Gregeration X Newsletter February 18, 2023-Operation Work Zone

Yesterday marked the start of a long holiday weekend for me. That, combined with a few extra days off, will make for a mini-vacation. Unfortunately, the rest of my family isn’t off, so I won’t be going anywhere fun. Instead, I’ll be focusing on taking care of some long-neglected projects around the house. The primary objective is to revamp my work area.

Prior to the pandemic, I was already working from home several days each week. I had a nice little area set aside where I did all my work, so it was a pretty easy transition to working fully remote. As I have worked from home for several years now I have found that my area is not as optimized as it should be, especially when you consider I work 8+ hours a day, then switch to writing/editing for several hours in the evenings and weekends.

I’ll be removing a large desk with a lot of wasted/unusable space and replacing it with two standing desks. This will give me one area for my regular work, and another area for my writing. The standing desks will allow me to change my position throughout the day and get me off my butt!

Once I install the desks, I’ll look into upgrading my chair, keyboards, and mice to more ergonomic designs. I’ll start all this work as soon as I set this newsletter and hopefully it doesn’t take more than a day or two to complete. Wish me luck!

What I’m Watching

Just a quick update on the shows I’m watching:

One Piece-Finished the Water 7/Enies Lobby saga and started Thriller Bark. There is some great moments in Water 7/Enies Lobby, but I’m enjoying the change of pace in Thriller Bark.
My Hero Academia-Watching the current season week to week as it is released.
The Legend of Vox Machina-Just about done with season one.
The Last of Us-I’ve watched three episodes so I think there are three more I need to watch to catch up.

There are probably more, but these are the main ones. What are you watching or reading right now that you’re enjoying? Let me know!

Mechhaven Missives

I’m about halfway through my second editing pass of Mechhaven Book 4: Rally Point. I’m pretty happy where it’s at so far. This will be my focus for the rest of the week as soon as I reorganize my work area.

I’m hoping to finish this editing pass by the end of the month, however I know there are more scenes to edit and expand in the second half of the book than the first, but I think I’m on track to get this done.

Featured Author

This week’s featured author is A.K. DuBoff!

Empire Reborn (Taran Empire Saga Book 1)

A.K. DuBoff

WINNER – 2021 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards

A forgotten enemy’s return reignites an ancient war.

Jason Sietinen lives in the shadow of greatness. He’s worked hard to become a TSS officer in his own right, but having war heroes for parents is hard to top.

When Jason is assigned to investigate a mysterious attack, he finds evidence of powerful transdimensional beings never before seen. Or so he thought.

Jason soon learns that critical information was lost through the millennia: Tarans had an ancient treaty with the aliens. Unfortunately, rogue actions by a shadow faction within the Empire just broke the peace.

With the future of the Empire hanging in the balance, Jason must find a way to unite the Taran worlds, including the lost colony of Earth, against the mounting threat. There’s just one problem: how do you fight an enemy you can’t see or touch?

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