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I'm so behind.

I jokingly blame being almost 29, but it's really because I just work on too much at once. Maybe if I ditch the full-time job one day, that won't be such a big issue, but right now, MAN, AM I EXHAUSTED.

Here's a little rundown for you:

I finished my 2nd full length play, "The Dangerous Life of Darian McCloud" which I wrote and edited in less than one month. What becomes of it now, I have no idea. Why I pushed myself so hard to finish it in one month, you're guess is as good as mine. Hopefully I can find a theatre or director who'd be interested in a story of assassins in 2020. Unfortunately, I can only find places that want to do staged readings, and I'm not sure gunplay works as a staged reading.

The fourth book in The Tales of Dominhydor is finished...somewhat. I finished the first revision...which was basically an entire rewrite. Now I'm just slowly "stabbing the alphabet", getting everything transferred from the binder to the computer, and it's killing me. Apparently  my typing skills aren't what they used to be. OR, maybe it's the recurring tendonitis that's making my fingers so stupid.

"Verses of Villainy" is also finished it's first revision. It doesn't need as much work as "Telinhe", but it still needs all of the revisions transferred into the computer. Plus, I need to make sure I have everything in the order I want it to be, which is a pain in the ass considering no one really knows for sure in what order Marlowe's plays were written/performed. It's mostly speculation based on publishing dates and the few bills that survived the years. Luckily, I write speculative fiction, so it's all good. :) "Telinhe" is definitely the highest priority...although I'm not really treating it as such. Especially since I started writing "Pins" again!! I couldn't be more jazzed about being in the midst of the "Pins" world, but I know I have so much else I need to do. I guess I won't be doing "The Green Kangaroos" for NaNoWriMo because I can't afford to work on ONLY that.

Meanwhile, with all of this writing/editing hullabaloo, I'm trying to promote my other books, especially "Song of Eidolons" which is on tour for the next 4 weeks (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...). Also, "Danny Marble & the Application for Non-Scary Things" is coming out soon, so I'm trying to drum up interest in that. It really shouldn't be too difficult because I've seen the ebook and it's FRIGGIN AWESOME!! Plus, I have a few different book fests coming up as well as a radio show during which I'm reading an excerpt and countless guest blogs to write.

Oh, and that whole full time job thing.

Stressed is a mild way to describe it. Luckily, Dave is an expert at relaxing me, albeit at the cost of writing time occasionally. Even so, if I didn't have his love and support, I could never do everything I do. He keeps me grounded when I get lost in these many fantasy worlds and keeps me smiling when I think I'm about to snap.

The truth is I wouldn't snap. I'd spill my stress onto the page before that could happen, but it's nice to know that if I were in some inkless oubliette, Dave could always rescue me from insanity.