Gregeration X Newsletter April 1, 2023-Beware the Fools of April

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Thanks for joining me for my bi-weekly updates once again. If you're new to my newsletter, welcome aboard!

In this edition:

My Musings
Mechhaven Missives
Mech of the Month [New]
Featured Authors
Featured Promotions

My Musings

Where has this year gone? It's already April 1st! Also known as April Fool's Day, or as I like to call it, "Don't Believe Anything You Read Online or on Social Media Day". Sadly, there are no jokes or pranks from me today (although I thought of a pretty good one this morning). Instead, I'm going through receipts and pulling together forms to meet with my tax preparer this afternoon...It's that dreaded time of year as well. Since I need to get back to my taxes, here's a quick update of what I'm watching/reading.

Watching

As I've mentioned before, my family is working our way through One Piece. We are currently in the Marineford Arc. It's very exciting. When One Piece is firing on all cylinders, it is some of the best, most compelling anime out there. It's also superb at introducing seemingly unimportant side characters, bringing them back, and using them in surprising ways later on.

We just finished the most recent season of My Hero Academia with some really poignant episodes. Like One Piece, My Hero Academia really knows how to hit you in the feels.

I need to finish Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I have five episodes left. There's also a new season of Picard out. Season one wasn't my favorite, so I haven't watched season two, but I'm hearing season three is really good, so maybe I should give it a try. Any thoughts? Let me know!

Reading

I'm currently listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. I've plowed through books one through three in about two weeks. It has been a long time since I've listened to a series that quickly. I'm really enjoying it. Here's a link to it on Amazon (Dungeon Crawler Carl). I'm sure the print books are fine, but I think this is one of those series that shines in Audio format like the Expeditionary Force series by Craig Alanson. (Please note the two previous links are affiliate links, so if you click on the link and make a purchase, I'll receive a small referral fee.)

Mechhaven Missives

Last week I wrapped up one of the final scenes in Rally Point. There's one more scene that I'd like to add. I'm reviewing the final act of the book to figure out the best place to insert it.

I'm should wrap up my portion of Rally Point this coming week, before I send to my editor. We just scheduled a short getaway during Spring Break, so I won't be able to use that week for editing as I had planned. That being said, I will spend some time on our vacation plotting Book 5, so with any luck, I'll start writing Book 5 sometime in the middle of this month!

Mech of the Month

I hope you enjoyed our Mech of the Month for March, Mazinger Z. Please look for April's Mech of the Month in our next newsletter on April 15th! I have a personal story that I hope you'll enjoy.

Featured Authors

This week's featured authors are Richard Rimington and J.V. Nolan.

The Survivors

Richard Rimington

In this tale of space opera and cosmic adventure, the Ambassador of a mysterious and ancient family must forge a path through chaos to overcome the terrible enemies that desire humanity’s destruction.

Her plan to avert galactic catastrophe will unite a band of survivors who have faced every imaginable danger and disaster.

Featured Promotions

I have one new Kindle Unlimited and one Amazon promotion for you this week. Please take a look and support these authors if you see anything you like!