Frankly Ken, there are no words to truly express just how little I care about doing a Volume 2 right now.
I’m feeling pretty burnt out right now to tell you the truth. I’ll be so glad when this thing is over. And it is in the downward stretch.We’re at the 70% point right now. I’m sick of ending the world…and looking forward to ending it.
You want to know the the truth? I’m sick and tired of working an 8+ day, coming home, and then spending until at least 1AM every single night looking at this thing, then going to bed, getting maybe 5 hours of sleep (if I’m lucky) and then repeating the cycle. Over and over and over again. I need a break. Or, if you don’t believe that, you can choose to believe the more polite reason below:
I want to end this story, so that I can get to other stories.
Ugh, that’s rough. I can utterly understand you needing a break from that, and why a ‘small break’ wouldn’t be enough. Having gone on as long as you have… damn, I don’t think I would have had the strength to do so. I hope you’ll be able to recharge. Not because of this story but because of you, yourself. Feeling/being burned out is not something I’d wish on anyone and I know it’s hard to avoid when there’s lots of pressure going on. So try to take care of yourself, all right? You’re more important than frequent updates, no matter how good the story is.
Thank you. There has been a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes here that contributed to a lot of that as well. (Mainly some medical stuff with some people I’m close to) The other thing that hurt was (believe it, or not) software upgrades. Some character models can’t be used anymore because of things. I did the book with the old models, and now I’d have to redo a number of people just to do the next book.
Right now, I have about 50 pages of book 2 done and in the can. I have been working on it, a page or two at a time for a while now. But things have been difficult in a lot of ways. Book 2 will show sometime, but my big priority is getting the comic out every day, and doing it right.
Agree on the sabbatical. Many authors have to shelve a project for a while until something fresh to say about it percolates up from their life / subconscious / muse.
Love your story, very interesting, very different… don’t let it turn into a grind for you. If I absolutely, positively, HAVE to, I guess I could go read some actual books or something while you took a break. 🙂
On a side note, it’s about time for my annual reread from the beginning – since there aren’t books after volume 1 (hint, hint).
Frankly Ken, there are no words to truly express just how little I care about doing a Volume 2 right now.
I’m feeling pretty burnt out right now to tell you the truth. I’ll be so glad when this thing is over. And it is in the downward stretch.We’re at the 70% point right now. I’m sick of ending the world…and looking forward to ending it.
Not enough donations to make you keep going, James?
I want to end this story, so that I can get to other stories.
Right now, I have about 50 pages of book 2 done and in the can. I have been working on it, a page or two at a time for a while now. But things have been difficult in a lot of ways. Book 2 will show sometime, but my big priority is getting the comic out every day, and doing it right.
We’ll still be here when you get back.
Love your story, very interesting, very different… don’t let it turn into a grind for you. If I absolutely, positively, HAVE to, I guess I could go read some actual books or something while you took a break. 🙂