Hey, it’s me. It’s been a while. How are you? I’m better. Last year was rather poopy, but things are looking up. I’ve had to put many things on hold because of my health and what ended up happening was that now I don’t know which way to go. I may be giving up on some things, keep going with other things, and starting something I never thought I’d ever want to do. So, that said, here’s a short list of what’s going on in my brain parts, all subject to change because reasons. 🙂
1. I’m not sure how I feel about writing long-form fiction anymore. When I started writing scripts for the Lacey Stocking mysteries, I finally felt like I found my groove. This seems to be a form that speaks to me; however, because not many people are clamoring for old radio style shows on YouTube, I felt like I was doing it only for myself. I’ve no problem with that concept, but a creator wants to have an audience, needs to have an audience, so I decided to end it. I miss it, but I began to realize that I don’t actually enjoy writing novels and maybe I never really did? I don’t know. That doesn’t mean I’m giving up; it just means I’m reassessing things. I’ve been here before so who knows how long this will last. The list of reasons is long. It’s not just burn-out or personal dissatisfaction, but that’s a post for another time.
2. I’m sticking to voice acting. I’m a trained stage actor. It’s the only thing I’ve ever really loved my whole life, but when I started voice acting, stepped into the booth, I found home. This profession is hard to break into because it still is the acting profession, the entertainment industry. For now, until I get my health back and my body back into shape, I’m redoing the audio for my book, The Good Daughter. I was never happy with the quality so I’m working on a better version. Hopefully, that will give me some time to figure out my next move.
3. And now for something completely different. *deep breath* It feels almost scary to type this out, but here goes. I’m doing research on Richard Loeb, one half of the infamous Leopold and Loeb. The last book I read on the two of them, I came away with many questions about Richard and was curious about a lot of things that felt off that I wanted to dig deeper. For now, it’s research. If this ends up going where I’d like it to go or even in a direction that I’m not aware of yet, I’d consider writing a book about him and the impact of his actions. This idea is still very much in its infancy that I almost hate putting it out there, but consider this a breadcrumb. And because I get obsessive when doing research (yes, I’m a research nerd), that whole fiction writing thing might just go out the window entirely.
So that’s that. Here’s to a better year than the last three but especially the last year.
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