Avalon 2 86/100

This was a bit of technical challenge to get published. But, finally, on day 86 of my 100 day challenge, Avalon 2 has been published. You can buy yourself a copy here.

Avalon 2: Day 74/100

Continuing work on the final edits of my second Glastonbury zine.

Avalon 2 - Day 72 /100

My proof for Avalon 2 ~ The Glastonbury Zine arrived this evening. As anticipated, there are a few issues I need to address, but I am still hopeful of getting the zine published over the coming weekend:

Where I Am Update

 I am not in too bad a place, project-wise at the moment. I am still waiting for my author's proof of AVALON 2 to arrive. I am expexting to get my hands on it on Wednesday and already know that it will need a few amendments. I am hoping to get it released officially on 10 August.

Work starts tomorrow on the reprint of GOWER BEACH, COVES & BAYS. This title, plus it's spin-off, SWANSEA BAY, should both be released by the end of September.

October is going to be devoted to getting a Gower Calenday on the market.

Finally, my 2025 projects will conclude mid-November with the publication of the first of my Christmas Ghost Stories. This will be a reworking of my story that was published earlier this year in GNS2.

Getting back to today, despite the headache that has plagued me since I woke up, I have done a fair bit of tidying, whilst working also working on my biggest Lego to date. Can you guess what it is at this early stage:

Anxiety Dreams

Whilst things have been going well in my day life lately, my dreams seem determined to balance things out by streaming all kinds of anxiety-provoking scenarios  to ruin my nights.

Yesterday was stressful. Editing videos with a new piece of software and trying to format Avalon 2 ready for publication has been a royal pain in the bum. Grrrrr...

Good newscin my office job though. Hybrid home working has finally been accepted for our department. Its on a 40/60 split though, which equates to x2 days a week working from home and x3 days working at the office, but its a big step in the right direction for as I am really struggling having to go in for five day stretches each week, and my annual leave can be counted on the fingers of one hand. And it doesn't renew until next March!

Anyway, I will close this post with a pic of something that caught my eye as soon as I woke up this morning:

Summer Sunshine

Another day off from my day job, but I spent it well, completing the first draft of Avalon 2 - The Glastonbury Zine.

Given the summer sunshine, I did also grab my fair share of chilling, as did little Fudjcat.

Fair do's to these Angel Trumpets. They have been flowering for months now and have become the current best flowers in our garden.

Avalon 2 | 57/ 100

Having moved to quite a challenging writing department for my day job has made my evening creative writing and project wore more problematic as I am mentally exhausted by the time I get home each evening. That said, I am soldering on and keeping ahead of my deadlines .

Avalon 51/100

Another much-needed day off work. Spent much of it catching up with my Avalon zine. An end of July completion date is now back on the cards... 🙂

Avalon 49/100

After a 3-day weekend largely spent reading, it is time to catch up on my Avalon zine.

Avalon 2 | Day 42/100

 Starting work on the Chalice Well Gardens section of Avalon 2

Weary

 I am not having as much working on this as should be. I need a holiday to crack on with it.

🙂

Glastonbury

Working on a new art piece for my 2nd Glastonbury zine as I listen to the festival. So far, Supergrass, Kneecap, Shed 7, and best of all, Fatdog have been my highlights so far...

A Poem for Glastonbury

 I wrote a poem for Avalon 1. Looks like I am  writing one for Glastonbury too...

Avalon | Day 32/100

Making the most of an unexpected day off from the day job, I decided it was time to crack on with work on my 2nd Glastonbury zine...

Tightly Packed Toes & Flow Time

Last week left off work to recouperate. I have been a little lazy creatively these past few days. But I managed to get a lot of work done today -on both GNS2 and Avalon2. I even entered that lovely flow state, where you lose your sense of self, as you carry out your activity.

Whilst it's lovely to be free of anxiety during that flow time, you can find that time flies. For example, when I looked up at the time after this morning's writing and design work, thinking only an hour had passed, over 3 hours had registered on the clock!

Avalon 2 ~ 10/100

Avalon 2 ~ Day 9/100 | Eyelid Op - Day 6

I managed to add all the images I wanted onto the zine today. I even put them in order. I still have to decide upon the size each image will appear and their position on each page. I also need to do all the writing. I am pleased with where I am now in relation to it publishing date.

In other news. Check out the progress on my poorly eyelid. As the swelling goes down, the bruising is slipping down my chops lol.

Avalon 2 ~ Day 8/100

Avalon 2 | 3/100

The butterfly is opening its wings. That is the say, Avalon 2 is starting to look good...

Avalon 2 | 2/100

My 100 Day Project to produce a second issue of my Glastonbury zine began last night. At the moment, I quite like the joy of the May Day festivities expressed in my cover...

I have also now confirmed the contents of the zine: