Random Update: Current Projects & What I've Been Up To...
After publishing my second novel, silver boy, last year, I made the decision to take some time off from writing. silver boy was a book that went from inception to publication in just a little over a year, and I'm not a very fast writer to begin with, so that took a lot of out me. That being said, I've been spending this time picking up new hobbies -- such as ice skating, which quite a few people have suggested be the subject for my next book -- and working on some other projects.
Probably the biggest project I've been working on is producing audiobook editions for both my first novel, drown, and silver boy. It's been... an experience. From the trial and error of figuring out how to capture decent audio from my home studio -- i.e. my apartment -- to learning the craft of audiobook narration, and all the hours spent figuring my way around the audio editing software, Audacity, this whole thing has been over a year long process at this point. But all that time and effort is paying off, as the audiobook for drown is quite close to being ready to publish. I do not have a release date yet. Honestly, I'm not comfortable setting one as this will be my first time publishing an audiobook, so who knows how that's gonna go...
Aside from the audiobook, I've also been getting really into my art. Last year, I purchased a drawing software, Clip Studio Paint, and started learning how to draw digitally. I'd always stuck to pencil, pen, and paper before because I found drawing software a little overwhelming. But now that I am drawing digitally, it's really opened up the options of what I'm able to create. One thing I like to do in terms of drawing is I like to make comics. I even had a brief stint of comic strips that I posted onto Webtoon before I decided to take those down, so I could reboot them with the intention of adding in a proper narrative. I haven't gotten around to doing that yet, but I will get to it.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I've got a lot going on. Because of that, I don't know when I'll have another book out. I do plan to continue writing and I have a couple of ideas, but they all need a lot more time to stew. Also, when it comes to writing, I really want to explore other genres, which I know isn't exactly the thing that a lot of people want to hear -- I actually have a friend who joked that if my next book isn't gay, they don't want it -- but I felt like that was something I should put out there. That way it isn't a complete surprise if my next book is just completely out of left field. But who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.
Probably the biggest project I've been working on is producing audiobook editions for both my first novel, drown, and silver boy. It's been... an experience. From the trial and error of figuring out how to capture decent audio from my home studio -- i.e. my apartment -- to learning the craft of audiobook narration, and all the hours spent figuring my way around the audio editing software, Audacity, this whole thing has been over a year long process at this point. But all that time and effort is paying off, as the audiobook for drown is quite close to being ready to publish. I do not have a release date yet. Honestly, I'm not comfortable setting one as this will be my first time publishing an audiobook, so who knows how that's gonna go...
Aside from the audiobook, I've also been getting really into my art. Last year, I purchased a drawing software, Clip Studio Paint, and started learning how to draw digitally. I'd always stuck to pencil, pen, and paper before because I found drawing software a little overwhelming. But now that I am drawing digitally, it's really opened up the options of what I'm able to create. One thing I like to do in terms of drawing is I like to make comics. I even had a brief stint of comic strips that I posted onto Webtoon before I decided to take those down, so I could reboot them with the intention of adding in a proper narrative. I haven't gotten around to doing that yet, but I will get to it.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I've got a lot going on. Because of that, I don't know when I'll have another book out. I do plan to continue writing and I have a couple of ideas, but they all need a lot more time to stew. Also, when it comes to writing, I really want to explore other genres, which I know isn't exactly the thing that a lot of people want to hear -- I actually have a friend who joked that if my next book isn't gay, they don't want it -- but I felt like that was something I should put out there. That way it isn't a complete surprise if my next book is just completely out of left field. But who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.
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