Yes. Though, life is so busy these days that I really haven’t done much writing on my own projects (untitled fantasy adventure [60% done], sequel to Fury Clock [just notes], science fiction novel [60% done], Mike Murphy stories [notes], untitled comic fantasy series [notes]). What I have been writing, and just completed, is a film script for a friend’s company. The story wasn’t my idea. I just turned it into a script. To be honest, it’s one of the best ideas I’ve seen in a very long time. Most scripts don’t get made into film. That’s reality. However, I hope this one beats the odds.
We’re in the middle of the farming season right now. Warm August days with the hills sun-bleached to gold around the valley. All the fields are in varying degrees of green, if still covered in crops, or in momentary shades of brown as tractors work the earth and prepare them for planting. Farming, of course, is considered essential in this time of so-called pandemic, as people need to continue eating.
This begs the question: what is the difference in essentialness between farming and writing? The body needs to eat, but the soul needs to eat as well. How do you feed your soul?
I discovered your writing eight years ago and quickly devoured all of it. I happened to think of you a few days ago and did a search to see if there was anything new. Alas, no. But I am now rereading and enjoying myself as much as I did the first time. I am reminded of Tolkien yet again.
Barbara, thank you very much for the compliment. A Tolkien comparison is high praise. He’s been one of my favorite authors, ever since I was a child. I’m sorry I haven’t written anything new lately. Life has been… well, that’s not a good excuse. Even though there’s nothing new under the sun, there still are a lot of stories that need writing. I’ll try to write a few of them!
I am rereading the Tormay trilogy and wishing that books two and three had an audiobook. I really enjoyed the first one. Any chance of that happening? I really wish you had a better marketing team. Your work is definitely worthy of a wider audience!