I’m going to be posting less often over the summer. I think so, anyway.
Why?
I have a couple of irons in the fire, among other reasons:
- I’m working on a longer piece of fiction and I want to see where it takes me. The tentative working title is “Warrens” and it includes some characters that have made appearances in my one-offs over the years (although, possibly not by their previous names or it may be names that are different than the people who previously wore the names). Post-apocalyptic, but more Blade Runner than Fallout or Last of Us. Society mostly functions, but not well and there are pockets of unresolved regions of control. And a few pockets where no one can claim control. Or may want to. While I am a sucker for immediate feedback, I want to take the time to clean this one up a bit before it becomes available to read. It may never see the light if I am unhappy with the progress I make on it.
- I plan to explore sound design with electronic music; how to craft my own sounds and recreate sounds from the early days of electronic music. That means finding a good virtual or physical synth and learning how to ignore the voices already programmed into it and crafting my own. And it will involve making more music, in general. And, yes, I will be finishing up “The Ghost of You” in the coming weeks so you can listen and wonder at the fuss I am making over it.
- In the coming month or two I will be completely incommunicado for at least a few days and up to a week. I’ll go more into those details closer to when I get around to doing it, but I will be in places where the internet is not assured to be readily available. It involves travel. And clearing out my mind as much as possible. And yes, enforced monotony (on purpose).
- There are days that I feel like I lost the thread with my attempts to be progressive with my writing. I’m hoping less published will result in better alignment with my goals.
- A cycle of depression is a current part of my daily life. I feel that my writing lately is reflective of that state and I don’t want to inflict my depression upon my readers by posting so often with those themes embedded in many pieces.
Busy busy busy.
So it goes, as Vonnegut said.
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