Jinked

I wasn’t feeling the painting vibe today, so I set my canvas aside to work on Delusions #2. I was in a zine mood, and while I printed out the copy for the next installment, I thought to myself, “I’d like this issue to be more than 12 pages. I want to do more.” So I grabbed a two Sharpies and started making some illustrations. [...]

In terms of NaNoWriMo that is only half the novel, but knowing that I’ve made it to 25,000 words makes me happy. I’m lucky to stick with a project for that long. Usually I abandon things, though I won’t count abandonment against me. Sometimes I come back. Most of the time I don’t. I was thinking today about writers who’ve influenced me in terms of [...]

As I lay in bed this morning I thought about the direction in which my writing was going. How things are taking shape. What to maybe do with it once it’s all out, sitting in a pile of bytes and bits. What then? Sometimes I worry about becoming too involved in the things I write, and because right now a lot of the things I’m [...]

Last night I stayed in Chicago with my friend Courtney. I hadn’t seen her in over a year because I have a bad habit of falling off the face of the earth and, contrary to what many believe, I still suffer from snips of acute anxiety when driving in Chicago alone. I’m afraid of getting lost and not being able to find my way back [...]

This week has seriously been nothing short of amazing, filled with talks of publishers while winning at the casino, impromptu picnics with friends on the lawn, drinking beers with old coworkers in the alley, two more zines made, role playing and starting d20 Modern, writing, editing and dreaming about so many things yet to come. Life should be lived like this, so unexpected and inspirational. [...]