Cinder, Interstellar, Jurassic World, Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden... My recent trips to other worlds

Apologies for the lack of updates.  Life is just as stressful but I've been centered in what appears to be my new normal for a few months now and it's sort of in a routine but I have to start going into work physically so... ... ... More to come.

At any rate with having to be focused in reality it occurred to me that I haven't lost myself in anything as of late mostly because my extra time isn't really extra and being responsible for so much doesn't really allow for things I like to do such as finding a good book.  And finding a good book is difficult, mostly because I've been a bit more picky about what I read. 

So I started reading Cinder, I'm still reading it and there are definitely some things I like about it but there's something about it that's not driving me to tear right though it.  Maybe I haven't just gotten far enough in it and part of me might be sort of really trying to look at what the author did with her world building.  And this is what I think my mind might be doing, since I'm getting ready to work on the TYW and one of my qualms with it is I don't dig deeper in the world to let the reader in. 

I also watched Interstellar last weekend and while there were a couple things that I don't think I liked there was a lot that I did.  And the world within it, I mean, I think I might've just been grateful for the escape the movie gave me because, again, I've been steeped in reality due to so many personal/family issues. 

Then last Friday I went to see the new Jurassic World and the first movie is one of my favorite movies so no surprise I was going to make sure I went out to see it.  Again I allowed myself to completely become submerged in the film.  The kids seemed to like it too but my cousin's wife wasn't too fond of it.  I actually noticed her flipping through her phone a couple times through the movie. 

Also within this last week I picked up FY: Genbu Kaiden because I was a fan the original Fushigi Yugi and had picked this one up years ago but then I fell off the anime/manga addiction I'd had due to life but while in the library I saw volumes 1-11 and picked them up on a whim.  I binge read the last few days of them and again got submerged in another world.

So what's the point of this post you might ask?  Or maybe you won't but I'll state it anyway.

No matter what it is - art, music, film, tv, books... feed your brain.  Feed your creative brain.  And I believe my recent traipses through these worlds have proven to be beneficial because as I do my novel read through things have been sparking.  Sparking is good.  Sparking is the type of thing, for me, that'll find me in a corner whimpering about not knowing where to go next and suddenly be hit by a stored 'spark' from one of these many trips. 

I'm building my arsenal.  I'm getting ready for battle with this revision of the Three Year War.  I'm feeling ready but in the meantime I think I'm going to continue feeding the brain.  Going to try checking out some short stories and hopefully catching myself up on writing my own.  Might also be taking the niece to see "Inside Out".