At long long long long loooooong last, I'm communicating with the world about the things I'm making. Because nobody, outside of friends and family, is going to give a fuck unless I give them a reason to.
It's been over three years since some guy without car insurance smashed into my car from behind at great speed, causing my head to hit the steering wheel very hard. It's been really shitty for my professional life. And personal life. And financial life. And, well, everything. But I have enough brain back that I don't have to spend hours reading to remember where I left off with the stuff I was writing, and sometimes there's even a back-burner up there for things to simmer while I do other things.
I'll tell yah, you don't realize how much happens in the background of the brain until it can't happen anymore.
So here's what's up:
I'm writing again. I had just mentally committed to some revisions on BloodDreams when I got injured. I'm still working on those. Things slowed down considerably for a long time, and while improved, are pretty slow these days. Sometimes I have to write a scene completely wrong before I see that it's still wrong, and realize how it should be righted. I can't hold as much imagined stuff in my head to evaluate, I've got to get it down first to see what's going wrong with it. This has improved and continues to improve as I work more.
That all said, those revisions are mostly done. Until I read over them and think of something else. Yeah, I know, one does have to let go at some point, but … this isn't that kind of thing. Trust me?
I'm considering a visual redesign of the whole thing, logo & incidental promo art. I'm considering hiring another artist to manage that, because I need fewer things on my plate so I can get the things done that only I can do (like write the damned story!).
The comic is on indefinite hold. I'm sorry. I really want to see it done someday. But right now straight-up words are easier than visual art work. And a painted comic is a lot of hard work even if that weren't a factor. I just don't have enough brain for that. Or any other kind of comic. Not now, not yet, not up for consideration until I'm doing a LOT better and further along with the other stuff.
I leave you with my advice that, unlike advice from other writers, is actually completely true and useful for everyone and totally applies to all writers, artists, and people in general:
Don't hit your head.
It's been over three years since some guy without car insurance smashed into my car from behind at great speed, causing my head to hit the steering wheel very hard. It's been really shitty for my professional life. And personal life. And financial life. And, well, everything. But I have enough brain back that I don't have to spend hours reading to remember where I left off with the stuff I was writing, and sometimes there's even a back-burner up there for things to simmer while I do other things.
I'll tell yah, you don't realize how much happens in the background of the brain until it can't happen anymore.
So here's what's up:
I'm writing again. I had just mentally committed to some revisions on BloodDreams when I got injured. I'm still working on those. Things slowed down considerably for a long time, and while improved, are pretty slow these days. Sometimes I have to write a scene completely wrong before I see that it's still wrong, and realize how it should be righted. I can't hold as much imagined stuff in my head to evaluate, I've got to get it down first to see what's going wrong with it. This has improved and continues to improve as I work more.
That all said, those revisions are mostly done. Until I read over them and think of something else. Yeah, I know, one does have to let go at some point, but … this isn't that kind of thing. Trust me?
I'm considering a visual redesign of the whole thing, logo & incidental promo art. I'm considering hiring another artist to manage that, because I need fewer things on my plate so I can get the things done that only I can do (like write the damned story!).
The comic is on indefinite hold. I'm sorry. I really want to see it done someday. But right now straight-up words are easier than visual art work. And a painted comic is a lot of hard work even if that weren't a factor. I just don't have enough brain for that. Or any other kind of comic. Not now, not yet, not up for consideration until I'm doing a LOT better and further along with the other stuff.
I leave you with my advice that, unlike advice from other writers, is actually completely true and useful for everyone and totally applies to all writers, artists, and people in general:
Don't hit your head.
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