You Say You Want A Resolution? Well, you know…

Hey guys!

This assumes there are still guys - in a general, gender-neutral sense - who are still reading this. Which is an unreasonable assumption considering how neglected the blog has become. Well, that's actually part of the reason I'm doing a post right now.

Last year was a helluva year for life-sized shake-ups. I lost a whole giant job, I got another much smaller job, we pulled my kid out of school, we decided he'd probably need to be homeschooled at least a year, I grappled with the issues that led to the stuff with my son, I sold a few short stories, I pushed a few more short stories, I started some new projects, I failed utterly to finish a lot of old projects. Honestly, I believe in getting the damn work done, but life came along and prioritized which jobs were going to get done more than the others. This understandably moved "blogging for an audience I'm not sure exists and with no remuneration" to the bottom of the list, shifted "loving support and education of my child" to the tippity-top, and "write things for money" into a muddy middle.

But  after all that, I think I've got a handle on my working life. And I'd like to get back to blogging. I have so much stuff going on and I really want to tell people about it. And I really want there to be a place for these theoretical people who care about these things to visit. So I'm going to try and get better about blogging. Once again, I throw open the floodgates for questions you'd like answered or topics you'd like discussed. And I do mean discussed, I've always really enjoyed getting comments and interacting with them. So, you know, do that if you want.

Mostly I wanted to make sure that everyone knew I wasn't dead, that I planned to make this more of an informational hub, and what I've been working on that I can share. I'm not calling a renewed interest in blogging and communicating with the people who like to read what I write a resolution. The main reason is that resolving things is the fastest way for me to grow to hate them, and I don't want that here. The blog shouldn't be a job. It should be an overflow of words after I've finished the work as well as an overflow of the joi de vivre writing all those other words gives me.

I will however note that it feels like I've got a lot going on and that, for the first time in a long time, I've got a real handle on it. And this seems to be happening at a moment the calendar considers liminal. That feels significant. So I will try and ride the momentum of significance rather than find myself pushed by the guilt of failed resolutions.

So to that end, here are a few of the things I'm working on. Some of them may never actually work out. Some may be fantastic but never see the light of day because of factors beyond my control. Some, though, are going to hit the world and get enjoyed by a lot of people. WHICH WILL BE WHICH? ONLY 2014 KNOW FOR SURE AND SHE AIN'T TELLIN'...YET!

Buzz Books USA will publish a series of Young Adult short stories just in time for Back To School. The series is part of Mythology High, a retelling of ancient myths and legends in a modern high school setting. I'll be tackling some of my favorite stories from the Tanakh, aka The Old Testament, and I can't wait for you all to see them. Incidentally, if you are or know a middle or high school teacher of literature and would like to have class visits by authors who are translating ancient myths into modern stories, you should totally email me or comment here.
I'm working with award-winning filmmaker George Adams on a television pilot we hope to shoot this year and sell as soon as a network likes the look of it (traditional or internet, we are down with old and new media). It's called Red River County and it's a based on true events tale set in rural Oklahoma that will turn CSI on its head. George is great and I'm really excited to work more with him because, in addition to this project, it'll lead to other film projects, eventually written, directed, and maybe even shot by me.
I've been a comedy scriptwriter and blogger for Pulp Gamer Media for several months now. It's mainly for Mayfair Games's comedy webseries The Bog & Angus Show, but I've also done some work on a sitcom webseries we hope to sell soon. Think Cheers meets Community in a game store.
I write book reviews, mainly for comics, on Bookgasm. If you want to skip immediately to my bits, they're here.
I'm looking at starting a Patreon account so as to offer monthly, subscription/patronization based superhero prose fiction. First up, the Archangel. Second up, Catfight & Hell Kitten.
I still have all the old novels in the works at various states of completion. I'd really, really like to see Myth Reaver 2: Electric Boogaloo and Hell Bent for Leather see the light of day this year. But, honestly, longform writing is taking a backseat lately and this trend is likely to continue. Still, I'm writing a LOT of things, and the more writing I do, the more writing I want to do, so some sort of critical mass may occur.
I've got a couple irons in the fire for some work in roleplaying games, but that isn't really going anywhere yet. The irons are annoyingly cool at the moment, but I have high hopes for heat in the near future!

And that's about it...for NOW! But as you can see, I've got a lot on deck I hope to share with you in the future. Stay tuned to this space, hit me with any and all questions or concerns, and I'll do my best to post some interesting and entertaining stuff more regularly than, well, never.

I love the smell of new years in the morning! Smells like...victory!