Month: September 2021

I’m going to keep this post stickied for a while. New reviews will appear below it. Also, in case you’ve already read it, I’ve decided on another change to the publishing schedule since originally posting it. Now, going forward, since reviews are unlikely to come out on a weekly basis anyway, I’ll simply post them whenever I happen to finish them. Until I get a notification system set up, just check back frequently. I’ll try to set up a mailing list you can join relatively pain-free, though “R” in the comments suggests a neat way for setting that up yourself if you’re so inclined.

Attention, Bajoran readers:
I don’t talk about my own life much on here because it isn’t relevant to the proceedings. Except when it is. Like now.

One thing I said I would never do was go to grad school. It took my undisciplined ass long enough to get the bachelor’s to begin with, so I dismissed the idea of ever going back for any reason out of hand. Well, of course, in so doing, I teased fate, and it made an object lesson in “never say never” out of me.

Which is to say, I’m back in school getting my master’s in secondary education to become a high school English teacher.

So far, I find that the work is not itself any harder than any I’ve done in college before. What seems to make grad school work tougher is the demands it makes on my time, my focus, and my energy.

You can probably tell where this is going.

But in case you can’t, it means I’m pumping the brakes on Deep Space Spines a little. I’m still going to do it. But reviews might come out at a slower pace for the foreseeable future. School comes first.

Here’s how it’s going to go for now: I’m going to keep reading and writing where my spare time allows me to. I will still aim for a weekly post. But going forward, since reviews are unlikely to come out on a weekly basis anyway, I will just post them whenever I happen to finish them. 

We’ll see what that does to the production rate around here. It’s what’s most manageable for me right now, though.

Thanks so much for your continued support.

—Jess