Keeping up with the Joneses

This one will be short and sweet, but so far so good. This new found momentum is working to my benefit. The hard part will be maintaining for a substantial amount of time. Last week I wrapped and posted my first interview on Examiner.com (with Orlando Harding creator of the comic "Pariah")and may have made a good contact. Interested parties can read my comic reviews here. The second draft of Sea Wulf is very close to being finished and a meeting should be just right around the bend (as in next week). At this point, I guess immersion in work isn't such a bad thing. The real challenge will be continuing to come up with material for the blog. It can easily fall into the realm of "hum-drum" reporting if I am not careful and just do updates just for the sake of it. On the other hand I must be diligent and not just wait for the next big step in this process to break before I post again. It is all part of the machine, a delicate balancing act I guess. Just part of keeping up with the Joneses.

Like a slow moving boomerang

Well, after a bit of a hiatus of sorts, I find myself returning to a space of wanting to chronicle progress of the writing endeavors. Sometimes as a writer, it takes a plethora of life events to bring the inner voice to a broil that causes the kettle to scream that these experiences should be used for literary fodder (or at least inform the content that is placed on the page if not depicted literally). Everything from the start of a promising new relationship to only have it end just as soon as it has begun, to family illness and tragedy that challenge the limits of how strong you really think you are. This stuff of life is often experienced and then filed away in the mental bank of memories, but for a writer, these things are digested over and over again. Examined from every angle for all the nuances and hidden meanings that might be buried just beneath the surface. And so I sit here, alone at the computer. Hovering over the keyboard like some troll (although I've always fancied myself more of a goblin type....the troll image seems to be one that others can relate more easily with) furiously typing life into characters and worlds.

Although this blog has been neglected for the past few months, progress has been a constant player in this game. The first draft of "Sea Wulf" has been completed and the second pass is currently underway. Collaboration and consultation with Dave has helped to move the idea of creating a comic imprint closer to reality. Company names are being conjured up and how we will approach the process of climbing the mountain known as independent publishing are in discussion. Aside from that, to keep myself immersed in the world of the funnies, I've taken on a freelance writers gig for Examiner.com . This should help keep me in touch with going ons in the industry and possibly help to make some important connections.

So, just like a slow moving boomerang, I've come back around....let's just hope that this time the round trip doesn't take so long.