Some notes about things to come.

Posting plans and (hints of) upcoming works.

Good morning (from my perspective),

My most recent post The Ghost of Blue-Eyed Mountain is likely going to be my last real short story upload for a little while. I have other major creative works that require my attention, so I’ll be putting my energy into those. These include my nearly finished upcoming novel Wyrmstone: The Curse of the Talisman, its planned sequel, and another unrelated project that I’m quite excited about. Of that one I’ll give you just a hint, a little taste. It’s more sword and sorcery than I’m used to doing, in contrast to Wyrmstone being a lot more of a mix of fantasy, American West, and gaslamp.

This doesn’t mean I’m completely abandoning the Substack. That couldn’t be further from the truth. My goal is to upload something new on here in a creative capacity at least quarterly if not more frequently. But we all know about best-laid schemes and how they hardly go to plan.

Being a dad and having a full-time non-writing job also makes it challenging. My daytime hours are consumed by my white collar “career” (I loathe the term in this context), while evening hours are consumed by my being a father and a husband (both are roles that I cherish). That leaves very little time or energy for writing.

My ultimate goal is to make writing my profession. I don’t believe I’m special or unique in this endeavor among people who write. Is it a realistic goal? Probably not. It is a worthwhile goal? I like to think so. What do I do to keep that train moving? Keep writing, I suppose. Never give up, endure, continue fighting the good fight, and other such motivational mantras in danger of becoming clichés.

And with that, I think I’ll take my leave. This isn’t goodbye. Just see you later.