Open Doors
July has been a month of highs. Going to Origins and meeting so many folks. Some important to my company. Throwing ideas out and having positive responses created a lot of energy. Just trying to grab a hold of things and get them sorted. What to do? Which is a priority?
And then the phone rang. This call came totally out of the blue. A voice from the past asking about a project once written, now lost with my belated hard drive. Crashed on the digital file, but still embedded in my mind. I wrote the original 122 pages in thirty days. Can I do it again? Of course I can. Will I? The voice from the past said to take my time. But my time is running short. There is no promise of tomorrow. No more waiting. Write or die! I must write. But what?
And then there is the firm. The firm has the greatest certainty of generating revenue. Writing for gaming provides a certain amount of satisfaction, but the chances of it feeding my family are less than slim. Writing for the voice from the past has the chance of leading to national and possibly international recognition, not to mention some righteous globs cash. Or it could just get me a nod and a nice job. The opportunity cost is high right now.
The thought of the firm is nice as it could take care of my family. But if I should suddenly find my writing to be a saleable commodity, the firm is something I need to divest myself of, and quickly, so I can focus on tossing words together.
What to do? Wheels spinning? Vampires biting? Armies marching? Lockers filling? Mailing lists compiled?
July 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I also have a file (sans stats) written for a sourcebook called The Apocalyptic Invasion of Flesh-eating Mutant Ducks RPG intended for D6, which I’ve lost to the old computer which died a glorious death.
I need to rewrite it one of these days.
from my blog.
SA: The thought of mutant ducks just scares the heck out of me. There are ducks all over my neighborhood. But this sourcebook sounds like it understands the first rule of game design. A good game has to have zombies. muahahaha!
Blue Flesh-Eating Mutant Duck Ribbons.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Aw shoot. I messed up the tags.
SA: Whoops!
July 24th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Wow… thats a major decision. All the best! Praying the best for you always.
SA: Yeah. I need to take juggling lessons.
Thanks for your prayers.
Red Jugglin’ Ribbons!
July 24th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Go with the Firm. If you get get your recognition and are able to write, you can always cast that aside if need be. Writing is a fickle source of income. Besides, who needs sleep anymore?
SA: That is what reals like the most realistic path to follow. I just hate to gather a client base, just to step away from them. But writing is definitely never certain, unless your last name is King or Koontz? I don’t even have the correct last initial. haha
White Non-Sleeping Ribbons.
July 24th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
i am too realistic nowadays. not much choice given the age frame and no reserves stored. so i would go for the safe route. wish you the best! Buggie’s on your side too!
SA: I do feel the need to go safe. The missus surprised me with something she said and thus inspired this post. I can never understand women. But then do I really want to. Life would be too easy then.
July 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
see how JK Rowling is raking in the big bucks with her writings!? But practically, nothing like reality to keep us grounded.
SA: I need to ground myself. Fantasy comes too easy for me.
July 24th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
wah you going to write a book?? hehe are we going to get autographed copies of it????
SA: Actually, this is a screenplay. But I may novelize it too.
July 24th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
can u do it as a part time?
SA: Oh yeah. That is more than likely what will happen. When I get in a writing mood I can really knock things out quick. I wrote the first draft of the screenplay in 30 days. That was 122 pages. Screenplays are easier to write than novels. Not a lot of description. The major chunk of the writing is dialogue. Easy peasey.
July 25th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Can you do both at the same time for the time being? Then if the writing really takes off, you can consider dropping the firm or vice versa. Whatever your decision, best of luck! *hugs*
SA: That is what I have to do. Writing it down to motivate myself. Just being able to write and have a studio door open waiting on my script is a dream. Thanks for luck and the hug.
July 25th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Decisions, decision. They make the world go round.
Whatever you decide, all the best! I’m sure your fans will follow you whatever you do! Here’s a big bear hug for you
SA: Decisions definetly make the world go round. Tylenol helps us not fall off. LOL!
Thanks for the support and the hug. :D
July 26th, 2007 at 3:55 am
If you can manage the writing with your full-time job, then just do it! It is all about time management. All the best.
SA: Yep! You hit the nail on the head. Thanks.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am
so many things to settle, but so little time..
how nice if we have 36 hours a day, huh?
SA: I don’t know about a 36 hour day. Still not given more time to sleep I bet.