Gregeration X Newsletter March 22, 2025-Springing through Time

Thankfully, I have no new critter news this weekend. That should save my wallet a bit!

I was surprised recently with “springing forward” to Daylight Savings Time. For some reason, I thought we’d moved away from that. I guess we’re still on the biannual changing of time. Seems a little silly to me. At this point, I don’t care which “time” we stick to, but let’s stick to one and enjoy the natural progression of light through the seasons.

We also officially moved from winter to spring a couple of days ago. So Happy Spring! I’ll enjoy the extra light in the evening. It’s still usually dark when I leave for work and get home…so there’s that 🙂

I have a few days off coming up, so of course I’ll be focusing on Mechhaven Book 5: By Archangel’s Light. But I’ll also have some time to catch up on some shows or movies I’ve been missing. Here’s what’s on my current watch list:

Severance Seasons 1 & 2
Invincible Season 3
Wheel of Time Season 3
Daredevil: Born Again Season 1
Alien Romulus

What do you think? Are there any good shows that I’m missing? We don’t watch much TV these days, just a couple of anime.

I’d love to play some video games, I hear Helldivers is really fun, and we have Star Wars Outlaws, my son said was pretty good. A new Civilization came out recently as well. I just have to be careful with video games as they scratch a similar creative itch as writing, so they can be a hindrance to completing that type of work. I may hold off on video games until I send Book 5 to my editor.

Mechhaven Missives

My first editing pass on By Archangel’s Light is going well. I’ve edited around 102,000 words so far. This leave me with about 18,000 words left. I should wrap those up in the next 3-4 days.
Once I finish with those 18,000 words, I have a few areas I’ve “tagged” for further follow up. These mainly consist of following up on details, names, or other items I didn’t want to stop in the middle of editing to verify. I have one or two scenes I need to rework a little bit, but nothing major.
I’ve determined I’ll need to write another 5-6 chapters to complete the final battle and wrap everything up. I have about two weeks left to send my manuscript to my editor. I’m confident I’ll be meeting the April 7th deadline.
At the current rate, unless something really crazy comes up, I think I’ll release By Archangel’s Light between mid-June and mid-July. I wish I could get it out sooner, but I’ll need some lead time to schedule promotions. I can’t do that until I’m pretty solid on the release date and I typically schedule those 4-6 weeks ahead of time.

WonderCon 2025!

Next weekend, Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30, I’ll be at WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center. The hours are 11:30 AM -7:00 PM on Friday, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM on Saturday, and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday.

I’ll be at table SP-12 in the Small Press area.

This is my first appearance/show of 2025 and I’m looking forward to it! So far the weather looks like it’s going to be pleasant, and it’s not a holiday weekend, so I’m hoping for a larger crowd this year.

If you attend, please stop by and say “hi”. If you mention that you’re a newsletter subscriber, I’ll give you a small gift (*while supplies last).

Featured Authors

This week’s featured authors are Abby J. Reed, ZZ Adams, Orion Blake.

Spotlight

Abby J. Reed

One chance to win and change her destiny.

Atlana lives a second-rate life on a second-rate starship in a second-rate part of the galaxy. Her days consist of paying off her mother’s debt on the Cirque Magnifique, from shoveling challa refuse for engine fuel and manning the spotlight for the circus performers. All she wants is to leave her second-rate life behind and finally step into the spotlight.

When the Cirque Magnifique is invited to join the prestigious Tour, a massive circus conglomeration, an accident takes out one of the competitors vying for a prime spot. Now Atlana has one chance to prove she doesn’t belong in the shadows.

Siege

ZZ Adams

The distance from hero to monster will be counted in corpses.

Millicent Cuff leads a regular teenage life. She hikes in the hills, obsesses over boys and is desperate to leave a good impression at her upcoming birthday celebration. When an experimental aircraft crashes close to her village, she recovers a strange broken sphere from the wreckage. The life she knew will be forever changed when an army places her village under siege and comes for her.

Hellinix, a shadowy multinational corporation, wants their artifact back and will stop at nothing to get it, even if that means threatening her friends and family. But they hadn’t counted on the other village secret: that Millicent’s father and his closest friends are some of the hardest men on the planet—retired SAS commandos.

The Midnight Society-Guardians of the Cosmic Rift

Orion Blake

In this thrilling second installment of the Midnight Society series, the five childhood friends and their loyal dog, Whisp – must defend Earth from an unimaginable alien threat after gaining extraordinary abilities aboard a UFO. As gateways open between worlds, a rebel warns of an imminent invasion by the merciless Karnathians, launching the friends on a perilous mission that will determine the fate of worlds.

Deep within a mysterious network of caves, they uncover a terrifying secret: enslaved humans have unwittingly built a doomsday machine that threatens Earth’s very molecular structure. Forging an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic alien general, the Midnight Society must destroy the device before it’s too late. But when a monstrous overlord arrives to claim their home, they face a climactic confrontation where failure is not an option, and victory may demand the ultimate sacrifice.