The Other Side

“‘I have seen what becomes of your kind when you become unburdened.  Consider it, and let dread fill you.'”

–Three and Two and Two

I’m aware I haven’t posted here in nearly two months. Of course I haven’t stopped writing. Now, finally in a steady state a year on from $20,000 Under the Sea being out in the world, I have an idea of how fast things are going. It’s not exactly fast. Faster, certainly, than before I moved out to the yellow-grass afterlife of consulting; slower, obviously, than when I had all of my time to focus on writing; but that’s life.

Part of this two-month delay has been work on One Wing, One Eye, Chapter 9, which is on the longer side of chapters I’ve written on that project, and that’s an alright place to be. Though it might not be clear to you from the minimal frills I put on my posts, Chapter 8 was the end of the book’s first half, and there is something heartening about hitting a milestone like that with some form of momentum, especially as I’ve felt like One Wing, One Eye has been comparatively bogged down compared to Three and Two and Two.

The other part, though, is that I’ve been sandbagging my writing (the aforementioned Chapter 9, a couple of short stories, some snippets) for a possible change in platform. WordPress is serviceable as an online signpost for my in-person interactions, and it’ll relay my screams unto the void along with the best of them, but I’m finding myself maybe a little hopeful that I can find a conduit that will deliver my work to a person who is interested in it rather than someone who simply wants to sell me something. Yes, I know, the grass isn’t all that green anywhere on the blogosphere either, it’s all mostly void and spambots wherever you go, but might as well keep searching, since after eight years, it’s pretty clear to me that this, while sufficient, isn’t quite aspirational.

To those precious few of you who have engaged with me here because you were legitimately interested in my work, thank you. This blog isn’t going anywhere in the near future, even if I do transition my updates to a different platform, and should I make a decision about what that platform is, I will certainly update you all here.

To those of you who have stumbled upon this blog, are curious about my work, would like to support me, etc., the work is always continuing, but every single purchase still helps me out. Give my books a look and see if anything speaks to you.