Done and "done"
Discovered the Manifesto of the Cult of Done this week (via John Rogers) and, while not all of it is immediately applicable, I certainly appreciate the sentiments of it. With that in mind, before I lose my mind, I'm going to make one last editing pass at Teller, Disconnect and Don't Take Me Alive before I call them done with an eye toward making sure I've set the scenes as well as I can and am conveying the emotions I want. This may mean including more detail in spots and less detail in others. However, in the spirit of 'done', I'll only take the one pass and then set them free. All well and good to let them out into the world to live and die on their own. I will be proud, nonetheless.
I'm doing this because I've been writing an FAQ section for the new website launching on June 3rd. (Actually, and don't tell anyone, it'll really launch on the Wednesday before with a free story. Other free content to follow, mostly the audio will be free two weeks after the release of each monthly story, but that's another post. Don't worry if it's confusing, I'll explain the first part of May in more detail.)
That said, I've got two more stories already in first draft form (The Receivers and Two Hands) that I think kick all kinds of ass and don't need to be edited the way the other three do because I kept that more in mind. Those two need to be edited for clarity and grammar and all that, though. Have I mentioned that more and more story ideas are coming to me and that I haven't yet begun to mine the wealth of stories that I have actual comics scripts for? Yeah, that's something that's really exciting. One idea leads to another leads to another, etc... "Done is the engine of more."
Yes, this is the year I'm going to make a go of self-publishing for real by writing pulp shorts aimed at comic book folks who don't normally read prose. A niche market to be sure, but if I can hit my very modest goals, I'll be very successful at it. Not enough to quit the day job, but to pay off the bills and live comfortably on the regular salary from being a food service manager at a major university for the rest of my forties. I'd be very happy with that.
I'm doing this because I've been writing an FAQ section for the new website launching on June 3rd. (Actually, and don't tell anyone, it'll really launch on the Wednesday before with a free story. Other free content to follow, mostly the audio will be free two weeks after the release of each monthly story, but that's another post. Don't worry if it's confusing, I'll explain the first part of May in more detail.)
That said, I've got two more stories already in first draft form (The Receivers and Two Hands) that I think kick all kinds of ass and don't need to be edited the way the other three do because I kept that more in mind. Those two need to be edited for clarity and grammar and all that, though. Have I mentioned that more and more story ideas are coming to me and that I haven't yet begun to mine the wealth of stories that I have actual comics scripts for? Yeah, that's something that's really exciting. One idea leads to another leads to another, etc... "Done is the engine of more."
Yes, this is the year I'm going to make a go of self-publishing for real by writing pulp shorts aimed at comic book folks who don't normally read prose. A niche market to be sure, but if I can hit my very modest goals, I'll be very successful at it. Not enough to quit the day job, but to pay off the bills and live comfortably on the regular salary from being a food service manager at a major university for the rest of my forties. I'd be very happy with that.