myself December to take some self care time, and that’s not happening. Partly because of my own poor planning and partly because of other projects, so I’m just taking time now to try to get as much off my plate so I can appreciate the holidays and get ready for the new year of projects coming up.

I hate starting projects and having them fizzle and die, but I think this is best for the mental health of the family and for recovering from the hectic work I did this year.

Podcasts, Projects

Ditch Diggers #71: Chuck vs Marvel

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The Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Honcho Spa with special guest, best-selling author Chuck Wendig!

  • Honcho spas and their maximum occupancy are briefly discussed.
  • How Chuck recently set Twitter aflame.
  • Chuck gives us the background on his involvement with the Star Wars franchise, beginning with his Force Awakens novels and leading to his work on Marvel’s Star Wars comics.
  • Chuck recounts his firing from Marvel, the events that preceded it, and what happened after the news broke.
  • Chuck’s thoughts on the idea of boycotting Marvel, and supporting the marginalized creators they do employ.
  • How the Marvel fallout affects Chuck’s involvement in other Star Wars properties, and how it affects the rest of his career.
  • Writing other people’s and corporation’s intellectual properties, and what you need to know going in.
  • Chuck clears up his least favorite misconceptions surrounding his release from Marvel’s Darth Vader Annual #2.
  • The status of the “mid-list” and how to get work as a media tie-in writer.
  • Digital Buttholes are discussed, and DigitalButtholes.com is reserved (no, seriously).

Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds
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