I love writing Tribal. I’m finally getting to the good parts, and writing a couple of stalking scenes is just the icing on the cake. Also, we have a bit of a slow down here at the day job, so I get to forge ahead a little more than usual. I’m glad for that because I had to bump the due date up a month. I’d gotten so caught up in the sexiness of Serve Me Now I neglected this work. I know I should let Tribal get the lion’s share of my attention, but… how can werewolves compete with hot women strutting around nearly naked and going insane? I’m only human.

I think I have found my groove in horror. Fantasy is still good for me, but I find that I have less ‘down time’ with horror. I am on task a lot more with it than other genres. I don’t know if that is going to hurt me in the long run because I enjoy fantasy. Can I make my mark in two genres, or am I going to have to sacrifice one for the other? Of course, it’s really pointless to contemplate this right now, when no one knows I’m alive in a literary sense.

The thing that really cheeses me about that is that I’m not one of these extroverted sorts that can whip up a YouTube video on writing, or do a Book-Tok (or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays). I know this is hampering me as a writer, but I’m really not a big people person. I get all of these offers to help market my book…for a modest fee. I’ve paid them once, or twice, and I don’t really see any return. Is it that my catalogue is getting stale? Well, I’m working on that. Should I work faster? Right now, I am working as fast as I can. I’m not a fan of this part of the writing process. I miss the good old days when the publisher handled such things. Of course, then my gripe would be that I can’t find an agent or publisher and I would have no books out.

I’m sorry if I sound gripey.

On the upside, GenCon is only seventy-one days away. It’s going to be a fun vacation for me. I got some good games and saved up enough money to really splurge on some stuff. It’s going to be my last one for a while. I’m not a fan of the lottery system they use to determine where you can stay, or what games are available to sign up for. I know it’s the fairest system to use, but there were several games I missed out on playing because I was number 9110. Oh, well. I’m going to have fun regardless.

I think that’s it for now. I am almost done with Consider This and I recommend it highly. As highly as On Writing, if not maybe a little higher. Both of these books should be on your shelf if you’re looking to get serious about writing.

Okay, that’s it for now. Be safe out there.