After a couple of people suggested it, I decided to try crowdfunding Season Eight reviews. So, if you are interested in a weekly column about Season Eight of Doctor Who as it airs, in which I will engage in almost certainly wrong speculation like any other punter and attempt to analyze television on the fly, I'm doing it as a Patreon campaign. It'll run exactly twelve weeks, charging you a dollar every week if you back it. And if enough people back it, I'm throwing free ebooks at all backers, so it's hopefully a pretty good deal.
I haven't worked out the exact logistics yet, but expect that reviews will be posted in a manner that will allow for discussion, and that the Saturday Wafflings for the twelve weeks that Doctor Who is on will also be open threads about the episode, so people can discuss here or wherever. And I'm probably going to participate in both threads, so if you can't or don't want to pay $12, you'll still probably hear my thoughts. Might get around to linking my Tumblr as well, where I'm sure I'll end up discussing them.
I feel a little odd doing this one, to be honest. but equally, to be honest, I'm going to have one book out this year compared to four last year, and the Last War in Albion Kickstarter was half the Eruditorum one (not a surprise in the least, or a problem), and it's always something with money, so while we're by no means in any seriously bad situation, we could also use a kind of profitable thing, so, here it is. A thing people will hopefully enjoy in exchange for a small amount of money. You can back it here. Thanks very much if you do. I appreciate it.
Working on Williams-era essays. Being kind of obstinately lazy about it, mostly because it's been an incredibly hectic few months and I'm enjoying a week or two of not having much to do. But it's starting to itch at me, so I expect mad productivity will arrive again soon. So far I've got four done - Festival of Death, one on the nature of the Guardians, the "Now My Doctor," and the commissioned essay - still got the Big Finish (probably Auntie Matter?) to do, as well as the Pop Between Realities on Target. Might end up throwing in some other 70s cop shows as well, although really, that essay exists to be a "the story thus far." Might end up doing Target/Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols. That would be a fun essay. And there's one more thing that's not quite a Time Can Be Rewritten, but will be very fun. Then it'll be on to the extra material for the Logopolis book.
Since we're on the subject of Season Eight, what are your thoughts on what's been released so far? If you want to go so far as to discuss the Deep Breath leak or the script leaks, go ahead, but please no spoilers. For the rest of us... trailers? Publicity photos? The Doctor becoming Navi from Ocarina of Time?
I haven't worked out the exact logistics yet, but expect that reviews will be posted in a manner that will allow for discussion, and that the Saturday Wafflings for the twelve weeks that Doctor Who is on will also be open threads about the episode, so people can discuss here or wherever. And I'm probably going to participate in both threads, so if you can't or don't want to pay $12, you'll still probably hear my thoughts. Might get around to linking my Tumblr as well, where I'm sure I'll end up discussing them.
I feel a little odd doing this one, to be honest. but equally, to be honest, I'm going to have one book out this year compared to four last year, and the Last War in Albion Kickstarter was half the Eruditorum one (not a surprise in the least, or a problem), and it's always something with money, so while we're by no means in any seriously bad situation, we could also use a kind of profitable thing, so, here it is. A thing people will hopefully enjoy in exchange for a small amount of money. You can back it here. Thanks very much if you do. I appreciate it.
Working on Williams-era essays. Being kind of obstinately lazy about it, mostly because it's been an incredibly hectic few months and I'm enjoying a week or two of not having much to do. But it's starting to itch at me, so I expect mad productivity will arrive again soon. So far I've got four done - Festival of Death, one on the nature of the Guardians, the "Now My Doctor," and the commissioned essay - still got the Big Finish (probably Auntie Matter?) to do, as well as the Pop Between Realities on Target. Might end up throwing in some other 70s cop shows as well, although really, that essay exists to be a "the story thus far." Might end up doing Target/Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols. That would be a fun essay. And there's one more thing that's not quite a Time Can Be Rewritten, but will be very fun. Then it'll be on to the extra material for the Logopolis book.
Since we're on the subject of Season Eight, what are your thoughts on what's been released so far? If you want to go so far as to discuss the Deep Breath leak or the script leaks, go ahead, but please no spoilers. For the rest of us... trailers? Publicity photos? The Doctor becoming Navi from Ocarina of Time?