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Steve’s Update 6/28/2015

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Hope everyone is doing well.  Caught a bit of a cold last week so I’m a tad behind.  Where are we now?

 

Speaking:

I applied to speak on professional creativity at a PMI event this fall.  Let’s see if I land it – and it will probably spawn a new presentation to do elsewhere, as well as a possible book . .

Sailor Moon Book:

Chugging away on interviews, and we’re starting to see patterns and get an idea of how to structure the book.  Still not expecting to see this until next year, so stay tight.

We’re also doing some historical digging, so if you have any good resources let us know – Sailor Moon history is surprisingly ill-recorded outside the essentials.

Way With Worlds Book:

This one is probably due around March 2016.  It’s actually a pretty regular piece of work since it’s all written – the challenge is the editing and making sure everything from 70 something columns actually coheres.  The size also means it takes a little longer to edit than my last work.

I’m actually pleased with how solid it is.  There’s a lot in there, and I’m going to be adding a bit more . . .
Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
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Recipe: Cabbage And Peas

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A variant of an Indian dish, made even healthier, and with a spice tweak in the form of smoked paprika instead of a pepper. It reminds me a bit of some german and country cabbage dishes, and has a unique taste.  I served it with a potato as a side dish.

 

Very fast to make as well.

Makes 4 servings.

 

Ingredients

1 large head of cabbage (about 3 lbs)

1 tsp ground turmeric

1 tsp ground, smoked paprika

1 tsp black pepper

½ tsp salt.

½ cup water

2 cups frozen or thawed green peas

 

  1. Cut cabbage into quarters and slice out core. Cut into strips about ½ wide.
  2. Place cabbage in pot.
  3. Mix water with spices and pour over cabbage. Check bottom of pot – there should be a thin layer of water. If not, add slightly more.
  4. Cover pot, bring water to boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally.
  5. Make sure there’s always a thin layer of water in the pot.
  6. When cabbage softens, add peas. Stir thoroughly and heat through.
  7. Serve.

Steve’s Update 6/22/2015

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Whew, busy time.  I’ve had software launches, dental work, and more the last few weeks.  Doing pretty good, but now I need some time to slow down (I’m hoping the 4th gives me that break).

Sailor Moon Book

Whew!  We’re doing plenty of interviews but my guess is we’ve easily got 8 more weeks of this before we have enough interviews, maybe 12.  We’re finding a lot of fascinating stuff already, but the analysis is going to take some work.

Still looking for more interviews if you’re interested!

Way With Worlds Book

Editing this now. It’s going pretty smoothly, but I need about 2-3 edit runs to make it ready for “real editing.” The book itself promises to be 450 or so pages long, so this is a lot of work, probably easily 3+ months before I get it into enough shape I want someone else to go over it. So I think it’s very likely we won’t see it until 2016.

However, I think the edit of the . . . uh . . . . rewrite . . . is going to make the book much better. I can tone up or streamline language, expand information, make things clearer, and make it flow better. The new chapter structure breaks the columns into logical subsections that really add consistency to the lessons.

Generators

I think I figured how to do the Plot Twist Generator.  Now I’ve just got to start it . . .

Informotron

You’ll notice the Informotron has a new look.  More to come so stay tuned!

Speaking

Still lining up my engagements out into October. I hope to nail some down in the next week or two, but you know how busy people get.

Worth Checking Out

I just heard about this first person adventure/mystery game Firewatch, which looks like a kind of playable movie with a strong sense of characterization, atmosphere, and plot.

A roundup of places to get sane financial advice.

 

Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/