A Cunning Plan

So. In case I havent mentioned it before, I'm the Anti-Poe. While occasionally I do write and take inspiration from negative emotions such as despair, as a general rule, I need stability, hope, and having my needs met before I can produce art. Frankly, I had imposter syndrome for a long time because I didnt have the need to spout out words before my basic needs of sanity and survival. But I am an artist, and I am very creative and with help (and a lot of editing help) I am able to do art..and the fact is, I can do what a lot of artists cannot...consistently perform complex projects and finish them (or even start them) on a consistent basis. I'm no Steven King. I'm never going to be; but I am literally in mid flight for my ninth and tenth novel (we officially passed the 50K mark (my wife and I) on Fruitloop and Frankenstein for the Book of Heliotropic Fairy Tales....TEN. That's a lot and three more than my basic life goal of seven. I'm getting better and better at it (again with a lot of editing help)....and its not just a worthy accomplishment, I can double it and be as proud of my writing as I am of my gaming career.

So. Not Nanowrimo is fucking toast, and I consider the worst political or event (if you know what's going on) general disaster of my lifetime to be a good reason to disrupt that. But in life, when you are knocked down, you need to get up, dust yourself off and keep on trucking. So, my plan is (and we'll see if it works), is that I am going to write 500 words a day for 90 days to finish the estimated/outlined path for Armor of Stone. I'll resume writing my other projects including the Queen in Blue and Grenademan vs the Lich slowly, and when done with Armor of Stone start researching and outlining Whispers of Water (which so far in my mind is likely to end up being the coolest of the three.)

Also call out to my friend Bernard Setaro Clark for helping me research a rather cool action sequence for one of my projects in the Queen in Blue. I really look forward to releasing this thing and am about half way done. I'm not publishing anything until that chapbook is done and will take all the time it takes until it is 110% right.