Been thinking about this one today as I was frantically scribbling some notes down while on the bus home from work.

I’m not meaning ‘who really needs to be published anyway?’ as an open question, just a personal one. I always had the idea fixed in my mind that it was somehow extremely important that I finish something and get it published.

Excellent Idea, but why? What’s the big deal about that?

Well, now there is no big deal. I have no real interest in getting my work published. That’s not to say that that may never happen but, really, why has it become such a big deal?

Not any more it’s not. I’m having more fun coming up with the concepts, characters, locations, technology and all the other stuff that pops out when I let my imagination run riot that thinking of the long term and “published” is just a distraction.

After all, I’m doing this for personal gratification, not for a quick buck.

To paper, Notepad, Open Office Writer…

I’ve been getting a fair whack of Osiris Rising on the pc and tidied up. I’m close to finishing it (I think, transferring it to the pc will prove that statement wrong) and having a version of the story that’s a bit more coherent helps with all the other half-finished/barely-started/all-just-notes projects I have. If I can just finish this one I can rest easy that I can actually do it.

Of course, with my current job I’m tired most of the time when I’m in from work, but tomorrow I might not be in, so… Here’s hoping I can get a chunk more done.