A Peek At My Week! #30

Here are some things that happened this past week, starting at the top, with writing-related news:

Writing & Publishing News:

Last Monday I updated the covers and promotional posters for the Quantum Series, Space Sucks and Lifetime using the brilliant new covers designed by Brandon Mullins of Moon Books Publishing (the ones I told you about in last week’s Peek @ My Week)! This past week, the novelette “Opsaal” also debuted in eBook and paperback format.

I’m still waiting expectantly for the parts I ordered to arrive; namely a set of new J-tubes (which don’t have the aluminum vanes and cladding on) and a set of new nylon pushrod tubes, but these just seem to be taking their sweet time about it! I mean, I’ve been waiting since August for these things – and not just waiting, but working my ass off to get everything done and ready before they arrive – and now I’m already just about done, there’s still no sign of them! According to the supplier, they’re at Customs, but that information is a week old now – I’ll definitely be calling them again come the 22nd!

The outstanding items are causing a delay, in fact, I’m done with most of the work already, with only a few small things left to do before I can reassemble everything in the car… but now I have to wait before I can continue! In short, I got impatient and stripped down the original J-tubes – they still work fine, they’re a little heavier than the new ones I ordered, but the extra cladding will help suppress noise a bit, and the vanes will help cool the exhaust some. At least they’re quite a bit lighter with the outer ducting removed – plus, they look nicer this way! In the third image you can see the space where the pushrod tubes are supposed to go – and it’s only after they’ve been fitted that I can install the pushrods and rockers and call the engine “done”.

Meanwhile, if the pushrod tubes take much longer to arrive, I’m going to have to invent my own replacements for those as well! (Not that I don’t already have a few ideas to do that!) I can’t go on like this without a car for much longer! Stuff needs doing – and I need wheels to be able to do it! People are getting sick of me bugging them for special lifts to get this or that, as well-intentioned as they may be!

This weekend I saw to a few loose ends, but hardly anything worth mentioning here – or sharing pictures of! Once again I treated myself to a well-earned Sunday in pajamas!

With that, I’m all out of news for this week! I wish you all a wonderful, restful day – and until next time, keep reading!