Books on My Backlog

I have so many books in my backlog...And on my breaks from drawing, I dont read even though I should. Instead I watch YouTube mainly or I play games... Here is the list of books I own and are on my back log:

• Mass Effect Andromeda Books (I own all 3)
• Legends and Lattes
• How We Began//How We End
• Witcher Books (I own 7 of the books)
• Look Back Manga
• A Man & his Cat (Vol. 7) Manga
• Apple Black Manga
• Saint Young Men (vol. 2-4, as I've already read vol. 1) Manga
• Turns out My Online friend is My real-life Boss!
• Ask Iwata
• The Cat Proposed Manga
• Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Manga
• Law's of Attraction

And probably at least 4 other manga that I've put into my bookshelf and lost track if I've read them or not. Maybe because since its such a long list that I feel overwhelmed by it and just avoid it....I think if/when I do read books on my breaks, I shall start/finish Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising as I'm already half way through the book or so. 

Writer's Block//Drawer's Inspiration

Though I have been on a roll with drawing and sketching, my creative side when it comes to writing has been very lacking. I am struggling to find the words and detail to add to my writing. I have been having more fun with drawing random things like Fursonas or Gifts for Xmas for friends/family or even sketching random things compared to drawing/sketching things out for my story. I'm not sure why. Like I really want to get my book/comic done at some point in my life, sooner rather than later but I cant seem to do anything for it anymore. And with the writing, I've only got 13pgs done. I wish I had more and more details in the stuff I've written so far. But my brain doesn't want to do anything for it while my heart and soul does.

Any sort of writing I try to do, story/fanfiction wise, doesn't work out. Which again isn't a bad thing considering I'm drawing up a storm but at the same time, I wish I could write things in a story manner.

I am happy though that I've been on a drawing kick. For a while there, I wasn't drawing at all and my brain and creative side wouldn't allow it. That's probably due to my depression being at its darkest.

Deleter Comic Paper, Legends & Lattes, and Gift Giving (for Christmas)

 I (re)discovered that Deleter Comic/Manga Paper is very nice to draw (and obviously ink) on. I had forgotten for a good amount of time about how good it was and how I ordered 200 Pages of it (technically a size a big bigger than I wanted but its still good). I've been using I recently on a couple of drawings and re-drawings though I cannot share them due to NSFW style drawing. The comic paper I have has the markers for the outlines/borders/frame marks. If I use this on the manga I am creating then I will know where the gutter is and the cut off on pages are and other such things.

I recently also tried to ink with Pen Nibs and completely ruined it because it wasn't dry yet. I was so discouraged but now I know to wait a long(er) time before erasing than before. I will say I was really sad when that happened and no amount of whiteout or white ink could fix it.

Oh and I found (and bought) a book called Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. From what I read on the back, it sounds very similar to the original manga I was going to do. I'm glad I changed my story up now. I hope to read the book while on my drawing/writing/note-taking breaks. Its 296 pages. There is a Barnes and Noble Exclusive if you can find it (which is the one I have) but I attached a link to the Amazon one because it's cheaper on Kindle. it's been getting good reviews and ratings all around and Barnes & Nobles says its on of the Best Books of 2022. I was lucky as it was the last copy at my store which made me feel a sense of happiness and joy (I also have two mangas I want to read so I'll probably do a mix between manga and novel).

I've done Christmas Shopping for most people in my life. I still need to figure out what to do/get for some family members. I have about 3-4 members I need to do/get something for. I know it seems a bit early but its better to get it done now while things are still in stock rather when its closer to Christmas and things are out of stock. I might have also bought a controller holder for my PC/Xbox Controller but I hope my favorite (and a bit expensive) mechanical pencil will sit properly on it haha. Consider it an early gift to myself.