What's Up Wednesday- June 11th

 The Fault in our Stars & Why Humans Should Purr

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop geared toward readers and writers, allowing us to touch base with blog friends and let them know what's up.  Should you wish to join, check out Jaime's or Erin's lovely blogs and sign up with the link widget at the bottom of the post.

WHAT I'M READING

I finally read THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. This has been in my TBR pile for ages, but as I was familiar with the premise, I resisted for quite a while. Death and I haven't been on speaking terms since October and I was reluctant to change that. However, as the movie was coming out, I wanted to read it before the ensuing deluge of information ruined the Word Magic for me and went ahead and indulged in what was an absolutely stellar book. (And funnily enough, it helped.)

Boy Chris has long been a fan of the SciShow, hosted by John's brother Hank and their other collaborative projects. If you haven't seen the SciShow, you must. (I included a quickie one below, so you don't feel left out. Plus, this clip has made me consider taking up purring. :) Not only is the show informative, it is often pee-your-pants hilarious. This has led Boy Chris and I to add John Green and his brother Hank to our List of People We Would Like to Take Kayaking Who May Or May Not Take Us Up On Our Offer. (We wanted to invite Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips when he was in town, but we were afraid he would lick the wrong frogs.)

WHAT I'M WRITING

I finished my sneak peek for Book 2 of ISIS. I would really, really love to share a bit with you about it, but SPOILERS! And holy crap, may the Book Gods forgive me for what I'm going to put my poor characters through in Book 2. If ISIS was real, I'd have to watch my back. (In so many ways.)

Also, continuing to work on the script for our short film. (We're doing some short nature-based films to highlight some of Florida's natural areas.) Our biggest problem is going to be What To Leave Out. I don't want to leave anything out. But it's up for the Short Film category at the Film Festival. Key word being SHORT. (Blerg.)

WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN UP TO/ WHAT INSPIRES ME RIGHT NOW

I've been spending a lot of time considering my Writerly Path. (Thank the stars for twitter friends and writer friends who encourage you to think about things...sometimes more than you would like to be thinking about things) ;) Annnd there's a lot to think about. Indie & Legacy & Hybrid...Lions & Tigers & Bears (oh my)! Spent so much time at it, that I think I starting exhibiting Blogmata* at one point.

* Blogmata (Blög-mâ-tâ) : noun- The physical manifestation of reading too many Blogs as evidenced by blood coming out of your eyeballs.

What else have I been up to:

• My crazy artist side was just nominated as a featured artist for really cool Underground Artist's Collective. It's a neat opportunity. But it means I will have to bust out a bunch of new pieces (in record time) then wrangle models and photoshoots and interviews and press packets. But I think it would be worth it. And my Ridiculousness would be featured in over 60 cities...and that's no small thing.
• Seeing how long I can subsist on hummus and mango smoothies. (It's been very hot here and the only cooking I feel like doing is grilling veggie dogs at the beach.) 
• We've been rewatching all three seasons of Sherlock. They nailed that show. Nailed it.

Yes! = This Print I found on Etsy