I don’t really think I am going to finish the outline by the end of the month like I had hoped. It’s over halfway through the month and I am on Chapter Six – not even up to the first killing. This might end up being one of those ‘work on the book during the morning and evening and outline during lunch’…which had never happened to me. Then again – I don’t usually outline this extensively. We’ll see if I can still make my overarching deadline of a manuscript finished by the end of December. Don’t look for this book to come out any time soon. I am taking my time with this one.

The Writing Process in a nutshell…

Speaking of not getting jack done – I am finally getting Baldur’s Gate 3 today! I’ve been waiting for this game since I saw the cinematic opening (which I have linked for you – enjoy!). I have never completed the first two games – came close with the second one, which remains my favorite, but I can’t wait to get home and try it out. I am going to measure out the time I spend with it. I do have other priorities after all.

Even though it is October, and I still have two months left in the Year of Horror – I am looking forward to the Year of Fantasy next year, and I think I am going to work on The Deadly Barrow first, because one – that’s a on-going series and two, I can monetize that fairly quickly. I just need to get back to it and get it finished before releasing it as a serial. I really want to get back to something that’s a little more grimbright than what I have been writing. I like writing about people fighting the status quo, even if they fail. I don’t know if my merry cast of characters will fail, but it will be nice to see how they do.

Well, that’s all for now. Just me counting down the hours until I can get the game I’ve been waiting for what feels like decades. I promise to maintain this blog, but there are going to be times when I blather on about the game, and like I’ve told my wife ‘just nod your head and pretend to pay attention and I’ll be fine’. Ta-ta for now.