January 2018 – Welcome to infinitefreetime dot com

Self-improvement is exhausting

January 31, 2018 Luther M. Siler3 Comments

I remain fully caught up on the “draw every day” project, if only because I drew two pictures tonight. I am beginning to think that the best use of my time might be to actually find some sort of art tutorial thing rather than constantly drawing from .jpg files of animated characters. I can whip up a Buttercup in a hot second but I’m not convinced that being able to draw Buttercup well is the same thing as being able to draw. I remain vaguely terrified of the idea of drawing something unique for some reason. This is, of course, not why I started this project. Fuck fear. But if I’m going to take this seriously I feel like I ought to try and find some sort of resource more useful than thinking of a kids’ TV show I like and Googling good images of the characters.

Speaking of creativity, I left work today after telling my boss that I was only coming back on Saturday if I’d managed to get some writing done in the next two days. Luckily I have nothing in particular that I need to get done tomorrow or the day after, or at least nothing that I can think of (well, okay, I could use an oil change for my car, and I have to take the boy to school both days; I don’t think either of those really count) and so I won’t have any good excuse to not get something done. Then again, I’m really good at generating excuses.

I’ll finish Fonda Lee’s Jade City tonight, so expect a glowing review in the next couple of days. It’s an early frontrunner for my favorite book of the year, I’ll tell you that. I’m considering spending February only reading books by black authors, so if you have anyone in particular you’d like to recommend, please feel free to chime in in comments and make some suggestions.

Oh man

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Luther M. Siler

I had a dream last night about not being able to sleep, if you’re wondering how the last couple of days have gone. I just haven’t had much to say lately; sorry about that. On the plus side, I’m about halfway through Jade City by Fonda Lee and it is holy shitballs good, especially for a book that I bought effectively at random.

I was about to post a picture of Mojo Jojo that I just drew as penance for my silence, but my phone is in the other room, and oh god is that so far away. So… uh… here’s an actual drawing of Mojo Jojo.

(Also, this is probably obvious, but those of you who have been around long enough to remember that I occasionally liveblog the SOTU: I won’t be watching. I can’t put up with that thing’s voice long enough to watch. Sorry.)

STATION IDENTIFICATION: Infinitefreetime.com

January 28, 2018 Luther M. Siler1 Comment

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

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Today’s agenda

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 Luther M. Siler

…such as it is:

Get caught up on reading my comic books;
Finish reading Time Salvager, by Wesley Chu (interim verdict: enjoying a lot, but starting to drag juuuuust a little bit);
Read The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (a novella, so it’ll go fast, but I’m psyched);
Possibly write a blog post more substantive than this one;
Video games;
Pay some bills;
Write fiction;
Apply for at least two jobs;
Draw a picture;
Be dressed and showered before my wife gets home from work;
Clean up the house a bit, including getting the Christmas tree into the basement.