Weekly Q & A (Patreon)

Here are a few questions I got this week! As I have been getting more Patreons I would love to know what you hope to see from this space! Of course it probably won't all happen at once, but I have already had a couple requests for a Discord server. That could certainly be a fun space for everything from writing sprints to world building topics of the month...all sorts of things! I also plan to continue putting my drafts here as I go, although in the future maybe I will do several chapters at a time instead of one at a time. I really SO appreciate you being here, especially early on to put up with me while I figure out some cool things to offer.

You mentioned you’ve watched a ton of space opera, what are your recs?

*My favorite anime, period, is Legend of Galactic Heroes. The original one. I haven't seen the newer version, it might also be good. It is long and has some very boring political episodes, and I'm not even sure how easy it is to get your hands on it? I had to buy Chinese knockoffs with somewhat awkward subtitles. But even so... the character investment was SO deep. I have had two cats named after characters from this show (Oskar & Reinhard), Yang Wen-Li as my desktop background, and three cells from the show hanging in the hallway...it's one of those lonely obsessions where you never meet anyone else who has seen it...!

*Everyone has a favorite Gundam, mine is the original and Zeta, and then Seed/Seed Destiny (I think this was one was less popular in the US because the character designs are a little juvenile, but I liked it quite a bit). 

*I LOVE the Space Battleship Yamato reboot. Can't wait to see the new season.

*Five Star Stories never got a great adaptation but it's still worth seeing if you can, IMO, because it has such interesting design.

*Macross: Do You Remember Love? is one of my favorite anime movies, unfortunately it can be hard to see much Macross because of the rights issues with Harmony Gold.

*Next on my list to see is Ideon.

I checked out your IG hoping to see more of your art, but didn’t find much! Are you thinking you’ll post more there?

There will definitely be more art there soon. My plan for the year was basically...well, last November I mostly wrapped up selling off my father in law's estate and a the resulting big creative hiatus. Then it was:

1. Finishing the draft of my next novel.

2. Starting the YT channel and getting into the swing of at least one weekly video.

3. Finishing the novel edits.

4. Getting back into a regular routine with art. I'm done with 1 and 2, currently in the middle of 3, so…soon!

What camera and what microphone do you use for your you tube channel?

The camera is just the latest iPhone. Someone can tell me which number that is, I don’t even keep up with this stuff. I didn’t even have a smartphone until 2019! But I knew it would be easier to start the Youtube channel if I just had a good iphone because then I could easily move the files to my laptop and there wouldn't be much to learn. When starting new things I like to keep the process as easy as possible! The mic is a Rode Wireless Go II.

And if you have any questions, feel free to ask here as well. =) I'm also doing a Q&A video for 5000 subscribers if you have any questions that are better suited for video.