Welcome back!
Firstly, thank you all for your flu commiserations! Breathing is better, but definitely not at 100%, plus a little cough as started to make an appearance.
I’m full steam ahead on cozy activities, like gaming in bed, nudging my partner to help figure out how our propane fireplace works, making warm salads like this one. (Highly recommend this whole channel for easy meals that are packed with veggies and protein.)
But my biggest gripe is that there aren’t enough hours in the day for maximum lounging and loafing. What do you mean I have to go to work and can’t just play my Switch amidst a nest of blankets?!
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This link comes from EC Spurlock. It’s a pay-what-you-can fundraiser for cross stitch patterns that supports Minnesota nonprofits and mutual aid organizations.
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Are you in the New England area and have no plans on February 25th? I’ll be talking with Amy Spalding about her latest release, In Her Spotlight at All She Wrote Books. Come say hi!
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Lore Olympus is getting an animated show through Prime Video and the Jim Henson Company. I’m curious!
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Any Dropout fans in the audience? I remember back when it was CollegeHumor and how founder Sam Reich pivoted to a wildly successful subscription model for Dropout.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Just announced by Tor Books today:
https://reactormag.com/announcing-wildthorn-a-new-imprint-from-tor-publishing-group/
This may be the wrong place to ask but.
I am a novice spreadsheeter using the SB 2026 reading spreadsheet. So far I am loving it. And surprised by how much and what I am reading. However, a question about one of the columns, the diverse characters. Does that mean POC only or does it mean differently abled? How about ghosts (I just read an excellent book from the point of view of a ghost). So far I have just been using it for POC characters and logging the other thing in another column. I am thinking that it’s OK to have a dedicated and label column for those other categories?
Any help appreciated and if there is somewhere else I should be asking, point me there.
Thanks
@VicSolo
I’ve been using the spreadsheet for a number of years now, and I use the Diverse Characters column for BIPoC, LGBTQA+, neurodiverse and differently abled. I think that when Sarah introduced the 2026 version, she mentioned that some people just used a yes/no model and others broke it down to track specific groups.
I really like the spreadsheet because it’s infinitely adaptable, and you can tweak it to fit your needs rather than someone else’s expectations.
*I’m not an expert, but I think you can use the spreadsheet however you want. There is no ‘right’ way the track your data when it is for your consumption.
Thank you @EC Spurlock and @Amanda for sharing that cross stitching for MN link!