23rd Inning Streeeeeetch...

So it turns out I'm in the middle of a video game hibernation, which is good since it seems like I spend most of my time in a writing hibernation, which is not good considering where I am in the book.
But first allow me to clarify, video game hibernation is when I'm not in any particular mode to play any video games, which is surprising since Street Fighter X Tekken was just released and I'm convinced that without ever even playing it's going to be one of the greatest fighting games ever made, but even knowing that, I'm still not incredibly compelled to play, really I just want to write.

Which is good, it's very good, because at this point in time I'm coming up on the final stretch of my first ever full length writing project. Somehow, by some random act of sporadic time jumping I've ended up on Chapter 23, yeah 23, and what's odd is I don't even remember writing most of them, well that's a lie I remember writing each and every one but I didn't realize how far I'd come, the last update I posted on the blog about my progress stated I was on Chapter 19. So it turns out part of the reason I didn't publish any new post in February is because I was busy tearing it up on the book writing front, and you thought I was just sitting around slacking off, hmph! I think you owe me an apology... I'll wait

Anyway I'm 23 Chapters in, with 8 maybe 9 chapters to go. Feels good to be so close, but like a marathon runner, it's all about how you finish, so my main objective with this last portion of the book is to move cautiously and make sure I tie up every loose end. You know,  dot every "T" and cross every "I" and make sure nothing sneaks away from me during the excitement of the conclusion.

I'm still shopping a large portion of the book around to test readers, roughly the first 12 chapters, so far most of the feedback had been great, but sometimes I'm getting no feedback at all. Its times like those that I have to assume that the text simply didn't do enough to hold the readers attention or enough to capture their imagination with enough vigor to encourage them to either keep reading or at least let me know what they thought about what they did read. Perhaps they wanted to spare my feelings, and decided that since they didn't have anything nice to say they'd just keep quiet. Either way, I have to face the realization that even once the writing is complete it's going to take a few additional rounds of revisions before I'm actually done. But still, a completion of the actual writing is a milestone I'm looking forward to crossing.

Almost there.

til next time,

Lefty

Look what the cat blew in...

Well, well, well.
Look what the cat blew in...

Yep yep its me, and yes I did go missing for the entire month of February without a single post. But alas all is well and I have a doctor's note, so no points will be deducted.

Anyway, Big news! I've been holding out on you guys but now the time has arrived for me to announce, I'm having a baby! Yes sir a bouncing baby boy, due in about three months. Cuban cigars for everyone!

Now that's what's written on my doctor's excuse, but that's not what's has kept me from blogging, no the culprit is SWTOR, that's (Star War: The Old Republic for those of you who don't speak Geek) I'm a level 23 Sith Warrior Juggernaut on The Ebon Hawk server, in case anyone plays.

Alright now that I've thoroughly humiliated myself, back to business.

The writing is coming along, slowly but surely. Timeline has been pushed back, so I won't finish in April as originally planned, and I hate that, but I don't want to rush and lower the quality of the writing, while in the same breath I can't let the project stretch out into forever, so I'm extending the deadline to May 29th.

Yeah, that works, May 29th, a date with Destiny...

Til next time,


Lefty

P.S.
About the title, the other night me and my wife argued for about 15 minutes about the old proverb
"You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar."
My wife was convinced that it was "you can catch more bees with honey", primarily because she didn't understand why anyone would want to catch flies, but my point was bees make honey, so why would they want yours if they have their own, and besides if no one wants flies I'm sure they don't want bees either, heck, flies buzz, but bees buzz and sting. Most people would take a random fly in the house over a rouge bee any day of the week. When you see a fly, you just cover your food when you see a bee, you take cover.
Anyway, it goes without saying that I lost that argument, but still I thought the incorrect phrasing of "Look what the cat blew in"(should be Look what the cat dragged in, or Look what the wind blew in) would be a nice inside joke.

Congratulations, you're inside.

Now catch that bee before it kills us all.

Lefty. Out.