253 all tablet, all the time

Today's screencraps all came from the new tablet. From the outside world, there is a disease infecting people, hope you spend the day in safety and good health.


Looking for the right onscreen keyboard.  Microsoft Swiftkey wasn't it.

Took the tablet on my morning walk. Felt pretty amateur with this one.

Opted to buckle down and just try all the brushes. 

It was a good exercise.

Then I found the pattern brush!

Suddenly, it was like I was in MTV.

Or maybe looking up obscure 80s hits on youtube.

Is it too late to re-do our holiday invite?

And then, something started to happen.

A landscape emerged, and a kid and her dad.

I know these two. I don't know the scene, but I know the story.

Kinda. I know the setting, and part of the premise, and the long arc.

But I was very surprised to see the mechanics of the piece of entertainment might be very different than I was thinking.

I'm not sure what they will be, but I like the idea of a puzzle for readers.


You can read book 1, "Lost Dog on Mars" here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQGNW2T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OM7VFbDYS0CQV

It was produced on a laptop, so there are more words and less pictures.

If you noticed, the name of the blog changed. I was never actually able to get the "wake and blake" URL, this is the alternative proposed by AI, and I kinda like the unintended meaning.

This Sunday the 29th at 7pm pacific, check out a reading of The King's play, "The Death of Natalie Wood." I helped edit the script and direct the reading.

Link to the live show will be here: https://fb.me/e/1IEXcTWu1


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